McGurk: We must tackle migrant crisis before it’s too late
Ireland should take no lectures from anyone when it comes to prioritising genuine refugees in coming years
I make no claims to prophecy, but I am certain that across 2016 the growing crisis of migration into the EU will rarely leave the front pages.
Last year, one million migrants came in – four times more than in 2014 – and what evidence is there to argue against a four-fold increase again this year to up to four million?
When you consider that the vast majority of last year’s million were ...