In my previous two posts I told you about those refugees—young fellows hungering for a better life—who threw a few of their competitors for that better life into the sea as human sacrifices, here. Then I told you that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lectured European leaders telling them to allow those African men—just yearning for freedom—into Europe, here.
Europe to the Leftwing: NO way Jose’ (or Abdi, Hamid, Mohammed, or whoever you are)
The UK Guardian (hat tip: Janet) reported yesterday that many leaders were in no mood to hear squishy talk from the likes of UN Socialists like Antonio Gutteres (emphasis mine):
European nations moved to reverse decades of unfettered travel across the continent when a majority of EU governments agreed the need to reinstate national passport controls amid fears of a flood of immigrants fleeing the upheaval in north Africa.
In a serious blow to one of the cornerstones of a united, integrated Europe, EU interior ministers embarked on a radical revision of the passport-free travel regime known as the Schengen system to allow the 26 participating governments to restore border controls.
They also agreed to combat immigration by pressing for “readmission accords” with countries in the Middle East and north Africa to send refugees back to where they came from.
The policy shift was pushed by France and Italy, who have been feuding and panicking in recent weeks over a small [?–ed] influx of refugees from Tunisia. But 15 of the 22 EU states which had signed up to Schengen supported the move, with only four resisting, according to officials and diplomats present.
“Fortress Europe” mood led by Denmark!
The move to curb freedom of travel came as the extreme nationalist right, which is increasingly influencing policy across Europe, chalked up a notable victory in Denmark, which announced it would unilaterally re-erect controls on its borders with Germany and Sweden
The centre-right minority government in Copenhagen capitulated to the fiercely anti-immigrant nationalists of the Danish People’s party to secure parliamentary backing for long-term budget, welfare and retirement policies. “I have worked hard for this,” said Pia Kjaersgaard, the far-right leader.
Despite the ‘fortress Europe’ mood gripping EU leaders, the Danish decision stunned many because it was taken just hours before an emergency EU meeting devoted to immigration and the Schengen regime.
Gaddafi’s ultimate weapon—hordes of African young men descending on Europe
The policy shift has also been triggered by acute nervousness about the impact of the Arab spring. “There are hundreds of thousands on the shores of north Africa. Something extraordinary could happen any day,” said a senior EU diplomat. “If Gaddafi uses this weapon, he can create a lot of problems for Europe.”
The Guardian revealed this week that the Gaddafi regime is allowing thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants on to overcrowded, unseaworthy ships in an apparently calculated attempt to use migration to pressure Nato and the EU countries against backing Libya’s rebels. [ LOL! Give me a break! Are we to believe that Antonio Gutteres didn’t know about this when he talked of those young fellows just seeking a brighter future in Europe?—ed]
Read the whole Guardian piece—you will laugh! The reporter can barely contain himself, his bias against the right just oozes from his pen.