From Sweden to Brexit, immigration is the issue dividing Europe | Simon Jenkins

Xenophobia is sweeping the continent. European agreement to address migration is vital

The message is glaring from Sweden’s election result. There is one dominant issue in Europe’s politics at present, and it is immigration. It rules in Italy and Germany. It rules in Hungary and Austria. It rules from Serbia to Scandinavia. It dominates every meeting of the leaders of the EU. It obsesses the United Kingdom, except there it cloaks itself in the euphemism of “reaching trade agreements with the r...