(CNN)To read the headlines, one could conclude that Europe is a mess.

Its response to the historic wave of people now migrating from the Middle East and North Africa has been muddled and incoherent. There is a patchwork of different policies. Train stations in Budapest, Hungary, sell tickets, then close down, then reopen.

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Borders that normally are just road signs along the highway are suddenly patrolled again. Some countries welcome migrants. Others build walls to keep them out.

Yet there’s reason for this unprecedented human migration. A significant part of the Middle East is in flames. In Europe, there is peace.

Here’s a look at the latest country-by-country developments in the refugee and migrant crisis unfolding across much of Europe: