Rishi could do a deal with this man for processing the 'migrants'

Why do people keep thinking that freedom of movement in Schengen is somehow the same as unrestricte4d immigration.

Freedom of movement means that within Schengen there are no internal hard borders. That is a pragmatic decision as much as anything as the cost of policing 1000s of KM of land borders is prohibitive. Sure you can put a couple of checkpoints on major roads but smaller roads and open land are impossible to police, and in some places, the border actually runs down the middle of a street. (We did a walk in Spain last month, up by the French border..at one point the path meanders back and forth between France and Spain.) What freedom of movement doesn't mean is that anyone can just turn up and live and work..for that you have to have permission and the correct paperwork. Even within Schengen and the EU you always did have live legally in your chosen country with adequate resources. The number of British people that failed to understand that and thought that living in France 9 months of the year while pretending that you lived in the UK was surprising to me.. Not always the people I thought either, but the ones who on the surface appeared very law abiding. (They have now for the most part returned to the UK).

For non EU residents there are border checks for anyone entering the Schengen zone from non Schengen countries, such as the UK.Turkey, Ukraine and Belarus.

It's nothing new when right wing racists blame the immigrants for everything that is wrong.
The same happened in the UK but the Dutch will not leave Europe when they see what a basket case the UK have become.
Try watching the COVID enquiry instead of Farage.

One must not forget the way the Dutch system works (?) Wilders got the most seats for one party but has only a small support of voters compared to the total votes for the other parties. He will have a hell of a job to form a government and may even fail. There could be another election soon when the other parties form alliances. It is all understandable when locals and refugees compete for housing, of which there is a great shortage. As a UK passport holder, I took up Dutch nationality because of Brexit and the fact that I have lived less time in UK than elsewhere in Europe, I felt I am more Dutch than English, however, I am astounded that so many Dutch feel they should support Wilders. It is not how I remember the Dutch at all. It all seems as though we need some AI as human intelligence has taken a dive. To refer to one Dutch newspaper interview with a young lady with a very Turkish sounding name, she stated that her great grandfather was a Turkish immigrant and now she voted for Baudet (hard right compared to Wilders) but she agreed 80% with Wilders. Where’s the sense in that?

If there is an increase in right wing support creeping across Europe, could the blame lie with the left wing policies being pursued by most governments?

The irony is that most European countries now have lower birth rates and will probably need immigration at some point in the future to fill care roles. Unless, maybe, they recompense woman properly to take time from work to look after young children!