If Europe fails to marshal an effective response to the refugee crisis, the damage to Europe and international refugee protection will be irreparable.
In 1945, there were more than 11 million refugees and displaced people in Europe and the continent’s infrastructure was in ruins. When it comes to forced migration in Europe, the challenges of the past dwarf those of the present.
But no reasonable person can deny that today’s refugee crisis is a huge political challenge for the EU...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.