ROBERT HARDMAN: The island where more asylum seekers than the population arrived in one day - the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa sums up Europe's impotence in the face of migration

ROBERT HARDMAN: To put it in perspective, imagine that 3.7 million migrants suddenly landed on the shores of Kent - in one week. I suspect even the most liberal would concede it was wrong.

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