Italy is under fire for its continued repatriation of Libyan refugees. France is clamping down, as well as tightening immigration rules for foreign students, and Switzerland is trying to pay people to go home. In fact, only a small percentage refugees were actually resettled in Europe last year. Is Europe heading toward a uniform immigration policy or will member states continue to regulate on their own terms?

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