Posted on 09/25/2015 12:41:35 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
THE European Union has lost control of its borders and risks total collapse if they are not sealed, a senior Brussels diplomat has warned.
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, warned the EU was now facing a "critical point" and that the migrant crisis hadn't even reached its peak.
As he chaired an emergency meeting of EU leaders in Brussels last night Mr Tusk painted a bleak picture of the EU's future, saying the 28-member bloc was on the verge of breakdown with "recriminations and misunderstanding" pitting nations against one another.
The future of free movement was at stake, he said, as the continent had lost control of its borders as well as a "sense of order".
He added: "The most urgent question we should ask ourselves...is how to regain control of our external borders.
"Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to even speak about common migration policy."
He appeared to lay much of the blame with Germany, accusing Chancellor Angela Merkel of exacerbating the problem by sending the signal to desperate Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland that Germany had no limit on the number of migrants it would accept.
He added: "We need to correct our policy of open doors and windows.
"Today we are talking about millions of potential refugees trying to reach Europe, not thousands.
"It is likely that more refugees will flow towards Europe, not less. Especially as almost all of them feel invited to Europe."
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But Ms Merkel responded: "Setting up fences between members states is not the solution.
"Faced with a great challenge, it can not be that Europe says we can't handle this.
"That's why I say again and again, we can do this."
As deep divisions continue to show between EU nations, French President Francois Hollande offered a stark assessment of the crisis engulfing the continent.
He said: "Those who don't share our values, those who don't even want to respect those principles, need to start asking themselves questions about their place in the European Union."
More than half a million migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year, and experts believe the total figure for 2015 could top one million.
David Cameron, who was also attending the Brussels summit, has pledged an additional £100m in aid for camps bordering Syria, from which Britain will offer 20,000 refugees asylum over the next four years.
£40m of that sum will go to support the UN's World food Programme.
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Mr Cameron said: "We must make sure that people in refugee camps are properly fed and looked after, not least to help them but also to stop people wanting to make, or thinking of making this very, very difficult and very dangerous journey to Europe."
EU leaders have pledged 1billion (£734m) to help countries bordering the war zone in a bid to stop refugees from wanting to make the journey to Europe in the first place.
It certainly is an overwhelming sight. To make an understatement.
Good, let the EU collapse, the EU was a horrible idea to start with.
Assuming the intent was to really help migrants, hard to believe I know, the place to help them was in their home countries, not invite then into yours and bring their worldview that makes their homes hellholes.
Fifty years from now Angela will be seen as worse than Hitler.
“He said: “Those who don’t share our values, those who don’t even want to respect those principles, need to start asking themselves questions about their place in the European Union.””
Wimpy.
“”Those who don’t share our values, those who don’t even want to respect those principles, need to pack their bags.”
Better.
Coming soon to a country near you.
I think they’re already here. Of all kinds.
Not that you weren’t aware of that already.
What bags?
They came with the expectation Europe would give them everything.
Maybe a cellphone case.
freestuff is over?
Union? -or- Caliphate?...
URO’s are aborting all their babies..
I going with Caliphate..
LOL ya think?
They’re crashing the borders. It’s an act of love.
The old Eastern Bloc nations will be back under Russia’s wing by the end of next year. They want no part of this.
It appears that the Antichrist's 10 Kingdoms are beginning their stage. What the 10 Kingdoms borders or what former nation's they include, I do not know. But we are on cusp of the beginning of the end.
Europe might be undergoing a “fundamental transformation” with all this.
Dunno. Pretty wild stuff.
I’m in for $5 to ship Jebby over there on a one-way ticket to straighten it all out. He can take his son, too. It’s not like he shows up for work as Texas Land Commissioner.
Well, he did to fire people, of course.
I’m pretty sure Britain will not be one of the 10.
Now they know how we feel about Mexico..
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