I, personally, have not visited any of the countries playing a role in this crisis. However, I know many members of this board have traveled all abouts, and I'm curious to hear everyone's thoughts.
Last week, Hungarian police found the bodies of 71 people in a truck, most of whom were evidently Syrian refugees. In another incident this week, Austrian police are trying to find three children who disappeared from the hospital after being rescued from a minivan filled with 26 people, also Syrian refugees.
Just the other day, one person died, and three others were injured, in a shooting in Stockholm. The area the shooting occurred in houses a lot of immigrants. We recently had a thread discussing Sweden here.
In the US, we're always hearing people scream and shout about "undocumented aliens", but it appears our more enlightened (ha) friends across the pond are struggling as well. Europe's open border policy may be at its end.
So... what's the deal? Obviously, Europe is facing the same issues that the US is confronting regarding immigrants from Latin America: 75% of those incoming are honest people who just want a better life, and the other 25% are predators looking to exploit fresh(-er) meat. What to do, what to do?