Europe has reduced illegal immigration without goon tactics

The Economist ^ | June 4, 2026

[MinorityRepublican]

Given its oft-proclaimed calling as a peace project, the European Union can sound oddly bellicose when it sets about crafting policy. There are trade and fiscal “bazookas” to blast away crises, “silver bullet” solutions for every problem, and “nuclear options” to be used as a last resort.

Yet in the absence of an EU army or even a police force, the pen-wielding Eurocracy rarely gets its hands on anything that looks like an actual weapon. The only exception—tellingly—is the club’s border-patrol agency.

For over a decade after it was founded in 2005, Frontex agents wielded little more than whistles and admonishments as they helped national authorities keep out migrants. These days they also carry Glock 9mm handguns, FBI-style. In a union built to make war unthinkable, the first supranational weapon was issued not for defence against armies, but for keeping unarmed people out.

[TLI]

Doesn’t seem to have stopped the beheadings.

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[Zhang Fei]

The Economist is now a far left rag that gaslights its readers. It’s not under control.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They did it by letting everybody in. So it was now "legal".

How they just love rubbing their heads on the floor while howling to the moon demon.

[Olog-hai]

https://archive.ph/a4y7N

[Savage Beast]

The USA has STOPPED illegal immigration without goon tactics.

[No name given]

Exactly.

[mass55th]

To The Economist: Nobody gives a crap what Europe does. This isn’t Europe, nor do we want to be like Europe.

[Skwor]

The beheadings and stabbings say otherwise, what a complete hack of a liberal rag.

[Leaning Right]

I’m guessing this story is the immigration equivalent of a Climate Change report. Make stuff up to fit your preconceived narrative.

I believe it when we see long columns of invaders heading the other way.

[faithhopecharity]

and when will the European countries repatriate the Islamicists who’ve already gotten in?

[rktman]

Call me a goon then.

[Lopeover]

FakeNews

[mikey_hates_everything]

Goon tactics? Is that what they call how we saved them from the Germans? And how they are going to need to be saved from them again?

[Celtic Conservative]

The Economist is shoveling the 💩 on this story.

CC

[BookmanTheJanitor]

They just use goon tactics on their own people.

[FlyingEagle]

Everything is ok says the Rothschild Family owners of The Economist.

Ok. Everything’s fine! Nothing to see here!

[Irenic]

hear! hear!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Just stop the free stuff. They’ll know what to do.

[SmokingJoe]

Europe is doing so well they had Henry Nowak knifed to death by a Sikh and just yesterday a Sudan illegal was out there boldly trying to slice off an Irishman’s head in the street in front of everybody.
Meanwhile Pakistani “migrants” have raped tens of thousands of English girls and gotten away with it too.
Yup....nice way to “take care” of illegals.