Fourth, the EU should increase the number of refugees that it accepts, and give more people the option of applying for asylum without having to reach Europe’s borders. This would result in fewer asylum-seekers making life-threatening voyages that leave their families deeply indebted – human traffickers charge as much as €15,000 ($19,700) to cross the Mediterranean – only to be turned away.
第四，欧盟应扩大接收的难民人数，让更多人拥有不必抵达欧洲边境即可申请庇护的选项。这样可以减少寻求庇护者冒着生命危险踏上欧洲之旅、致使家人债台高筑的状况&mdash;&mdash;人贩子横渡地中海收费高达15,000欧元（合19,700美元）&mdash;&mdash;而难民抵达后却根本无法进入。