Mass Migration - a plan, or just a consequence of some other plan

[Mal7]

http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/01/barnetts-five-flows-of-globalisation/

The inundation of Europe with immigrants from the Southern Hemisphere is a key feature of Barnett’s geo-strategic thinking. That is why it would be wrong to see the immigrant crisis from Libya and Syria as an unintended consequence of NATO policy as some form of unforeseen blowback[. . .]

The author of the article, Gearóid Ó Colmáin, does misuse the term "Southern Hemisphere" three times. Libya and Syria are not in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

[sToRmR1dR]

Hungary Shuts Doors to Balkan Route Migrants - Prime Minister

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160122/1033574110/pm-migrants-route-border.html

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Friday that the country was now shut to transiting migrants.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Sections of the Hungarian-Romanian border may be fenced off to that end, the prime minister added, stressing that Europe cannot continue to accommodate large numbers of migrants.

"Let the [migrant] route turn where it wants, but it will not go through Hungary, that's for certain," Orban said in an interview with the Hungarian Kossuth Radio public broadcaster.

Hungary has been a part of the so-called Balkan route, used predominantly by Middle Eastern and North African migrants on their way to Northern Europe. The route passes from Turkey, across Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and via Hungary and Austria into Germany and France.

Earlier in January, Austria announced that migrants who do not intend to apply for asylum in Germany would not be able to enter the country. On Wednesday, the Austrian government imposed limits on asylum seeker admissions to the country. The plans stipulates that no more than 37,500 asylum requests would be accepted in 2016, with the total asylum requests for the period up to mid-2019 not to exceed 127,500. The quotas were devised so that asylum seekers in the country as a share of Austria's total population remains below 1.5 percent.

In Friday's interview, Orban voiced support for Austria's move, hailing it as a victory of "common sense" over "dogmatic thinking." The prime minister also criticized the European Union for obstructing decision-making at a national state level.

The previous year has seen an unprecedented wave of migration to Europe, with over one million migrants arriving to European shores, according to International Organization for Migration data. Over 1.5 million illegal border crossings have been detected by the EU border agency Frontex between the beginning of 2015 and mid-December.

 

[angelburst29]

Denmark's proposed Immigration Legislation - to limit Refugees - is beyond common moral comprehension!

Denmark's government wants to seize valuables from Syrian refugees
http://www.vox.com/2015/12/17/10326178/denmark-refugee-jewelry-valuables

Denmark has one of the harshest records on Syrian refugees of any European Union nation, and last week it got even worse. On Thursday, December 10, the center-right Danish government proposed legislation that would enable immigration authorities to seize jewelry and other personal valuables from refugees.

"The Danish Government has on 10 December presented a bill before the Danish Parliament which includes a number of different initiatives on asylum policy, including the initiative on seizing valuable assets,"

Mia Tang, a spokesperson for the Danish Ministry of Immigration, Integration, and Housing explained in an email. "The bill will go through Parliamentary debate in January and will enter into force after adoption by the Parliament. The bill is expected to be effective from February 2016."

Germany starts confiscating refugees' valuables; Denmark finalizes bill to do same
https://www.rt.com/news/329736-germany-denmark-refugees-confiscate/

Germany's southern states are confiscating refugees' valuables in order to pay for their stay, according to local authorities. It comes as Denmark moves ahead with a plan to do the same, part of a controversial bill aimed at curbing asylum seekers' rights.

"Cash holdings and valuables can be secured [by the authorities] if they are over €750 (US$810) and if the person has an outstanding bill, or is expected to have one,” Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told Bild newspaper on Thursday.

The government of Baden-Württemberg has implemented a stricter process, with police confiscating cash and valuables above €350 ($378).

The average amount per person confiscated by authorities in the southern states has so far been "in the four figures,” according to Bild.

By confiscating the personal belongings of refugees, the states are implementing federal laws that require asylum seekers to use up their own resources before receiving state aid.

"If you apply for asylum here, you must use up your income and wealth before receiving aid," said the federal government's integration commissioner, Aydan Ozoguz, stressing that such wealth includes assets such as family jewelry.

Fueling 'fear & xenophobia'

Meanwhile, Denmark is moving ahead on a bill which would also allow its government to confiscate refugees' valuables. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s minority right-wing government already has enough support for its bill to win a January 26 parliamentary vote.

The legislation, which went through its final reading earlier on Thursday, would allow Danish authorities to seize refugees' cash exceeding 10,000 kroner ($1,450), along with many individual items valued at the same amount or more. Wedding rings and other sentimental items would be exempt.

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to require Denmark to send an official representative to Brussels to explain the country's plan to confiscate cash and valuables from refugees, Danish media reported. However, the country’s integration minister, Inger Stojberg, has repeatedly stated that "Denmark's immigration policy is decided in Denmark, not in Brussels.”

The bill would also delay family reunifications, increasing the waiting period for war refugees being able to apply to bring over family members from one year to three years ‒ a move that has been slammed by the director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights.

The bill would also make already strict permanent residency requirements even tougher.

Amnesty International's deputy director for Europe, Gauri van Gulik, has criticized the legislation, stating that singling out refugees already traumatized by war is a “discriminatory practice.”

 

[sToRmR1dR]

EU ministers have demanded to change the rules of the Schengen area

http://www.interfax.ru/world/491507

Countries want to get right to close its borders for up to two years due to the influx of migrants

Moscow. On 26 January. INTERFAX.RU - Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs of the European Union after an emergency meeting in The Hague asked the European Commission to adopt legislative measures that would enable their countries to cope with the influx of migrants, reports BBC News.

In particular, representatives of EU member states demanded a greater degree of control over its national borders.

Under current rules, a country consists in the Schengen area, has the right to close their borders for a period of up to six months, but at a meeting in The Hague, the ministers talked about the increase in this period up to two years.

The issue will be examined by the European Commission.

Also at the meeting discussed measures for the protection of the external borders of the European Union - some of the participants said that the economy of individual countries of the European Union can not sustain the influx of migrants and need outside help.

Over the last year in Europe has driven about one million workers. Most of them were refugees.

The migrants continue to arrive by the thousands, fleeing from wars and armed conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.

The Schengen area consists of 26 states.

 

[Iosif]

http://rbth.com/society/2015/10/07/syrian_refugees_in_russia_struggling_to_get_rooted_49773.html

One of the most difficult challenges for refugees is getting temporary asylum, which carries a high price that has been fluctuating since 2012, according to Aldjail. In 2012, the price was set between 70,000 and 100,000 rubles ($1,070-1,500 today). That price plummeted to 20,000 rubles in 2014 after Russia’s Federal Migration Service issued the order to accept Syrian refugees, Abu Aldjail claims.

But prices jumped once more with the rumors that Russia would no longer accept refugees. In 2015, the cost for temporary asylum shot as high as 40,000 rubles ($600).
...

The official statistic from Russia’s Federal Migration Service seems to confirm this trend: In 2015, 7,103 Syrians came to Russia, while 7,162 left the country.

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Another argument against accepting the Syrian refugees, Peskov said: the risk that terrorists from ISIS might come to Russia under the guise of refugees.

Hi, anybody have an opinion about this?

It seems that Russia does some things similar to Europe on the issue of refugees, and the Western media always looking for excuses, this time have no desire to blame them.

 

[sToRmR1dR]

Sweden Plans to Deport Up to 80,000 Rejected Asylum Seekers

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160128/1033822173/refugees-deportation-sweden-crisis.html

The Swedish authorities intend to expel up to 80,000 asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected, the country’s interior minister Anders Ygeman announced.

MOSCOW, January 28 (Sputnik) – The Swedish government will use charter aircraft to send the migrants to the countries of their origin over several years, Anders Ygeman added.

"We are talking about 60,000 people but the number could climb to 80,000," Ygeman was quoted as saying by the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper Wednesday.

The measure comes amid amid toughening of immigration rules across Europe, including in Sweden, due to an unprecedented influx of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

The North European country received a total of 163,000 asylum applications in 2015 that was the highest per capita index in Europe, according to the Swedish Migration Agency.

 

[sToRmR1dR]

The Fall of Europe: EU Infighting, Refugee Crisis Signal Historic Collapse

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160128/1033825300/europe-migrants-crisis.html

The migration crisis reflects the weakness of the EU's architecture, which is leading to the rapid disintegration of the supranational union's member states, according to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Europe is swiftly falling to pieces as EU countries remain at odds over many pressing issues, including those related to the ongoing migration crisis, political analyst Berthold Kohler Migration wrote in an article for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

According to the author, the migration gridlock and a raft of other problems inside the EU may finally result in the biggest disintegration of Europe in history.

"The struggle to preserve the currency union forced Europeans to realize how strongly political ideas differ in EU countries, where a variety of mentalities, experience and cultures is still in place," Kohler said.

He added that even the location of countries and their size can cause discrepancies in terms of national interest, while disparities in standards of living between rich and poor EU members have led some to envy others.

The author also drew attention to the fact that the course that German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose in order to try to resolve the migration deadlock has revealed that Europeans are not able to pursue a common policy in this regard.

What's more, Merkel herself, who was once heralded Time magazine's Person of the Year, has become a "lonely European," according to Kohler.

"One of the negative consequences of the crisis was that most EU members do not want to listen to the German government's opinion any more.Merkel planned to take control of the flow of migrants at the EU's external borders and fairly distribute the refugees in EU countries, but her plan does not work," he said.

Merkel's decision to take in almost all of the migrants without sticking to quotas has been cited by many as a fatal mistake, and her country is unlikely to achieve the successful integration that she has repeatedly touted.

Kohler concluded by saying that Merkel's "special stance" on migration crisis-related problems has already undermined her authority at home and abroad.

The recent events in Cologne, in which dozens of women were robbed, sexually assaulted, and raped on New Year's Eve by groups of aggressive men of predominantly Arab and North African descent, has raised criticism among the local population regarding Merkel's 'open door' policy. Germany is reported to have accepted more than one million refugees in 2015 alone, exceeding the number of babies born in the country in 2014 (approximately 715,000).

 

[luc]

The Fall of Europe: EU Infighting, Refugee Crisis Signal Historic Collapse

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160128/1033825300/europe-migrants-crisis.html

The migration crisis reflects the weakness of the EU's architecture, which is leading to the rapid disintegration of the supranational union's member states, according to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Europe is swiftly falling to pieces as EU countries remain at odds over many pressing issues, including those related to the ongoing migration crisis, political analyst Berthold Kohler Migration wrote in an article for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

According to the author, the migration gridlock and a raft of other problems inside the EU may finally result in the biggest disintegration of Europe in history.

"The struggle to preserve the currency union forced Europeans to realize how strongly political ideas differ in EU countries, where a variety of mentalities, experience and cultures is still in place," Kohler said.

He added that even the location of countries and their size can cause discrepancies in terms of national interest, while disparities in standards of living between rich and poor EU members have led some to envy others.

The author also drew attention to the fact that the course that German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose in order to try to resolve the migration deadlock has revealed that Europeans are not able to pursue a common policy in this regard.

What's more, Merkel herself, who was once heralded Time magazine's Person of the Year, has become a "lonely European," according to Kohler.

"One of the negative consequences of the crisis was that most EU members do not want to listen to the German government's opinion any more.Merkel planned to take control of the flow of migrants at the EU's external borders and fairly distribute the refugees in EU countries, but her plan does not work," he said.

Merkel's decision to take in almost all of the migrants without sticking to quotas has been cited by many as a fatal mistake, and her country is unlikely to achieve the successful integration that she has repeatedly touted.

Kohler concluded by saying that Merkel's "special stance" on migration crisis-related problems has already undermined her authority at home and abroad.

The recent events in Cologne, in which dozens of women were robbed, sexually assaulted, and raped on New Year's Eve by groups of aggressive men of predominantly Arab and North African descent, has raised criticism among the local population regarding Merkel's 'open door' policy. Germany is reported to have accepted more than one million refugees in 2015 alone, exceeding the number of babies born in the country in 2014 (approximately 715,000).

Interesting. I read a good analysis somewhere (I think in German) that pointed out that the EU started out as the "European Coal and Steel Community", which everyone learns in school. However, it was exactly what the name suggests: an industrial cartel! In other words, a bunch of oligarchs came together to maximize their profit, of course on the back of the taxpayer.

Then, other industries joined etc. and now, the EU is basically a cartel on steroids. Of course, to appease the people, they added a joke of a parliament and some long-winded talk about "political integration" blabla. But now we see that there are no effective mechanisms to deal with real political problems - it's just falling apart. Which is no wonder, if it was just a fascist tool of corporate control and NOT a political community in the first place. Now, have they miscalculated due to their wishful thinking, or is this planned? Maybe both?

 

[sToRmR1dR]

EU May Crack Under 'Intolerant Discourse' Amid Refugee Crisis - PACE Head

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033873237/pace-agramunt-refugees-eu.html

PACE President Pedro Agramunt warned that "demagogic and intolerant discourse" may pose a threat to the existence of the European Union as a community committed to the rule of law and human rights

STRASBOURG (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova – The Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will focus on building Pan-European solidarity in order to prevent the European Union from disintegrating under the pressure of the current refugee crisis, PACE President Pedro Agramunt told Sputnik.

"The Council of Europe and our Assembly which brings together democratically elected representatives of 820 million Europeans is the appropriate place to build Pan-European solidarity and, as President of the Assembly, I will support this process during my mandate," Agramunt said.

The new PACE president stressed that solidarity must by a two-way process and warned against withholding it when it comes to sharing the burden of the refugee crisis.

"If demagogic and intolerant discourse is allowed to prevail, the concept of Europe as a community of states committed to human rights and the rule of law will begin to crack," Agramunt told Sputnik.

Europe is struggling to find a solution to a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The EU border agency Frontex detected over 1.55 million illegal border crossings in 2015.

 

[sToRmR1dR]

Merkel Calls for Urgent Implementation of EU-Turkey Deal on Refugees

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160129/1033946945/merkel-eu-turkey-deal.html

The EU-Turkey agreement on joint measures to address the migration crisis needs urgent implementation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In late November, the European Union and Turkey approved a joint plan to counter excessive migration into the bloc, under which EU member states will give some 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) to Ankara and fast track negotiations for its EU accession.

"We agree that the EU-Turkey plan needs to be implemented," Merkel said at a briefing in Berlin, adding that the issue "urgently needed progress."

The European Union is currently struggling to manage a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa for Europe.

Over two million Syrian refugees are temporarily living in Turkey. The European Union is attempting to prevent them traveling to the bloc by giving Turkey money to provide decent living conditions for the refugees on its territory.

 

[Gawan]

In Germany the situation is again heating up. A hand grenade was thrown on a refugee hostel in South Germany and luckily the grenade didn't explode and needed to be controlled exploded afterwards. What is questionable who can get a hand grenade in Germany and one that doesn't explode in the end (when it was planned)? Beside the right wing party AfD demands that the border police shoots on refugees and the party gets more and more followers in Germany. Supposedly it is indeed written in the law that it would be possible to shoot on people at the border but luckily the police didn't use the law so far. Also one swimming bath in Austria released some questionable bathing rules. Of course rules are needed and also in a swimming bath but it's the way they are presenting it and lump together all refugees.

One of the better news is, that one head from the criminal investigation agency wrote a book about that refugees are not more criminal than Germans and was released a bit earlier than planned. Of course this book is a bit under fire that someone can claim such things and give some facts. But the author stated himself, "the truth may not satisfy everyone, but is the truth".

 

[Altair]

In Germany the situation is again heating up. A hand grenade was thrown on a refugee hostel in South Germany and luckily the grenade didn't explode and needed to be controlled exploded afterwards. What is questionable who can get a hand grenade in Germany and one that doesn't explode in the end (when it was planned)? Beside the right wing party AfD demands that the border police shoots on refugees and the party gets more and more followers in Germany.

I'm currently reading NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe by Daniele Ganser and that reminds me of the same tactics which have been used in Europe since the end of the World War II. These secret armies not only conducted many terror attacks in Europe (they had many hidden arms depots spread all over Europe), blaming the commies for them but also supported right wing parties. These "armies" consisted mainly of far right nazis and radicals. It looks like nothing has changed since then... :(

 

[Windmill knight]

One of the better news is, that one head from the criminal investigation agency wrote a book about that refugees are not more criminal than Germans and was released a bit earlier than planned. Of course this book is a bit under fire that someone can claim such things and give some facts. But the author stated himself, "the truth may not satisfy everyone, but is the truth".

Do you have a link to this Gawan? It might be a good one to share on social media.

I've noticed some people on the web cherry-picking data to make a case that refugees are criminals and do not integrate. That is, they choose a few examples of crimes committed by refugees, while ignoring that crimes are also committed by non-refugees (and some against refugees), and that there are other positive examples of integration. In other words, the fact that some refugees are criminals is irrelevant because crime is common to all groups of people, and the same can be said of good people.

So what you mention above might be good for such discussions.

 

[Gawan]

One of the better news is, that one head from the criminal investigation agency wrote a book about that refugees are not more criminal than Germans and was released a bit earlier than planned. Of course this book is a bit under fire that someone can claim such things and give some facts. But the author stated himself, "the truth may not satisfy everyone, but is the truth".

Do you have a link to this Gawan? It might be a good one to share on social media.

I've noticed some people on the web cherry-picking data to make a case that refugees are criminals and do not integrate. That is, they choose a few examples of crimes committed by refugees, while ignoring that crimes are also committed by non-refugees (and some against refugees), and that there are other positive examples of integration. In other words, the fact that some refugees are criminals is irrelevant because crime is common to all groups of people, and the same can be said of good people.

So what you mention above might be good for such discussions.

I absolutely agree, the media is inflating the entire topic and that for evil purposes imo.

And here is one link (in German). In English I couldn't find a reference yet.

 

[Windmill knight]

Thanks Gawan. Well, only German is better than nothing.

Meanwhile, in Stockholm:

(video on the link)

'Hundreds-strong' mob of masked men rampage through Stockholm station beating up refugee children in revenge attack for female asylum centre worker killed by Somali 'boy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3423968/Mobs-hundreds-masked-men-rampage-Stockholm-central-station-beating-refugee-children.html#ixzz3yjwtRhxb

• Black-clad masked men targeted refugees at Stockholm train station
  The mob, linked to football hooligans, targeted unaccompanied minors
  Before attack they handed out racist leaflets with message 'Enough now'
  They also refer to alleged murder of Swedish aid worker Alexandra Mezher
  She was stabbed to death breaking up fight between two migrant boys
  See more news on the migrant crisis at www.dailymail.co.uk/migrantcrisis

By Sara Malm and Gianluca Mezzofiore For Mailonline

Published: 09:33 GMT, 30 January 2016 | Updated: 14:06 GMT, 30 January 2016

A mob of black-clad masked men went on a rampage in and around Stockholm's main train station last night beating up refugees and anyone who did not look like they were ethnically Swedish.

Before the attack, the group of 200 people handed out xenophobic leaflets with the message 'Enough now'.

Swedish media reported that the thugs, allegedly linked to Sweden's football hooligan scene, were targeting unaccompanied minors with a 'foreign' background.

The mob, wearing all-black balaclavas and armbands, 'gathered with the purpose of attacking refugee children' Stockholm police spokesman Towe Hagg said.

'Police are now looking into the leaflets that were handed out by masked people before the attack'.

Authorities confirmed that at least 40-50 people went on a rampage at 9pm on Friday night attacking migrants.

Witnesses told Aftonbladet newspaper that they saw a gang of black-clad thugs attacking refugees at the station.

'I saw maybe three people who were beaten. That was no football brawl or something similar. They targeted migrants. I was quite scared and ran away,' a witness said.

The leaflet handed out before the attack refers to the alleged murder of Alexandra Mehzer, a 22-year-old aid worker knifed to death at the child centre where she worked in Molndal, Sweden.

A Somali-born 15-year-old migrant has been accused of killing her during a fight between two asylum-seekers.

'All over the country, reports are pouring in that the police can no longer cope with preventing and investigating the crimes which strike the Swedish people,' reads the leaflet.

'In some cases, for example, in the latest murder of a woman employed at a home for so called ‘unaccompanied minor refugees’ in Molndal, it goes as far as the National Police Commissioner choosing to show more sympathy for the perpetrator than the victim,' it continues.

'But we refuse to accept the repeated assaults and harrassment against Swedish women.'

'We refuse to accept the destruction of our once to safe society. When our political leadership and police show more sympathy for murderers than for their victims, there are no longer any excuses to let it happen without protest.'

Alexandra Mezher, 22, a Swedish social worker who was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old asylum seeker at a shelter for refugee children

'When Swedish streets are no longer safe to walk on for normal Swedes, it is our DUTY to fix the problem,' the leaflet reads.

'This is why, today, 200 Swedish men gathered to take a stand against the north African ‘street children’ who are running rampage in and around the capital’s central station.'

'Police have clearly showed that they lack the means to stop their progress and we se no other way than to hand down the punishment they deserve ourselves.'

'The justice system has walked out and the contract of society is therefore broken – it is now every Swedish man’s duty to defend out public spaced against the imported criminality.'

'Those who gathered today are neither your politician, your journalist or your policeman. We are your father, your brother, your husband, your colleague, your friend and your neighbour.

'Swedish men and women deserve safety in their everyday life and we are therefore calling on all others who also see the problem to follow in our footsteps, both in Stockholm and in other places around the country. For a better future together'

On Saturday, a 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault for punching a police officer in the face.

Three youngsters have also been arrested on Friday night for disturbing public order.

Last week, Swedish police warned that Stockholm's main train station has become unsafe after being ‘taken over’ by dozens of Moroccan street children.

The all-male migrant teen gangs are spreading terror in the centre of the Swedish capital, stealing, groping girls and assaulting security guards, according to Stockholm police.

Members of the gangs, some as young as nine, roam central Stockholm day and night, refusing help provided by the Swedish authorities.

Sweden has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Moroccan under-18s who apply for asylum without a parent or guardian in the past four years, with many later running away from the housing provided to live on the streets in the capital.

Stockholm police estimate that at least 200 Moroccan street children move in the area around the main train station in the centre of the capital, sleeping rough, and living off criminal activity.

The issue of the Moroccan teen gangs first made headlines last year, and the situation has since escalated with Stockholm police demanding authorities to take action.

Desperate officers have started arresting the teens for public drunkenness in order to get them off the streets for a few hours, with the policeman adding that they are 'on our knees'.

The gangs are made up of orphans who have grown up on the streets of Casablanca and Tanger in Morocco, where authorities estimate there are around 80,000 homeless 'street children'.

They have all applied for asylum Sweden as unaccompanied minors after travelling through Spain and Germany, a journey which may have taken them years.

But their troubled backgrounds have made them distrusting and wary of adults, and more than one in five have run away from migrant housing and foster families after applying to stay in Sweden.