Every country in Europe is party to international treaties that recognize the rights of refugees to seek asylum and not be forcibly returned to countries where they will be unsafe. And yet, despite calls by frontline Mediterranean states to establish systems to improve the handling of the crisis and share the burden, little is being done to make things safer for refugees or more manageable for the countries in which they arrive.
每个欧洲国家都加入了承认难民有寻求庇护、不可强迫他们回到已不再安全的国家的国际条约。此外，尽管有人呼吁地中海沿岸国家建立制度以改善危机处理、共同承担难民负担，但让难民更加安全、在接受国中更加易于管理的措施极少。