In 2015, Europe experienced its most significant wave of inward migration since the Second World War. German chancellor Angela Merkel responded by unilaterally opening her nation’s borders, without consulting her own people or her European neighbours. More than a decade on, the impact of that migrant crisis has yet to subside. EU countries, from Germany to the Nordics, are still struggling to integrate new arrivals and process asylum claims. Support for populist and right-wing parties has spread like wildfire across the continent.
