The Wall Street Journal (WSJ 04/27/11 issue) reported that both France and Italy recently called for the European Union to
“overhaul its border policy in an effort to stop the influx of migrants unleashed by North Africa unrest, but failed to reach a concrete agreement over how Europe should handle the wave”.
Sound familiar doesn’t it?
Europe, like the U.S. is having the same difficulty coming up with an updated immigration policy the various countries on the European Union can agree on. Is this the same Europe that is known for its more liberal interpretation and application of almost any governmental policy you can think of? Yes. That on.
It’s no small comfort to immigration professionals like myself that the European community cannot seem to get its act together on immigration reform like those of us here in the U.S.
We know immigration policy is complex but the upcoming presidential elections have all but assured us that immigration reform here in the U.S. will not even show up until well after 2012.
