Dearlove argues that closing borders to migration is impossible without removing the underlying causes driving it.
“Simply shutting the door on migration is not an option. History tells us that human tides are irresistible unless the gravitational pull that causes them is removed.”
Dearlove invokes Rome's fall to barbarian migration as a historical precedent for today's challenges.
“Edward Gibbon elegantly charted how Rome, with all its civic and administrative sophistication and military prowess, could not stop its empire being overrun by the mass movement of Europe's tribes.”
Dearlove warns EU faces populist uprising if it fails to control migration crisis effectively.
“If Europe cannot act together to persuade a majority of its citizens that it can gain control of its migratory crisis, then the EU will find itself at the mercy of a populist uprising, which is already stirring.”