'swarm' of migrants

[Vikrant]

What is up with that David? Don't you know the difference between people and insects? I think this homeboy is giving bad name to all cricket players. Anyhow, he is only a human and humans make mistakes. I hope he is sorry for his insensitive remark.

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LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron faced heavy criticism on Thursday for saying a "swarm" of migrants was trying to come to Britain, as authorities in France struggle to stop them crossing the Channel.
"You have got a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life, wanting to come to Britain because Britain has got jobs, it's got a growing economy, it's an incredible place to live," Cameron told ITV television during a visit to Vietnam.

Around 3,000 people from countries including Syria and Eritrea are camping out in the northern French port of Calais and trying to cross into Britain illegally by clambering on board lorries and trains.

The controversy has dominated British media this week as holidaymakers and truck drivers have been blocked on the British side due to delays caused by the migrants' actions.

Acting leader of the main opposition Labour party Harriet Harman said Cameron should "remember he is talking about people, not insects".

The Refugee Council, a leading charity which works with asylum seekers, said it was "awful, dehumanising language from a world leader".

And Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which wants stricter controls on immigration, said he would not use similar words.

"The prime minister is this morning trying to sound tough. Whether he actually means it or not is quite a separate question," Farage told BBC radio.

Cameron is facing calls from tabloid newspapers to deploy the British army to resolve the situation, but insists the correct solution is to cooperate with French authorities.

"We need to protect our borders by working hand in glove with our neighbours the French and that is exactly what we are doing," he told ITV.

Cameron will chair a meeting of the government's COBRA emergency committee on Friday on the issue. London has also pledged £7 million (10 million euros, $11 million) to improve fencing around the Eurotunnel rail terminal at Coquelles, northern France.

Britain's Ministry of Defence is considering freeing up some of its land to become temporary lorry parks to help reduce long queues on the motorway in Kent due to delays, British newspapers The Times and The Daily Telegraph reported.

The ministry was not immediately available for comment on the reports.

Keith Vaz, a lawmaker and head of parliament's home affairs committee, called for a meeting between Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, but said that the problem had to be dealt with at an European Union level.

"I think the focus is all wrong here. Once people make it to Calais, it's almost too late. The problem lies fundamentally with the failure of the EU to deal with the migrants crisis in Italy and Greece," he said.

British PM s swarm of migrants comment sparks outrage - The Times of India

 

[waltky]

Mid-east war migrants stormin' the gates of Europe...
:eekeyes:
Hungary scrambles to confront migrant influx, Merkel heckled
August 26, 2015 - Hungary made plans on Wednesday to reinforce its southern border with helicopters, mounted police and dogs, and was also considering using the army as record numbers of migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, passed through coils of razor-wire into Europe.

In Germany, which expects to receive 800,000 of them this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel was heckled by dozens of protesters as she visited an eastern town where violent anti-refugee protests erupted at the weekend. The surge in migrants seeking refuge from conflict or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia has confronted Europe with its worst refugee crisis since World War Two, stirring social tensions and testing the resources and solidarity of the 28-nation European Union. A record 2,533 mainly Syrians, Afghans and Pakistanis crossed from Serbia into EU member Hungary on Tuesday, climbing over or squirreling under a razor-wire barrier into the hands of an over-stretched police force that struggled to fingerprint and process them. Authorities said over 140,000 had been caught entering so far this year.

Unrest flared briefly at a crowded reception center in the border region of Roszke, with tear gas fired by police. Another 1,300 were detained on Wednesday morning. More will have passed unnoticed, walking through gaps in a border fence being built by Hungary in what critics say is a futile attempt to keep them out. They packed a train station in the capital, Budapest, hundreds of men, women and children sleeping or sitting on the floor in a designated “transit zone” for migrants. Almost all hope to reach the more affluent countries of northern and western Europe such as Germany and Sweden.

Visiting the eastern German town of Heidenau, where violence broke out during weekend protests by far-right militants against the arrival of around 250 refugees, Merkel said xenophobia would not be tolerated. About 50 protesters booed, whistled and waved signs that read “Volksverraeter” (traitor), a slogan adopted by the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement earlier this year. “There is no tolerance for those people who question the dignity of others, no tolerance for those who are not willing to help where legal and human help is required," Merkel told reporters and local people. “The more people who make that clear ... the stronger we will be.”

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As asylum-seekers flood in, Germany struggles to house them
Aug 29,`15 -- Twenty-three-year-old Leila, her husband and two small children spent their first week in Germany in a temporary shelter, an austere but desperately needed haven after a traumatic flight from Syria that began when her husband was told to fight for the government.

Among an expected 800,000 asylum seekers flowing into Germany this year - some four times last year's count - she and her family shared a small room built in a converted covered tennis court in downtown Berlin during their first week in the country in August, furnished with three Ikea bunk beds, a small table and a small closet. They received three meals a day in a common room for the 300 refugees in the facility, and bathrooms were shared. The setup was basic by European standards, but for Leila, who cannot forget the bodies littering the streets of the Syrian city of Aleppo, it was a fresh start. "We were so afraid, before we came here," said Leila, who requested that her last name not be used for fear of retribution against her family still in Syria. "Now we feel comfortable because we are treated well ... We feel safe here."

The surge in migrants and refugees to Europe from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea and elsewhere this year has sent countries scrambling to come up with housing - both temporary for those awaiting the outcome of asylum applications, and permanent for those allowed to stay. German authorities say they have 45,000 spots in temporary facilities for new asylum applicants - excluding tent settlements that have been hastily erected - but they need as many as 150,000. Many European countries face similar problems, but none greater than Germany. Europe's richest economy attracted 43 percent of Europe's 400,000 asylum applications in the first half of the year - more than double the number in the same period of 2014.

The converted tennis court where Leila and her family are being housed was supposed to be closed in May, but it has been kept open to help deal with the flood of newcomers. Funded by the city, it is run by the Berlin City Mission, a Christian nonprofit organization, and staffed largely by volunteers. Elsewhere in Berlin, portable shipping containers have been converted into small stacks of apartments to accommodate 2,400 refugees around the capital. At one in container village in southwestern Berlin, which is just opening, colorfully painted containers offer comfortable space for 300 refugees. It boasts single rooms with shared kitchens and bathrooms on each floor, as well as small flats for families, and even accommodation for the disabled.

Syrian refugee Leila, no last name given, poses in an emergency shelter in Berlin where she waits with her family for her pending registration as asylum seekers. The surge in migrants and refugees to Europe from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea and elsewhere this year has sent countries scrambling to come up with housing - both temporary for those awaiting the outcome of asylum applications, and permanent for those allowed to stay. Many European countries face similar problems, but none greater than Germany. Europe’s richest economy attracted 43 percent of Europe’s 400,000 asylum applications in the first half of the year - more than double the number in the same period of 2014.

In government and non-governmental projects around the country, former military barracks are being converted to housing, disused nursing homes are being refurbished and even small tent cities are being erected. Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has already doubled the financial assistance available to local authorities to 1 billion euros ($112 billion) and has called a meeting with state leaders in September to discuss the refugee situation further. Some Germans have taken matters into their own hands. Last year, Berlin resident Jonas Kakoschke decided with his roommate to house a refugee in her place while she was spending six months abroad.

Kakoschke helped the refugee, a Mali-born man from Senegal, learn the language, get his paperwork done and eventually find his own apartment. Now, with the online project "Refugees Welcome" that Kakosche and his roommate founded together, they help find private placements for more new arrivals, by matching ages, language skills and other criteria. "Many refugees say they don't have direct contact with local population and our project helps them with that," Kakoschke said. Through July, they say they have placed 64 refugees across Germany and 34 in Austria in private apartments. There's also been reports of people across Germany who have taken in refugees on their own, but it is not clear exactly how many. Even with a combination of government, NGO and grass-roots efforts, Merkel still sees the migrant situation in Germany as "extremely unsatisfactory." "Every person who comes is a human being and has the right to be treated as such," she said.

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[irosie91]

Syrians are arabs----it seems logical to me that the best place for them is-----other arab countries----those not embroiled in active
conflict (if any)------In a pinch-----a piece of land can but cut out of large ----and to some extend presently desolate place----like
LIBYA-----language is the same----generally same religion-----at least for those who are muslim----North Lebanon would be a nice
place for the Christians----there is plenty of OIL money over there in the Levant to support them

 

[Phoenall]

What is up with that David? Don't you know the difference between people and insects? I think this homeboy is giving bad name to all cricket players. Anyhow, he is only a human and humans make mistakes. I hope he is sorry for his insensitive remark.

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LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron faced heavy criticism on Thursday for saying a "swarm" of migrants was trying to come to Britain, as authorities in France struggle to stop them crossing the Channel.
"You have got a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life, wanting to come to Britain because Britain has got jobs, it's got a growing economy, it's an incredible place to live," Cameron told ITV television during a visit to Vietnam.

Around 3,000 people from countries including Syria and Eritrea are camping out in the northern French port of Calais and trying to cross into Britain illegally by clambering on board lorries and trains.

The controversy has dominated British media this week as holidaymakers and truck drivers have been blocked on the British side due to delays caused by the migrants' actions.

Acting leader of the main opposition Labour party Harriet Harman said Cameron should "remember he is talking about people, not insects".

The Refugee Council, a leading charity which works with asylum seekers, said it was "awful, dehumanising language from a world leader".

And Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which wants stricter controls on immigration, said he would not use similar words.

"The prime minister is this morning trying to sound tough. Whether he actually means it or not is quite a separate question," Farage told BBC radio.

Cameron is facing calls from tabloid newspapers to deploy the British army to resolve the situation, but insists the correct solution is to cooperate with French authorities.

"We need to protect our borders by working hand in glove with our neighbours the French and that is exactly what we are doing," he told ITV.

Cameron will chair a meeting of the government's COBRA emergency committee on Friday on the issue. London has also pledged £7 million (10 million euros, $11 million) to improve fencing around the Eurotunnel rail terminal at Coquelles, northern France.

Britain's Ministry of Defence is considering freeing up some of its land to become temporary lorry parks to help reduce long queues on the motorway in Kent due to delays, British newspapers The Times and The Daily Telegraph reported.

The ministry was not immediately available for comment on the reports.

Keith Vaz, a lawmaker and head of parliament's home affairs committee, called for a meeting between Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, but said that the problem had to be dealt with at an European Union level.

"I think the focus is all wrong here. Once people make it to Calais, it's almost too late. The problem lies fundamentally with the failure of the EU to deal with the migrants crisis in Italy and Greece," he said.

British PM s swarm of migrants comment sparks outrage - The Times of India

Yes they are a swarm as they do what swarms do descend on a n area and make it inhospitable for all, then they move on to new pastures

 

[Meathead]

Take your political correctness and shove it up your sub-continental ass.

 

[waltky]

Over a million migrants this year alone...

Refugee and migrant arrivals in EU pass 1 million in 2015: U.N.
Tue Dec 22, 2015 - The number of refugees and migrants arriving by land and sea in the European Union has passed 1 million this year, while a further 3,600 died or went missing, the U.N. refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.

Half of those arriving were Syrians fleeing the war, another 20 percent were Afghans, and 7 percent were Iraqis, the two agencies said in a joint statement. Out of a total of 1,005,504 arrivals to Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta and Cyprus by Dec. 21, the vast majority -- 816,752 -- arrived by sea in Greece, IOM said. "We know migration is inevitable, it’s necessary and it’s desirable," IOM chief William Lacy Swing said in the statement. "But it’s not enough to count the number of those arriving—or the nearly 4,000 this year reported missing or drowned. We must also act. Migration must be legal, safe and secure for all—both for the migrants themselves and the countries that will become their new home."

Refugees and migrants arrive aboard the passenger ferry Eleftherios Venizelos from the island of Lesbos at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece​

The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR is planning for arrivals to continue at a similar rate in 2016, but IOM spokesman Joel Millman said it was impossible to forecast future numbers. "So much is in the balance, the resolution of the Syrian war, and the disposition of the European border protection moves that are being contemplated," he said. "We never thought it would reach this level. We just hope people are treated with dignity."

The record movement of people into Europe is a symptom of a record level of disruption around the globe, with numbers of refugees and internally displaced people far surpassing 60 million, UNHCR said last week. "I don't understand why people are insisting that this is a European problem. This is a global issue," Michael Moller, director of the U.N. office in Geneva, told a news conference on Tuesday.

A refugee girl looks outside of her camp at a hotel touted as the world's most northerly ski resort in Riksgransen, Sweden​

The U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. He called for European countries to recognize the positive contributions made by refugees and migrants and to honor what he said were "core European values: protecting lives, upholding human rights and promoting tolerance and diversity."

Refugee and migrant arrivals in EU pass 1 million in 2015: U.N. | Reuters