It'll always be easy for the UK to pull up the drawbridge, being an island and all that. Ditto Australia. Aussies have a convenient state-sponsored-and-paid-for immigrant dumping ground in Papua New Guinea. Far as I can see, its only a matter of time before the EU does the same, most likely...
Attitudes hardening by the day all over the approach roads to the Promised Land of Northern Europe.. This time next year suspect the migrant landscape will look completely different.
For sure there's a backlash brewing. Not too familiar with Southern Italy, but I do know the people of, say, Kos, rely on their income from the short tourist season to survive.They're getting enough EU-generated shit economically without having to somehow cope with an influx of uncontrolled...
For sure there don't appear to be too many old people and/or weak people and/or poor people fleeing to safety. And then fleeing again from safety to somewhere that's a bit nicer. Those that have made it this far need to be properly processed and assessed in order to separate those who have a...
Thing I find hardest to stomach is the stereotypical image of desperate oppressed people escaping to the safety of Europe. So much hypocrisy. For starters, they're cherry-picking the bit of Europe they want to reach, which is the rich and liberal parts of North Europe. Southern Europe? Not...