Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Law & Liberty

What Will It Take for European Elites to Take the Migrant Crisis Seriously?!

Since violence in European cities has only been escalating since 2014, political correctness must be laid aside to avert further bloodshed and civilizational collapse.

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Jun 17, 2026
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The argument: The West should be open to immigrants and refugees from any country, but European leaders must acknowledge that social cohesion suffers when too many newcomers from non-Western war zones and failed states arrive too quickly.

WHY IT MATTERS

The violent, public attempted-decapitation of Stephen Ogilvie in the streets of Belfast by a migrant from a prominent Sudanese family is unfortunately not an isolated event in post-2014 Europe. That is when what the EU calls “irregular migration” more than tripled in a single year. Most of those streaming into Europe since have been from the Middle East and North Africa, with the notable exception of Ukrainian citizens escaping the Russian invasion.

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