Posted on 04/28/2019 8:00:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
In the hilltop town of Ferrette near the border with Switzerland, few would expect to encounter Eritreans exploring the ruins of its medieval chateau or Chechens walking its steep narrow streets.
But this tiny town in eastern France has opened its doors to asylum seekers, who now represent some 10 percent of the population. […]
With Europe’s governments paralyzed over what to do and tensions rising on the ground, there has been a surge in support for populist and far-right parties, who have used the opportunity to further anti-immigrant agendas.
But not everywhere, and certainly not in Ferrette where Mayor François Cohendet has overseen a successful integration and says the migrants’ presence there is “not an issue”, but just a part of the community’s normal life — which might have been quite a challenge in this town of 740 people in the southern part of Alsace, a region where the far-right has gathered a sizable following.
Since 2016, Ferrette has permanently taken in about 80 asylum seekers — half of them children — from places as far-flung as Afghanistan, Sudan and Armenia. All of them are hoping to be recognized as refugees — or at the very least, that France will grant them “subsidiary protection”, the status granted to asylum seekers who do not qualify as refugees. …
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“...says the migrants’ presence there is “not an issue”...”
Until they get to be more than 10%.
Then they’ll “share their culture” with the Frenchies at blade point.
It’s what they do.
[Ferrette]
740 People. A quarter of the population is probably employed in one way or another with refugee work.
When they reach 20% it’s all over. It’s documented brutally in the Mideast. Even Israel is reaching the breaking point along with the USA slowly being colonized an already represented by Islamist scum.
80!?!?!? And half of them children?!?! :)
Why on earth was this written and even more, posted as a thread here?!?!
It’s LESS than inconsequential.
“Europe’s governments [are] paralyzed over what to do.”
False. We know what to do and everyone wants it: deportations by the millions. Now.
Well, can’t expect AFP to admit the truth, now.
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