These people have in very many cases been bombed out of their homes, been forced to leave their families and countries at gunpoint, been callously exploited by cruel people smugglers, have faced death in the snows and on the seas, and have been first welcomed and then rebuffed by successive national authorities.
"Over the years, successive local authorities attempt to upgrade dirt-tracks into metalled roads, then widen them; but there is a limit to how far this process can go," he added.
The attackers killed Lawrence, the police failed him, and in successive years the authorities have failed us all.
Ms. Aguirre had taken her daughter, Edith, to Woodhull Medical Center on Monday morning, reporting that the child had seizures on successive days, the authorities said.
The authorities spent successive years confronting waves of conspiracies, including the foiled plot in 2006 to bomb at least seven airliners over the Atlantic.
Successive crackdowns by Nigerian authorities have simply seen further radicalisation of Boko Haram factions and deepened the pool of potential members.
The Spanish government on Monday said the economy contracted by 0.3% for a second successive quarter, while the authorities in Greece reported that retail sales in February were down 13% on a year earlier.
The failure by successive governments and interim authorities to protect journalists has wiped out much of the limited media freedom that existed following the 2011 uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
In each successive crisis, he says, authorities have to relearn the lessons applied by private-equity firms: "Keep control of the firm and the capital .That is hard to swallow in a country that likes its capitalism red in tooth and claw.
Ebullient, emotional and prone to bursts of staccato laughter, Archbishop Tutu was a ubiquitous figure in the 1980s as South Africa's white authorities declared successive emergency decrees to combat waves of protest often led by young black demonstrators who boycotted classes to confront the army and the police.
