Europe's Migrant Crisis: Views from Central Europe

Gatestone Institute ^ | July 2, 2017 | Soeren Kern

[Oatka]

"We are not going to take part in the madness of the Brussels elite."

Many so-called asylum seekers have refused to relocate to Central and Eastern Europe because the financial benefits there are not as generous as in France, Germany or Scandinavia. In addition, hundreds of migrants who have been relocated to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which rank among the poorest EU countries, have since fled to Germany and other wealthier countries in the bloc.

"It needs to be said clearly and directly: This is an attack on Europe, on our culture, on our traditions." — Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydło.

"I think we have a right to decide that we do not want a large number of Muslim people in our country. That is a historical experience for us." — Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, referring to Hungary's occupation by the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1699.

[Oatka]

If Europe is to be saved, it will be because of these people from the East.

[Jimmy Valentine]

These people remember their history of the Muslims invading and nearly destroying their countries. They are not interested in a repetition.

[I want the USA back]

Get out of the EU. It is a plan to eliminate nations and transfer money from producers to parasites.

[Oldexpat]

Eastern Europe knows tyranny when they see it. And this is tyranny by the EU.

[Liz]

[Mears]

Lousy map——they moved France.

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[yoe]

"I think we have a right to decide that we do not want a large number of Muslim people in our country."

Spoken like a leader. Just imagine the fall-out had our POTUS said that. The Politically Correct would have strokes.....hey! not a bad idea for President Trump to say it, Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydło is entirely correct.

Our last president what'shisname, allowed undocumented Muslims by the hundreds to come here to live off the dole and demand rights that are not theirs to demand.

[Leaning Right]

> These people remember their history of the Muslims invading and nearly destroying their countries. They are not interested in a repetition. <

Yep. And they also remember something more recent...being oppressed by socialists headquartered in Moscow. So there is no desire to be oppressed by socialists headquartered in Brussels.

[Mollypitcher1]

You’re absolutely correct. I wonder where they think Portugal and Spain are, to say nothing of Gibraltar.

[Bonemaker]

“This is an attack on Europe, on our culture, on our traditions.”

Odd, that’s what Obama has done and democrats continue to do to America.

[Wuli]

Maybe it’s time the U.S. offered an “everything is open” free trade agreement with any “refugee” nations from the EU. As a slap at the empire builders in Brussels, we could - copying the U.K. - call it the Atlantic Commonwealth, and be sure it is no more than a free trade agreement with no collective interference possible in the domestic affairs of the members.

[Grzegorz 246]

The whole “migrant crisis” was manufactured by “elites”/globalists in order to drive “further integration” of the EU. First they create the problem, when the problem is getting totally out of control, there goes “solution”: common army, police, border guard, intel etc. It's already happening. Once it is achieved, there are no national states anymore. The whole thing will be controlled by unelected clique.

The migrant madness can be stopped overnight, just start from fingerprinting all the new arriving “boat people”, send them back where they came from with a ban to ever re-enter EU and make them cover the costs of the whole procedure, take the cash, cell phones etc. they posses. That really wouldn't be a harsh punishment for violation of the border and once it happens, on the next day the number of those willing to jump into the boats will drop by 99,99%.