"(...) The entire machinery of mass migration exploits a natural human instinct: the desire to find a better life for oneself and one’s family. If Europe is presented as a promised land—where generous welfare awaits, where one need not work, where laws are lenient or not enforced, and where a general sense of impunity reigns—then it is only logical that people will be drawn to that image."
"But that is only the beginning. For the operation to scale, permanent channels and logistical systems for smuggling must be established. These require an initial investment—financial, political, and institutional. Typically, such an investment comes from an interested party: an NGO, a foreign government, or some other actor intent on provoking migratory flows for strategic purposes. This is not theory. It has been methodically analysed by scholars such as Professor Kelly Greenhill, who termed the phenomenon ”weapon of mass migration."
"One illustrative example would be the Russian aerial bombardments of Aleppo—explicitly designed to displace large populations and flood Europe with refugees. That was over a decade ago. Another example is more recent: the financing of flights from the Middle East to Minsk or Moscow, from where state services of our eastern neighbours—Belarus and Russia—escort migrants to the Polish border to create yet another pressure point. Once that initial phase is complete, organised crime assumes control. That is, in fact, the very design of this weapon: a self-sustaining, self-replicating system intended to destabilise the target state."
"The moment the first migrants cross the border and successfully post selfies from Warsaw, Berlin, or Paris, the message is received loud and clear back home: the route is open. Initially, these migrants rely on NGOs or states sponsoring the route. But almost immediately, intermediaries emerge—traffickers, smugglers—who profit from the now-proven success of the journey. Demand rises, and soon the entire mechanism is operating autonomously. Meanwhile, the second key to the weapon’s effectiveness is the compliance—or at least acquiescence—of the receiving country. To ensure that, resources are invested in NGOs operating domestically, shaping policy, lobbying governments, and establishing infrastructure for internal migrant movement. "
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