Three million migrants are now expected to arrive in Europe by 2017. This announcement by the European Commission is proof that the issue will not go away and that the lackadaisical European response is not up to the challenge. In France, the issue has become associated with the northern town of Calais, where an influx of migrants has created a humanitarian emergency and a legal headache for the government.

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