Mass migration has become an existential crisis for the European Union, and its failure to address it effectively is a testament to a system in chaos. The uncontrolled influx of migrants has overwhelmed asylum systems, exposed the cracks in burden-sharing between nations, and triggered deep social, economic, and political divisions. For too long, Europe’s leaders have dismissed the dangers of mass migration, naively viewing it as a moral imperative, while ignoring the harsh reality unfolding across the continent. The EU’s inability to grip this unfolding catastrophe has fuelled the rise of pop…