Reposted by Bradley Hillier-Smith
Written entirely from a state security perspective, with no consideration of the migrants so used, nothing about their voices, and nothing about how Europe's hard borders and obsessional hostility to refugees turns the issue into an opportunity for hostile states (cf also Morocco, Turkey)
nytimes.com
A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.
