<p>Democrat and Clinton&#8217;s former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appeared on CNN Monday to discuss the European migrant crisis. She now faces criticism for saying that immigrants are a burden, but I think this no-nonsense lady has the right idea.  ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think it is one of the great tragedies of our time. I was a refugee. I clearly didn&rsquo;t have such a tragic story, but I know what it&rsquo;s like to have to leave your country because you can&rsquo;t live there anymore,&rdquo; said Czechoslovakian-born Albright. &ldquo;There are more refugees in the world today than at any time. And we have to be able to deal with it.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>The E.U. is busy planning an emergency meeting to figure out what to do with the 300,000+ immigrants that have flooded into their borders this year. Some of these immigrants are refugees, others are simply looking for a better life.  ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I hope that they are really seeing it as an emergency and are really making plans to try to distribute the burden,&rdquo; Albright told CNN&rsquo;s Alisyn Camerota. &ldquo;Because it is a burden when people come into a country and that, in fact, they figure out a way to make Europe what it should be in the 21st century; is a welcoming place for those who can&rsquo;t live where they want to.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Some countries, like Hungary, have responded to the tide of immigrants by erecting barbed wire fences to keep them out. ;</p>
<p>The former Secretary of State spoke about Europe as if it were a single entity, stating, &ldquo;There has to be an all-European plan&hellip;it&rsquo;s important for the Europeans to see it as an issue for all of them and to be able to deal with it in a very rapid way so you don&rsquo;t see the kinds of things we&rsquo;ve been seeing on TV and people just being treated as if they weren&rsquo;t human.&#8221; ;</p>
<p>Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State in 1997, has served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, and currently serves as a director for the Council on Foreign Relations. ;</p>
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