Migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel’s ‘We can do it’ to pulling up the drawbridge

Migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel's 'We can do it' to pulling up the drawbridge

Migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel's 'We can do it' to pulling up the drawbridge 2 days ago Share Save Fergal Keane Special correspondent Share Save BBC The day they appeared he could hardly believe his eyes. Small boat after small boat bearing in from the Turkish side. "I have so many memories that are coming back to me now," says Paris Laoumis, 50, a hotelier on the Greek island of Lesbos. "There were people from Syria, Afghanistan, many countries." This was August 2015 and Europe was witnessing the

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