‘Boxing out’ the migrants


Refugees from Ukraine in Warsaw, Poland standing in a maze-like queue in this file photo. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

EUROPE has been struggling for years to limit the number of migrants illegally entering by land and sea, instituting increasingly tough policies. Those moves now appear to be working, with the numbers of migrants crossing into European Union countries decreasing dramatically from highs last year.

Despite the decline in migrant arrivals, anti-immigrant sentiment is flourishing, with leaders adopting or considering harsher policies that mainstream political parties would have balked at just a few years ago.

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