Posted on 01/16/2017 6:40:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
European nations are warning that once the weather warms this spring, an "unprecedented" wave of economic migrants will attempt to cross the Mediterranean to reach the shores of Europe.
Nearly a million refugees made the crossing in 2015, inundating Germany, Austria, and many other European countries. Most of those refugees were from Syria and Iraq – war-torn nations with tens of thousands trying to escape the violence.
This time, most of the refugees will be from Africa – Niger, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Mali, and Chad, among others. While there is violence in several of those countries, the primary reason people want to make the dangerous crossing is economic opportunity.
More than 180,000 attempted to reach Italy by sea in 2016. More than 5,000 died during the journey, but authorities expect the trend to continue.
A majority are considered economic migrants with slim chances of getting asylum. Malta, a tiny nation in the Mediterranean, holds the European Union’s presidency this spring and it wants the union to act sooner rather than later.
“Come next spring, the number of people crossing over the Mediterranean will reach record levels,” Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told The Associated Press Sunday. “The choice is trying to do something now, or meeting urgently in April, May … and try to do a deal then.”
The migrant crisis that broke out in 2015 primarily stemmed from Syria and Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of people in North Africa are also pursuing a better life as economies have crippled in recent years.
“Egypt is the country with which one could come to some sort of agreement,” Maltese Foreign Minister George Vella told AP. “
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Economic migrants? They are murdering raping in ANIMALS!!!
there being only one large group of people on planet earth who are taught from birth to hate/conquer/convert or murder Christians and Jews,
the countries that admit those people are committing SUICIDE
(they could admit almost any other peoples on earth... and work things out probably quite OK)
Muammar Gaddafi, March 2011
All-new no-go zones for Europe! How exciting! /s
They are “dole migrants”. Trying to suck off the taxpayer.
This time they JUST MIGHT SUCCEED!
SEND THEM TO THE SAUDIS!
They and their agent, Obama, started all of this.
Whatever migrates to EU will finally spill over to America. Just you wait.
When this initially started I said the proper response was to shoot the first wave.
They should have listened to me, when this is all said and done they’ll have to shoot many times that, if they survive at all.
Welfare is not economic opportunity.
If the Europeans don’t find some backbone soon and get over their intense self-destructiveness, then it’s going to be Auf Wiedersehen Europa.
Just send out special ops and scuttle the GD boats.
Nearly a million refugees made the crossing in 2015, inundating Germany, Austria, and many other European countries. Most of those refugees were from Syria and Iraq – war-torn nations with tens of thousands trying to escape the violence.
They have de-evolved! Didn’t even know this was possible until now.
Buttttt we maybe moving in the same direction.
Nice post! A good reminder that this plan, like ocare was set up in advance. I thought Reagan shut down quadducky decades ago? Looks like I was wrong.
they don’t work anyway..maybe sell some hash to the infidel
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