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Johnson: Turn back migrant boats
The Times ^
| September 16 2016, 12:01am,
| Tom Kington, Florence
Posted on 09/18/2016 10:50:33 AM PDT by Eurotwit
Boris Johnson has called for migrants sailing across the Mediterranean from Africa to be turned back by a European Union naval operation that includes two Royal Navy vessels.
Ships involved in Operation Sophia, which was launched last year, are charged with picking up migrants they find on the high seas and ferrying them to Italy. The fleet has never been involved in so-called push-backs, a practice that was outlawed by the European Court of Human Rights in 2012 after it was briefly introduced by Italy in 2009.
Mr Johnson, however, appeared to back the measure during a joint press conference
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Impressive by Johnson. Make this an active policy immediately. Enough talk, just do it.
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posted on
09/18/2016 10:50:33 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Introduced by Italy...
Embarrassed for my ancestors. To think there was a Rome once...
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posted on
09/18/2016 10:51:52 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Eurotwit
For a second I though Gary flip flopped.
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posted on
09/18/2016 10:51:53 AM PDT
by
proust
(Trump / Pence 2016!)
To: proust
To: dp0622; Eurotwit
Even though he’s a huge squish, hearing about this gave me some hope.
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posted on
09/18/2016 10:52:40 AM PDT
by
OddLane
To: Eurotwit; All
If you want to stop an invasion, sink the ships before you get torpedoed.
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posted on
09/18/2016 10:53:54 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: Eurotwit
Once they arrive you will never get them out....they will indeed protest and resist 'Deportation"....as here in Munich Germany this last Friday....
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posted on
09/18/2016 10:56:10 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Eurotwit
Wow. Simple, yet effective. Why did it take so long for someone to figure it out?
To: Eurotwit
At first I thought Gary had come to his senses....Boris is correct
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:01:20 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
To: Cobra64
Looks like the hoodie problem is going to get worse too....for some reason they don't look starving or worn torn to me....
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:04:41 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Professional Engineer; proust
Same here.
Who spiked his bong and with what?
To: Eurotwit
I'm sure that the EU masters won't pay any attention to Britain now that Brexit has passed.
To: caww
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:07:21 AM PDT
by
caww
To: caww
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:09:14 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Eurotwit
Europe doesn’t even need a wall. They have the Mediterranean and still won’t control it.
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:14:52 AM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them)
To: Eurotwit
Sink them.
It’s an invasion.
Send the invaders to the bottom of the sea.
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:15:28 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: dp0622
US is dishing out millions of the peoples monies to help resettlement countries....on of our recent 'gifts' of $11 million to help launch the 'Emerging Resettlement Countries Joint Support Mechanism (ERCM). ....Presumably this new bureaucracy (one more UN agency) will be teaching other countries how to resettle refugees using our successful model. Or, is it just one more way 'to redistribute American wealth'?....
On September 20, 2016, leaders from Jordan, Mexico, Germany, Ethiopia, Sweden, and Canada, as well as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will join 'President Obama in hosting' the Leaders Summit on Refugees on the margins of this years UN General Assembly high-level week. The Summit will bring together governments from around the world that have made new and significant pledges in 2016 to address the most urgent needs of refugees and facilitate long-term durable solutions. Among the goals of the Summit is to double the global number of refugees resettled or admitted legally to third countries. A significant number of countries have stepped forward to launch or expand refugee resettlement efforts.
Source:...https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:24:50 AM PDT
by
caww
To: virgil
By the looks of those "immigrants", I'd say there must be a West Marine store where they come from as they're all wearing PFD's.
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:26:42 AM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: dp0622
That”s how Austrailia regained control over the invasion of illegal immigrants. It looks bad but is the only course for island nations.
To: caww
sickening. obama and everyone who voted for him are my enemy, a they are DIRECTLY, not INDIRECTLY, responsible for American deaths, hence traitors, hence get them tried, tied and dropped.
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posted on
09/18/2016 11:36:05 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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