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The new Germany? Switzerland struggles to cope with surge of migrants trying new route
express.co.uk ^ | 8/10/2016 | Alix Culbertson

Posted on 08/10/2016 9:56:18 AM PDT by rktman

More refugees are now making their way to Germany from Italy via Switzerland, instead of the traditional route from Greece through the Balkans and Austria which have now become almost impenetrable thanks to borders being fenced off.

Migrants are also trying to find different routes after Ankara made an agreement with the European Union (EU) to accept migrants back who had made the journey across the Mediterranean from Turkey to Greece.

As Germany remains the western European country of choice after Angela Merkel announced an open-door policy last year, migrants are finding new ways to get into the country.

And once they are there, they are essentially free to roam across Europe.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: refugees; swiss
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Weird huh? Anyone remember what a pain it used to be to have to stop at border crossings and get your passport checked just to go from one country to another. Oh, maybe that wasn't such a bad thing after all. How's that EU thing workin' for ya?
1 posted on 08/10/2016 9:56:18 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Free movement of “EU citizens” dontcha know... that’s an economic PLUS!


2 posted on 08/10/2016 9:57:31 AM PDT by Gaffer (Muslims are the tall grass in which Jihadi terrorists hide undisturbed.)
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To: rktman

I thought Switzerland had more sense than to let them in.


3 posted on 08/10/2016 9:57:54 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: rktman

Hiking overland through the Alps, eh?

That’s real dedication to point-of-the-sword conversion.


4 posted on 08/10/2016 9:58:24 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Gaffer

LOL! Yeah, no doubt ALL those women and pre-teens will find work on the docks. The strapping young military aged men, not so much.


5 posted on 08/10/2016 9:58:52 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Not the first time a North African has done this...


6 posted on 08/10/2016 10:01:39 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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I hear there are buttloads of EU Muslim sleeper cells just salivating over the new arrivals.......

These Europeans don’t have a clue about the world of sh!t they’ve allowed into their midst.


7 posted on 08/10/2016 10:02:10 AM PDT by Gaffer (Muslims are the tall grass in which Jihadi terrorists hide undisturbed.)
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To: rktman
These are peaceful people just enjoying a nice day in the mountains.


8 posted on 08/10/2016 10:02:37 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Trump IS the revolution)
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To: rktman

INVADERS NOT MIGRANTS.


9 posted on 08/10/2016 10:03:46 AM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~)
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To: Rebelbase

How do you solve a problem like Mohammed?


10 posted on 08/10/2016 10:05:14 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: rktman

Sand fleas offer diversity to the great white North.


11 posted on 08/10/2016 10:08:39 AM PDT by soycd
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How do you solve a problem like Mohammed?

7.62X51Xwhatever it takes

12 posted on 08/10/2016 10:21:49 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: MUDDOG

They let them in, but don’t allow non-assimilating ones to stay.


13 posted on 08/10/2016 10:26:45 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: Rebelbase
TA...QIY......YA!


14 posted on 08/10/2016 10:45:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rktman
Oh, maybe that wasn't such a bad thing after all. How's that EU thing workin' for ya?

When I asked an Italian friend about the economic problems of EU (as well as socialism), particularly in her country, she said apologetically, "No one ever anticipated the influx of immigrants."

Never anticipated?

I always thought EU was flawed -- the whole notion that Europe was culturally homogeneous, one big happy-sappy family where there was no difference between a Swede & a Serb. I always predicted boundary issues, as well as squabbles over how to run things.

Even back in the 1990s, couldn't anyone have seen that open borders invites chaos? In my neighborhood the plan to create an exclusive apartment building for female tenants was nixed out of concern it would attract derelict women. Common sense means awareness of consequences.

Open borders & governments that hand out benefits like toys to children naturally attract & create an underclass. Now everyone has to suffer.

15 posted on 08/10/2016 11:09:24 AM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Good one!


16 posted on 08/10/2016 11:49:31 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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How do you solve a problem like mohammed?
How do you tell the left that we’re not dumb?
How do you find the word that means mohammed?
A murdering thug! A pedophile! A scum!

How do you hold a moongod in your hand?


17 posted on 08/10/2016 11:58:08 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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Has everybody missed the sentence which points out that these are mostly Eritreans? Eritrea is 50% Christian.


18 posted on 08/10/2016 12:04:13 PM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy
The Swiss don't dick around.
When the problem STARTS to get out of hand, the problem will be instantly eliminated.
No doubt in my mind.
19 posted on 08/10/2016 12:54:00 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: LucyT

BFL

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20 posted on 08/10/2016 1:11:19 PM PDT by LucyT
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