Diskcon C. Igwe. Photo: VINO/File

Europe is still debating the migration problem while migrants on boats from Eurasia, Asia, and Africa continue to wash up on its shores, many losing their lives in the process.

Migration is not something easily stopped.

People will always seek a better life for themselves and their families. However, rules, laws and policies can control migration.

One model for the Virgin Islands is Dubai, which allows migrants to work in the country. However, becoming a citizen is very difficult if not near impossible, with a wait of at least 30 years to qualify.

Creating barriers to citizenship- a sacred privilege - means the citizen of Dubai automatically possesses huge social and economic privileges.

Non-citizens can live and work in Dubai for as long as they want, but there are doors that they cannot go through, reserved for citizens of Dubai. The rest of the UAE possesses similar citizenship criteria.

It is time to end automatic citizenship in the Virgin Islands as demographic differences between Virgin Islanders and aliens become unsustainable. The simplest way to do this is through legislation and government policy.

The last thing these Virgin Islands need is the social and political pressures and upheavals seen on the streets of the UK and Europe, because of poorly managed migration policy. A word is sufficient for the wise.