Divided Europe has created refugee ‘crisis’

The influx of people was predictable and manageable, and a co-ordinated response would resolve it, but individual nations are putting their own needs first, says Emma Bonino

EUROPE’S so-called refugee crisis should never have become an emergency.

Accommodating 1m asylum-seekers should not be a huge challenge for the EU, which has 500m citizens and welcomes 3m immigrants every year.