Re: Mass migrants/Imigrant's eye opener

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Ceuta Onslaught: How Gaddafi's Grim Prophecy for Europe is Coming True

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The flow of migrants coming to Europe from Africa is likely to grow in the coming years, writes Sputnik Germany contributor Bernhard Schwarz. For decades Libya served as a firewall halting the tide of refugees heading to the EU. Now when Libya lies in ruins European leaders see that late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was right, Schwarz stressed.
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's "prophecy" is turning into reality with destitute Africans violently storming the Spanish-Moroccan border on July 26, writes Sputnik Germany contributor Bernhard Schwarz, stressing that the event sends a strong signal to Berlin.
"Driven by desperation and hunger, they are ready to risk their own lives and the lives of border guards to get to Europe. They will not take no for an answer. Their brutality against the police is shocking and should set the alarm bells ringing for Brussels. So far, the EU has not reacted to the incident, but unless a concrete action plan is presented soon, there is a risk that damaging violence and anarchy will be at the heart of Europe," the German journalist warned.
Sub-Saharan migrants sit on a metal fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla

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On July 26, 800 migrants from Africa stormed a seven-meter high fence separating Morocco from Spain in an attempt to cross the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta with 602 migrants making it onto Spanish soil. The migrants threw stones, sticks, Molotov cocktails, feces and hashish at law enforcement officers. The assault resulted in 132 migrants and 15 police officers being hurt.
The International Organization for Migration earlier reported that since the beginning of the year 3,125 African nationals had crossed the Spanish border through the enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta and entered the EU.
Gaddafi's Warning to NATO
"Now listen, you people of NATO," Gaddafi said on the eve of NATO's invasion of Libya in 2011. "You're bombing a wall which stood in the way of African migration to Europe and in the way of al-Qaeda terrorists. This wall was Libya. You're breaking it."
Libya has ended up as a failed state ruled by two governments which have yet to establish law and order in the country. Predictably, Libyan rebels did not return to their patron the weapons, generously provided to them by France and the US. Additionally, Gaddafi's arms stocks were looted turning Libya into one of the largest black markets for weapons.
"A similar situation could be observed after the American intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan, and also in Syria before Russia stepped in there [in 2015]," Schwarz pointed out, stressing that most asylum applications are coming to Germany from the aforementioned countries.
Italian police identifies migrants in a camp set by the Baobab aid group in Rome, Italy July 12, 2018

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He remarked, however, that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's approach to the refugee problem evokes strong memories of the helplessness of the Roman Empire shortly before its fall, adding that the chancellor's policies differ a lot from those of her predecessors, Willy Brandt, who served as chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974 and Helmut Schmidt who occupied this position from 1974 to 1982.
Both Brandt and Schmidt warned against unregulated migration saying that it would not be without grave consequences for German society. Currently, about 10.6 million foreigners live in Germany, while refugees continue to arrive in the country.
In this March 12, 2018 photo, from left, Olaf Scholz, acting chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, and the chairman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU), Horst Seehofer, arrive for a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany

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In this March 12, 2018 photo, from left, Olaf Scholz, acting chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, and the chairman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU), Horst Seehofer, arrive for a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany
Seehofer's Master Plan
US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose during a family photo at the Greek Theatee during a G7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017.

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To tackle the migration crisis German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer presented a plan envisaging the creation of special centers and conducting necessary procedures to slow down the refugee tide. In early July, Seehofer and Merkel agreed to accelerate the return of migrants to the countries where they initially applied for asylum.
Meanwhile, Bavarian police began patrolling the German-Austrian border on July 18 to prevent illegal entries.
Commenting on Seehofer's plan to turn migrants away to where their demand was registered, Schwarz referred to the recent incident on the Spanish-Morocco border.
"After the storming of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, the question arises — how these centers should work and how they should be protected. The population of Africa is growing rapidly; by 2050 it will grow twice to 2.5 billion. The flow of refugees is likely to grow due to hunger, poor economic conditions, corruption and lack of prospects for the population. It is very probable that the refugees won't be stopped by a rejection of their application and will try to enter Europe," the German journalist opined.
He pointed out that over 75 percent of refugees heading to Europe by sea come from Libyan ports, first of all these are the inhabitants of Niger, Eritrea, Somalia and Chad.
According to Schwarz, Syria may emerge as an example of how the migration problem could be solved: Following Russia's involvement, the legitimate government of Bashar al-Assad is gradually restoring order in the country which facilitates the return of Syrian asylum seekers from Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. That means that Syria won't repeat the fate of Libya and will reduce the flow of Syrian nationals seeking asylum in Europe.
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Admin Sat 05 Sep 2015, 1:14 pm

An eye opener

Journalist Claus Cancel from the Danish radio station Radio 24syv, has been in Macedonia and Serbia to follow the flow of migrants to Europe. On the journey, he met the 23-year-old sociology student Philip Rasmussen, who speaks Arabic. Accompanied by Arabic-speaking Philip, it opened many doors to Claus. They succeeded, among other things, to get on one of the many buses that drive migrants through the Baltic States.

The journey was a bit of an eye opener for Claus Cancel. He tells Radio 24syv that what the mainstream media has shown from the mass migration towards Europe, is not a complete picture. We see especially pictures of families with children. But it's not families with children who constitute the majority of of the migrants, he says. The majority consists of young men, almost only young men.

Some of the first things Claus Cancel experienced were those who make money on the migrant flow. He tells of peasants and gypsies selling over-priced cigarettes and water to the migrants.
On the Macedonian side of the border he saw many drivers who waited in their yellow cabs. And after those held buses. And after them there was the train. He says that they hardly met any other than those making huge sums of money on the mass migration.

- We have not met any other. Beside the farmers and the gypsies, we saw about 20 yellow Macedonian taxis. The drivers are waiting for the next group of refugees to be guided through, and they earn good money. They are the ones who take the rich migrants, it costs a minimum of 100 euro for a ride through Macedonia in a yellow taxi. Next are all the bus drivers. Seems everyone who own a bus in Macedonia, have come down to the border area. So perhaps 30 to 40 buses were waiting, and they also do good business. The price is 20 euro to be driven through Macedonia. And then there's the train which is a little cheaper.
- One has to ask, who is it that has an interest in stopping the refugees here? In Turkey we hear about those selling life jackets and inflatable boats. There are plenty of people in Turkey who have no interest of stopping this. It's also there the big bosses are. Those who sell tickets to rubber boats for $1,300 a piece.
- We came with one of those buses, dedicated to the migrants, and we sat in the bus for many hours. At one time a riot erupted in the bus because it drove on some gravel roads. There was one who shouted that they would kill us all.

Then I panicked because we sat in the bus driving north, in a bus full of young men. There were maybe six women. And behind us there were maybe 20 buses, and in front of us there were 20 buses. When we drove into the parking lots, the buses unloaded all these young men, who were going out to buy sandwiches. Right now we are in Serbia and the buses go back empty. I panicked, I have to admit that I thought, they are just too many.
- When we see pictures of the refugees in the media, the TV only shows pictures of the ones with children, as they are the only ones that will be filmed. Every time the media is trying to take pictures of the young men, they turn their heads away.
The mass immigration that we believe are families with children, it is not. Mass immigration consist of young men, it is what it is. Do you agree Philip?

Philip: Yes, it is mainly young men.