.ASYLUM declares in Western countries are rising. EU members get on monitor to receive 1m applications this year, much more than at any time because the migrant crisis of 2015-16. More than 800,000 have been actually lodged in The United States previously year, a yearly jump of virtually two-thirds.
Politicians are under the gun to illustrate control to voters. Some plan to bypass the problem by sending asylum-seekers to have their cases refined abroad. But asylum-offshoring hardly prospers.
What is it, and why is it therefore hard to manage?