Detention Camps for Migrants in Europe

From the IHT:

From Ireland to Bulgaria, from Finland to Spain, detention camps for foreigners have mushroomed across the European Union. They have emerged mostly over the past decade, as the region has grown less and less welcoming to migrants.

There are now 224 detention camps scattered across the European Union; altogether they can house more than 30,000 people - asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants awaiting deportation - who are often held in administrative detention for as long as 18 months. In a number of EU countries, there is no upper limit on detention length.

You think that is a story? Try this:

The European Union has been quietly building detention camps for illegal immigrants in North Africa. The detention camps were meant to stop the flood of illegal migrants from North Africa to Western Europe. So far, detention centers have been established in Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. Italy and Spain have been the biggest sponsors of the North African detention centers.

There’s no doubt Europe’s immigration problem is far greater than the one faced on the US-Mexican border. With that said, imagine the outcry if the US built detention centers for illegal immigrants. Then imagine the Mexican government allowing the US to build detention centers in Mexico. Both would seem to be unacceptable solutions here, no matter the situation.