Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,257
She certainly must have a huge hole in her life.
Arte et Marte
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
a small hole reg,but a bigger one from the other side,in guise of political miss information.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
We have always been told that any major EU decision would have to be unanimously agreed, not true here and no respect for national sovereignty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34345640Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
- Posts: 3,370
The reality is they must all go back, or EU politicians move over and prepare for EU governments that will send them back.
Hand ringing and sticking plasters will not heal the world's hot spots and mass moment.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,875
Even the Germans are saying that economic "refugees" should be deported if I understood the reports earlier this morning.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Mrs Merkel's eyes lit up when she saw the Syrians with seemingly limitless funds wanting to enter the country. Looks plain to see that they are well educated and great fodder for the work market with the shortage of skilled labour locally and will keep wages down. The problem is she didn't think about the infrastructure to handle the situation and also the fact people from other countries that don't seem very wealthy have joined in the exodus. At the moment they are being housed in sports centres, disused warehouses etc. The Syrians will not put up with that for the long they are used to the good life back, unlike the poorer ones stuck in the refugee camps.
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
Problem is Howard only 20% of those being admitted are Syrian. She might be disappointed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I alluded to that in line 4 Paul, the majority seem to be from the Balkans and East Africa. No doubt they will weed some out but I would think the ones that slip through will be quite happy living in hostels and getting hand outs unlike the Syrians. Mrs Merkel and others continue to criticise our response but our government has sent over a billion quid so far to the desperate people in the camps while the rest have sent nothing.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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And Cameron is going to send them another £100 million !! Howard
I whish charley boy would restrain the fool ,he's spending our cash like a drunken sailor .
We should send them all to the Russians for military training so they can ship them all back to fight for Assad's regime.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I can understand why France is taking action but it may well mean even more refugees heading for Europe.
http://news.sky.com/story/1559717/france-begins-airstrikes-in-syria-against-ishoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Great news for those living in the squalid camps of Jordan and Lebanon. they will now be able to upload photos of their dinner.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/mark-zuckerberg-announces-plans-to-bring-facebook-to-refugee-camps-a6669021.htmlBrian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
yep number 12 died today trying get here.thats 12 since june,just wondering how many more are going to die before the situation is sorted.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I thought Eurotunnel had upped their security but we have another fatality.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34399729Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
that makes 13 since june howard,.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Difficult to know whether this will help the refugee problem or make things worse.
http://news.sky.com/story/1561395/russian-jets-bombing-islamic-state-in-syriahoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Putin is doing his best to keep the regime in power by bombing all the rebel factions including ISIS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34413050Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Putin is right. Better to have a tyrant in charge than leave a vacuum with no follow-up strategy. That lesson should have been learned from Iraq and Libya. But Vlad seems to have done his homework better than western leaders. If you leave a vacuum it is likely to be filled by extremists because Islam is all the various groups have in common.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Things won't change until Western countries stop deciding who should be in charge of third world countries, none of whom are better places to live after we have invaded and/or bombed them. I can remember Blue Barry talking about winning the hearts and minds of people in Afghanistan as if anybody welcomes an invading army, we certainly wouldn't. Afghanistan is now in more turmoil than before we stuck our noses in.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Russian actions are likely to wipe out ISIS altogether which is no bad thing but in the short term more refugees will leave and head for Europe. I don't understand why Russian fighter planes are entering Turkish airspace.