&gt;&gt; The EU is winning this. It shows that it goes by the humanitarian principles it claims to have. Refugees fleeing from a humanitarian crisis are allowed to stay and to become citizens. People fleeing from a bad economic situation are not.<p>Actually the &quot;refugees fleeing from a humanitarian crisis are allowed to stay&quot; only <i>if they manage to cross the borders</i> which EU still works hard to close:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=YO0IRsfrPQ4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=YO0IRsfrPQ4</a><p>There is a reason why people must pay the <i>illegal</i> boats to reach Europe across the sea.