EU: Border closures raise the spectre of WWII

Taking the easy way out of the migration crisis by shutting borders raises the shameful spectre of the Second World War — and will cost citizens and businesses up to €18bn a year, the European Commission has warned.

So far, member states have just taken 208 of 66,400 from Greece and just 279 from Italy of the 39,600 total which member states last year pledged to take.

“Everybody is judged by history just now, whether they really want to take part in this very responsible, comprehensive and in a holistic way face this issue, or we go back to the dark side and dark memories of our recent history,” warned migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.