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Tens of thousands of migrants continue to queue at the borders of the European Union in search of a better life. Their journeys are often hazardous and thousands have drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Italy or Greece. Attempts to share the burden among EU member states have been dogged by internal politics. And Europe\u2019s actions so far have focussed on deterrence despite little evidence that such a strategy will work. So, in this week\u2019s Inquiry, we\u2019re asking what else Europe could try \u2013 and whether there are examples from other places, and other times, from which the EU\u2019s leaders could learn. We look at the 1980s resettlement process in response to the Vietnamese \u201cboat people\u201d crisis; we examine Australia\u2019s offshore processing of migrants; and we ask whether focussing on the \u201cfront line\u201d, helping those countries migrants are leaving, is a realistic option.

Presenter: Ruth Alexander

(Photo: Young migrant at Psalidi on Kos, Credit: Press Association Wires)