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Hillary Clinton urges Europe to curb migration to stop populists
Former US presidential candidate says leaders must show they can no longer ‘provide refuge and support.’
- Eline Schaart
- Politico
Europe needs a tougher approach on immigration in order to curb the growing threat of right-wing populists, Hillary Clinton said, calling on EU leaders to show their electorates that they can no longer “provide refuge and support.”
“I think Europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lit the flame,” Clinton said in an interview with the Guardian published Thursday.
The former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate suggested that immigration concerns in part contributed to Britain’s vote to leave the…