EU Immigration Crisis Megathread

[Monoriu]

Morality issues aside, I am sure sending a few plane-loads of illegal immigrants back to Palmyra will do wonders to stop people from wanting to go to Europe. 

[garbon]

Morality issues aside, I am sure sending a few plane-loads of illegal immigrants back to Palmyra will do wonders to stop people from wanting to go to Europe. 

Well Europe isn't China.

[Syt]

Several hundred right wing protesters clashed with police yesterday when they wanted to prevent a bus of refugees from getting to a new home. Police were pelted with fire crackers, bottles and stones. And, unsurprisingly, this was again in Saxony.

[Duque de Bragança]

Right-wing protesters? The local CDU is more radical in Saxony à la CSU in Bavaria? Or is it just Saxons being Saxons, without Angles?

[Zanza]

Saxony is the stronghold of the NPD.

[Josquius]

Whenever the media is doing interviews with migrants they always seem to run into a few who have already spent time in Europe but were deported.
It could of course just be selection bias since they're the ones most likely to speak good English.
But it sure seems that deporting isn't much of a help for dissuading people.

[Zanza]

Protests in Heidenau, Germany:



Greek-Macedonian border:



It's really sad that it comes to this. We should be able to handle all of this in a more humane matter. 

[Syt]

We should, but it appears the majority don't want to.

[Martinus]

We should, but it appears the majority don't want to.

Is it really the majority or a vocal minority, though?

[Syt]

Meanwhile, Merkel is remaining quiet about the whole refugee/xenophobia situation.

[Iormlund]

Meanwhile, Merkel is remaining quiet about the whole refugee/xenophobia situation.

Of course she does. There are no votes to win going there.

We should, but it appears the majority don't want to.

Is it really the majority or a vocal minority, though?

Some are quite vocal. But in the end, nobody wants a couple hundred refugees in their backyard. Someone else's backyard, though ...

[Syt]

Read this morning that one of the main obstacles to having a quota system for refugees within the EU is the reluctance of the Eastern members to accept more than they do. Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia have signaled that they would accept up to 2000 refugees each - but preferably no Muslims, because of security/integration concerns.

[Zanza]

So if we expect 800,000 asylum applicants this year, it would almost be 1% of our number between the three of them. Thanks for your solidarity, partners! 

[Syt]

Merkel has finally spoken out against the recent spike in xenophobia.

By having her press speaker give a few stock lines on her behalf.

[Eddie Teach]

You don't last as long as she has by sticking your neck out.