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Protesters wall off access to French migrant shelter
TheLocal.fr ^ | 24 July 2017 14:53 CEST+02:00 | AFP

Posted on 07/24/2017 8:33:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Protesters in a town in southwest France have built a nearly-two-meter-high wall around the entrance to a disused hotel to try to prevent it being turned into a migrant shelter.

Working under cover of darkness, a few dozen residents of Semeac in the Pyrenees mountains erected a wall 18 meters (60 feet) long and 1.8 meters high barring access to the Formule 1 hotel, a spokesman for the group confirmed.

“We [are] not against taking in migrants,” Laurent Teixeira told AFP. “But you have to take account of the citizens.”

Teixeira accused the authorities of failing to consult residents about the project to turn the former budget hotel into a shelter for up to 85 migrants. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: eussr; france; rop; semeac

1 posted on 07/24/2017 8:33:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The wall goes on the border......


2 posted on 07/24/2017 8:34:37 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

If the wall were on the border it wouldn’t keep the muslims in and the firemen out.


3 posted on 07/24/2017 8:36:56 PM PDT by MrEdd (long hours.)
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To: Olog-hai

Europe will return to walled towns shortly, and fondly remember a time when they weren’t necessary as a golden age.


4 posted on 07/24/2017 8:39:03 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Olog-hai

Pansy boy Macron will not like this


5 posted on 07/24/2017 8:39:12 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Séméac is about 55 miles north of the border with Spain. But that is still within the Schengen area.


6 posted on 07/24/2017 8:43:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Frigging brilliant.

L


7 posted on 07/24/2017 8:44:29 PM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: Olog-hai

its only 6 foot high most of the “refugees” could climb over it...


8 posted on 07/24/2017 8:45:03 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Olog-hai

The EU globalists will be sure to punish these protesters severely.


9 posted on 07/24/2017 8:58:29 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Olog-hai

Oops, it caught fire... Musta been lightning!


10 posted on 07/24/2017 9:02:43 PM PDT by W. (What's crackin', bitch? Har!)
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To: Olog-hai

“We [are] not against taking in migrants,” Laurent Teixeira told AFP

You should be.


11 posted on 07/24/2017 9:13:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

EU RIP.


12 posted on 07/25/2017 12:16:56 AM PDT by A strike (Academia is almost as racist as Madison Ave.)
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To: Olog-hai

NIMBH = Not in My Budget Hotel


13 posted on 07/25/2017 8:37:05 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Ray76

The Basques really don’t like it, there is much history and tradition to save. The Muslims will learn that the sheep are not for loving.


14 posted on 07/25/2017 7:19:21 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Make lemonade.)
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