.ASYLUM CLAIMS in Western side countries are actually rising. EU members are on track to receive 1m treatments this year, much more than at any time because the migrant dilemma of 2015-16. Much more than 800,000 have actually been housed in America in the past year, a yearly jump of almost two-thirds.
Politicians are under the gun to show control to citizens. Some plan to sidestep the problem by sending out asylum-seekers to have their cases processed abroad. However asylum-offshoring seldom prospers.
What is it, and why is it so hard to manage?