Why France won't open borders like Germany

[Disir]

Despite President Hollande's pledge to take in 24,000 refugees, France is unlikely to offer the same kind and size of welcome Germany has afforded refugees, for both historical and economic reasons.

The French president vowed on Monday to take in thousands of refugees but on the Italian border police said they are sending up to 200 refugees and migrants back to Italy each day, in line with the Dublin accords that state refugees must seek asylum in the EU country of arrival.

...“One country is prospering and healthy, and the other is in the middle of an economic crisis," Fourquet tells The Local.

...“In Germany unemployment stands at 5 percent and there are whole sectors where they are in need of workers. But in France we have ten percent unemployment and it's not falling."
Why France won't open borders like Germany - The Local

That's why.

 

[Correll]

They are a Sovereign people.

After "we don't want them" they don't owe anyone any explanation.

 

[Disir]

They are a Sovereign people.

After "we don't want them" they don't owe anyone any explanation.

I agree.

 

[mariomonti]

The French Socialist government has been under pressure from some on the political right to take a tougher stance towards the refugee crisis unfolding in Europe. But Valls also sought to reaffirm France’s commitment to helping refugees seeking asylum in the country.

 

[Esmeralda]

The Syrian refugees should be seeking and receiving refuge in Middle Eastern countries. Especially those who have plenty of money: Saudi, the UAE, Qatar, & Bahrain. Most especially Saudi, which is very wealthy and is a big country.

 

[Ringel05]

The Syrian refugees should be seeking and receiving refuge in Middle Eastern countries. Especially those who have plenty of money: Saudi, the UAE, Qatar, & Bahrain. Most especially Saudi, which is very wealthy and is a big country.

Those countries have closed their boarders, they don't want them, they want them to move west into Europe. What the EU needs to do is shuffle them up into Russia....... Let the Russians deal with em.

 

[Baron]

Because commie Merkel deliberately destroys Germany for her promised award: the office of UN Secretary General and Nobel Prize.