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Europe's refugee crisis explains why border walls don't stop migration

  • Written by Eleanor Paynter, PhD Candidate, Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University
Migrants on a ship intercepted offshore near the Libyan town of Gohneima, east of the capital Tripoli, in July 2018.Libyan Coast Guard via AP, File

President Trump has long called migration a security crisis, but in recent weeks he has also referred to the situation along the southern border as a humanitarian crisis.

As he ended the government...

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