This essay, on what the fire at the Moria detention camp on the island of Lesbos tells us about migrant policy, was my Observer column this week. (The column included also a short tribute to Toots Hibbert.) It was published on 13 September 2020, under the headline “Moria’s only success has been to turn inhumanity into policy”. A fire rips through a refugee camp. Migrants are blamed for starting it. Outraged locals vent their fury and demand that the migrants be removed. […]

Categories: International, Race & Immigration • Tags: angela merkel, asylum seekers, deterrence, eu, fortress europe, greece, immigration policy, moria, pull factors, refugees