The Magdeburg Christmas Market attack should remind us that these atrocities are a consequence of government policy, and that preventing them is only a matter of political will.
What bothers me the most about open borders is the asymmetry. Western nations are obligated to welcome and take care of whatever the cat drags in. There are no limits. On the other hand, if a million unskilled criminals, insane asylum residents, and football hooligans announced that they were marching to Somalia, Pakistan, or some other Third World hell-hole, they would be met at the border by the nation's armed forces and told in no uncertain terms to bugger off or be shot.
What bothers me the most about open borders is the asymmetry. Western nations are obligated to welcome and take care of whatever the cat drags in. There are no limits. On the other hand, if a million unskilled criminals, insane asylum residents, and football hooligans announced that they were marching to Somalia, Pakistan, or some other Third World hell-hole, they would be met at the border by the nation's armed forces and told in no uncertain terms to bugger off or be shot.
No Peter, we certainly shouldn't have to.