Poland Tests the Migration Boiling-Frog Syndrome

The phenomenon of mass-migration is arguably older and more firmly entrenched in France than anywhere else in Europe. Asked in 1994 whether some recent tightening of asylum and family-reunification statutes might prove effective, Jean Raspail, author of the notorious, prescient novel The Camp of the Saints, replied, “No. It is impossible to do anything. It’s too late. There have been mass movements of people already and there are now too many to send back.”