There is not a legal problem with refugees, they are defined in law. There is a problem with economic migrants would make up an estimated 50% of the current influx. The criteria with refugee status is precise and the fact somebody is from a state with war present does not mean they are automatically a refugee



Like it or not there is a problem with refugee employment. The most recent figures from Germany indicate 1/3rd are likely to be employable in a industrial workplace. The rest face the risk of being sidelined



The economic argument for migrants to assist in offsetting the demographic problem in Europe is also somewhat thin when there is the current level of unemployment particularly with youth and particularly in the South of the EU.



There is also the issue of preferential treatment of refugees if it is to occur, which has been proposed at one time or another. This is hardly likely to help those disadvantaged natives of the EU and will cause a backlash



Furthermore there appears to be a practical threashold to the number of migrants who can be absorbed without major negative social impact and this looks to be in the region of 0.4% of population p.a.. This also defines that the EU depending on the location cannot absorb migrants rapidly to offset its demographic problem



Until there is a pragmatic discussion of the way to address the issues the problem will not go away. There will remain resistance to taking immigrants when the cost burden becomes more obvious



In the longterm Africa is likely to be a bigger problem than the ME. The pressure will continue



Pay to stay away is likely to run into problems. Merkels handling of things so far has been a unmitigated disaster and made the situation for genuine refugess worse not better



The current problem for Europe is halved if economic migrants are stopped



You cannot control migration unless you control your borders. You cannot control your borders by subcontracting that to a different state with human rights questions