For the past few years, Greece has been held up as having a successful model of immigration policy – a country that has managed to “get a grip” on the small boats that arrive at its sea borders.
In a praising tone, Laura Kuenssberg even asked the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: “Like the UK, Greece has had to grapple with migrants arriving on its shores, but you have really cut the numbers… So do you think there are things we have to learn from you?”
