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German ministry wants migrants returned to Africa: report
Reuters ^ | 06 November 2016

Posted on 11/06/2016 7:31:54 AM PST by Lorianne

German ministry wants migrants returned to Africa: report

World News | Sun Nov 6, 2016 | 7:19am EST

German ministry wants migrants returned to Africa: report

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The German Interior Ministry wants to stop migrants ever reaching Europe's Mediterranean coast by picking them up at sea and returning them to Africa, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday.

In what would be a huge shift for a country with one of the most generous asylum policies, the ministry says the European Union should adopt an Australian-style system under which migrants intercepted at sea are sent for processing at camps in third countries.

"The elimination of the prospect of reaching the European coast could convince migrants to avoid embarking on the life-threatening and costly journey in the first place," the paper quoted a ministry spokeswoman as saying.

"The goal must be to remove the basis for people-smuggling organizations and to save migrants from the life-threatening journey."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 11/06/2016 7:31:54 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne
Sink the damn ships. That will stop them from even thinking about getting on a rickety boat to begin with.

These African and Middle Eastern hell-holes need to take care of their own. They have more natural resources and a favorable climate. Get rid of your dictators, give your people freedom and transition to a market economy, and you'll be just as prosperous as Western nations are.

2 posted on 11/06/2016 7:34:38 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trump that Beyotch!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

These African and Middle Eastern hell-holes need to take care of their own. They have more natural resources and a favorable climate. Get rid of your dictators, give your people freedom and transition to a market economy, and you’ll be just as prosperous as Western nations are.
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They don’t have the intellect to do that. I’m not trying to be mean. It’s the truth, though.


3 posted on 11/06/2016 7:36:17 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Plenty of the boats have sunk or been shipwrecked.
Doesn’t seem to stop them coming


4 posted on 11/06/2016 7:41:16 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Nothing short of military force is going to stop the immigrants from Africa. They already know that about 20% of those that set off for Europe just disappear but they still keep coming. It is a terrible thing to say but only guns are going to stop them. Africa is just so terrible for most of the people that they will keep coming. Probably 75% of the men have no cash employment.


5 posted on 11/06/2016 8:10:37 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: LydiaLong

I agree, they are beyond hope.


6 posted on 11/06/2016 8:43:03 AM PST by Nothingburger
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To: LydiaLong
They don’t have the intellect to do that. I’m not trying to be mean. It’s the truth, though.

Intellect might be debatable, but they absolutely do not have the accumulated knowledge and traditions in their people and institutions that could build and sustain successful nations in the 21st century. They are a few centuries behind.

7 posted on 11/06/2016 9:18:18 AM PST by Will88
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To: Oldexpat

Even South Africa, which is still light-years ahead of the rest of the continent economically, has big problems with migrants coming there.


8 posted on 11/06/2016 9:20:32 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Lorianne

Commandeer some cruise ships load them up, turn off the stabilizers and make sure that the ships pass 500 miles south of The Cape of Good Hope before delivering them near home.


9 posted on 11/06/2016 9:33:19 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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