Heightened support for anti-immigrant parties could also bleed over into nearby countries that haven’t seen success with ultra-conservative groups and influence their political climate.
Leaders across the continent have much more at stake than their own political livelihoods when considering how to handle the current refugee dilemma—the future of Europe as a bastion of tolerance and human rights is on the table as well.
The decision to take on refugees should be left up to the people of those independent states, regardless of the power the floundering European Union supposes it has to force them otherwise.
Turkey’s increasingly complicated policies, and apparently disparate motives within the region, suggest resolution to the conflict in the greater Levant area will require a more unified and directed effort from all involved parties.
