Opinion | Europe Tried to Seal Itself Off. It Didn't Work.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Far from earning rebuke, Poland's approach has the backing of the European Union.
51% : After riding popular fear to electoral success, the party made good on its anti-migrant agenda and refused to accept quotas of refugees assigned by the European Union.
50% : They all purchased flights to Minsk, Belarus, with the promise that they would be taken to the European Union, only to end up stranded in the woods.
50% : The government ignored a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which is separate from the European Union, to provide food, clothing and medical care.
42% : Mr. Sterczewski made headlines in August when he was filmed trying to dash past soldiers and border guards to deliver bags full of supplies to the refugees at Usnarz Gorny.

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