Europe cannot close its borders
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This argument is used in the debates Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration? and Should we accept immigration?.
This argument is an objection to It's a question of political will (Australia, Japan).
Summary
Australia and Japan are islands that can easily be isolated. This is not the case for Europe, with its kilometers of land borders and seas that are much easier to cross than oceans. Geographically, Europe cannot close its borders. To do so, it would have to subcontract the border issue to numerous neighboring countries in Africa and the Middle East (Turkey, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco...), and ask these countries to apply an inhumane repressive policy to prevent the natural passage of migrants who want to join it.
