&quot;Do you have an alternative? All I see is naïve suggestions.&quot;<p>Another option is to recolonize.<p>Failed (or failing) states like Syria and Egypt and Iraq become permanent vassal states and their populations are ruled in-place (as they were in the past).<p>I am not suggesting this course, but it should be included in this list, for completeness&#x27; sake.<p>Interestingly, it does solve the refugee crisis...