The treatment of illegal immigrants in the EU is the most unpleasant issue a columnist can ever choose to write about. Whatever he writes, he will be exposed to criticism and condemnation from different sides. It is obvious that rescuing and taking in those on sinking vessels at sea is a primary duty and priority obligation. It is also obvious, however, that no European country is able to “shoulder all the problems of the world” (as declared by a leading Socialist politician several...