This definitely needs to be expressed in the present tense - the security adwell-being , along with the entire infrasturcure of the society has been destroyed and people seeking to escape the mayhem are losing their lives on flimsy boats or facing total uncertainty as asylum seekers in the very hostile environment that Europe/USA/NATO - has created. It's no exaggeration to say that they are the source of innumerable crimes against humanity with loss of life that on any honest reckoning, dwarfs the Nazis’ ugly record.