atomikmom Loc: Burien, Washington

Europe to Pay Migrants to Leave
Feb. 19,2017; Hegyeshalom in Hungary. Group of refugees leaving Hungary. They came to Hegyeshalom by train and then they leaving Hungary and go to Austria and then to Germany. Many of them escapes from home because of civil war.

As the increasing problem of immigrants grips both the United States and Europe, European nations have begun taking a novel, two-pronged approach to the issue that the U.S. is not likely to consider for several reasons, practicality and cost being among them.

The first approach, proposed by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, is to actually pay migrants in some cases to leave the country. Already, in the last several years, Germany has absorbed more than one million “illegal” refugees — “illegal” in the sense that they may have committed crimes by crossing international borders without documentation, but once they’re within the confines of Germany, they’re free to apply for asylum and will likely obtain generous financial and relocation assistance from the German government.

To a large extent, this is why Germany remains the number one destination in Europe for migrants in the first place. However, not all of these migrants are peacefully integrating into German society; a certain percentage of them willfully violate German laws and draw objections from native citizens, particularly in rural and far-flung areas of the country where many of them have been forced to resettle.

There have been notable tragedies and missteps along the way of this mass influx of newcomers, most prominently with the terrorist attack at a Berlin market where dozens of innocent shoppers were run down by a Tunisian migrant in a truck who was due to have been deported.

A strong backlash to the chancellor’s virtual “open borders” policy has threatened the political future of Merkel and her political party, and so, the question of how to handle the continued flow of new immigrants remains.

The Merkel government has drawn up a 16-point plan to tackle the problem of what happens to asylum seekers such as the aforementioned Tunisian migrant, who are supposed to leave the country. In 2016, Germany rejected 170,000 claims for asylum, but only about 26,000 asylum seekers were repatriated to their home countries while roughly 55,000 others departed of their own accord, leaving more than 81,000 people unaccounted for.

“We rely heavily on voluntary departures,” Merkel admitted after her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party fell behind the Social Democratic Party (SPD) for the first time in surveys for the nation’s upcoming elections.

The SPD challenger to Merkel, former President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, backs proposals to speed up migrant deportations. When Schulz served in the European Parliament, he strongly backed mandatory migrant quotas.

The EU passed these measures despite several eastern and central European governments objecting to the acceptance of migrants entirely and Germany’s unilateral decision to open its borders to nearly everyone. Polish interior minister Mariusz Blaszczak called Schulz’s stance on quotas “an example of German arrogance” while Schulz termed Poland’s wish to reject refugees “national egotism in its purest form.”

The vice president of the European Commission previously stated that more than 60 percent of refugees arriving in Europe are economic migrants, rather than political ones. One of the action items of the Merkel government’s plan is to create a fund that will pay refugees to withdraw their applications for asylum and leave the country voluntarily; so far, 90 million Euros of taxpayer money has been set aside for this purpose.

U.S. President Donald Trump was quoted as saying he believed that Merkel had made “a catastrophic mistake” by accepting an unlimited number of refugees in the first place. The vice chancellor of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, later admitted in an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine that Merkel had underestimated the difficulty of integrating so many refugees and that Germany was experiencing a kulturkampf, or “cultural struggle,” as a result.

Germany’s experience can be contrasted with that of Italy, which has been swamped with refugees actually landing on its shores (mostly in Sicily) after making the perilous journey from North Africa. Typically, these travelers depart from the war-torn nation of Libya in overcrowded and dangerous fishing vessels and dinghies that were never designed to carry the enormous numbers of people crammed onto every square inch of their exposed space.

Rather than paying migrants to voluntarily depart their country, Italy recently stated it would prefer that refugees not arrive on its shores in the first place, and to that end, the country signed an accord committing it to paying the Libyan Coast Guard 220 million Euros to ensure that North African marine forces catch the watercraft while they’re still in Libyan waters and send the boats back to shore, where migrants will be transferred to refugee camps.

At least some of the money paid to Libya by Italy will come from the European Union. European Council President Donald Tusk has said the accord “should help reduce the number of irregular migrants and save lives at the same time.”

Last year, more than 181,000 refugees made the crossing from Libya to Sicily, and more than 4,500 perished at sea when their boats capsized, leaked or were otherwise lost. Currently, refugees are rescued from the seas by the Italian Coast Guard, and they typically end up at shelters in Italy and elsewhere in Europe where many apply for permanent asylum.

At the European Council, a spokesperson wrote that “one of the priorities expressed at the [recent Maltese immigration] summit by European leaders was to ensure adequate reception capacities and conditions in Libya for migrants” and that European nations “reaffirmed their determination to act in full respect of human rights, international law and European values.” But the current political climate in Libya means that this pledge may be impossible to fulfill, leading to critiques from non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International and Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF).

“It’s an illusion to pretend that at the moment there’s a partner [in Libya] that you can work with,” noted Arjan Hehenkamp, the general director of MSF. The agreement between Italy and Libya states that “efforts to stabilize Libya are now more important than ever, and the EU will do its utmost to contribute to that objective.”

However, for refugees, realities on the ground stand to belie the EU’s intentions. Certainly, the willingness of both Italy and Germany to spend significant monetary sums to stem the tide of migrants shows the issue is becoming too taxing to ignore, and potential political transformation — including the election of new populist leaders — may now dictate the next steps for both nations and for the EU as a whole.
http://www.americanlibertyreport.com




Maybe that's what our Country should do. Europe has got brains, something the United States doesn't have. Get rid of all these moochers and take our country back. Then all Americans and Legal Immigrants, can live a safe life and support their Loved Ones and work in Peace!!!. That would be wonderful!!!!!!.

working class stiff Loc: N. Carolina

Here's the link to the story:

http://www.americanlibertyreport.com/articles/europe-to-pay-migrants-to-leave/

robmull Loc: florida

The only "migrants that will leave," atom, are the elderly, the women and children. The non-assimilating, un-vetted, un-Documented, ungrateful, uncivilized, Islamic terrorists are here for just one reason; and ANY monies paid to the less radical Muslims "to leave," will (D)isappear in a New York second!!! The best strategy NOW is to construct "safe" zones in some of the BILLIONS OF ACERES OF VACANT LAND IN THE MIDDLE-EAST!!! It would certainly be a cost and safety effective way to eliminate the necessity to pay fares and "entitlements" coming-and-going!!! No ifs ands or buts. President Trump (R), has certainly given this plan consideration, and I believe the current hold of importation from certain "hot-beds" in the Middle-East will allow the necessary placement of conservative appointments and nominations for the new Administration and Cabinet (R); while routing-out the (D) "chaff," who are now in-hiding, causing problems galore, exactly where they were strategically and traitorously placed for ultimate (D)amage to America by the unceremoniously booted-out Alinskyites (D). Hummmmmmmmmmmm. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PRESIDENT "45" DONALD J. {BORN AGAIN} TRUMP (R)!!!

peter11937 Loc: NYS

The idea that not all terrorists are muslim is not entirely correct. Here's an education, 99.5 plus percent are muslim attacks. Read here... www.thereligionofpeace.com

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

If Europe had brains they wouldn't have let all those Muslims in to begin with.

steve66613

So let me see if I've got this straight....all you have to do is get to Germany to get the paycheck.....then head back to the battlefield?

Perfect!

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Sounds pretty stupid.

jimahrens Loc: California

For being stupid Merkel should get an award. She begged them to come. Now she wants to pay them to leave. Unfrickin believable.

fidelis

Maybe that's what Israel should do with the"palestinians" easy fix for their problem then they could fence them out!

Nicholas

The migration of Muslims into countries is a serious mistake by its leaders who should be protecting the security of its citizens and watching out for the economic drain to subsidize and care for them. If is clear that most people, even the so-called educated politicians, lack a history of Islam and how it became a theocratic empire through FORCE and NOT acceptance of their god Allah presented in the Qur'an.
To obtain a history of Islam, learn why the Qur'an incites bigotry, hatred, violence and the killing of people who have other religious beliefs, do read ALLAH, WE, OUR and US. It is available as a FREE read on: http://iranpoliticsclub.net/authors/nicholas-ginex/index.htm
** It's time for people to really understand the threat of Islam. To have head in the sand not knowing what the hell is going on is very, very foolish.
** Also available at that site is the book, OBAMA, ISLAM and BENGHAZI to learn how, and which, countries are experiencing the Islamic threat to their way of life.

atomikmom Loc: Burien, Washington

If we had any brains in our heads we wouldn't let them in our Country either!!!, that's how i feel. So either way y'all look at it, both Europe and the United States, have no brains.

Nicholas

Hello Atomicmom, You are right that half of America consists of ignorant or stupid people. I learned that there are more than 2100 mosques in America. France, a much smaller country has over 2500 mosques, which shows Europeans are too forgiving to the extent that they are giving up their way of life to an Islamic ideology. Will Americans become smart enough to realize that Islam is a cancer that seeks to prevail over all other religions and Muslims will never assimilate into another culture because they are brain-washed with the dogma of the Qur'an?

Wake up people around the world!! Learn something in your life. Surely you should know how Islam became a theocratic Empire and what is in the Qur'an. To gain knowledge about Islam and what's in the Qur'an, click on the link: http://iranpoliticsclub.net/library/english-library/allah-we/index.htm

peter11937 Loc: NYS

and www.thereligionofpeace.com

Nicholas

Hello Peter, I viewed your link, www.the religionofpeace.com. What stood out was the Jihad Report from Feb 11, 2017 - Feb 17, 2017
Our First Muslim-American President Obama claimed Islam is a religion of peace. Note,in one week, 12 countries experienced:
Attacks 43
Killed 344
Injured 623
Suicide Blasts 7
Countries 12 *****When will Americans and people around the world WAKE UP!!!*****

peter11937 Loc: NYS

[quote=Nicholas]Hello Peter, I viewed your link, www.the religionofpeace.com. What stood out was the Jihad Report from Feb 11, 2017 - Feb 17, 2017
Our First Muslim-American President Obama claimed Islam is a religion of peace. Note,in one week, 12 countries experienced:
Attacks 43
Killed 344
Injured 623
Suicide Blasts 7
Countries 12 *****When will Americans and people around the world WAKE UP!!!*****[/quote For some when some azzhat is sawing off their heads with a dull knife while yelling "allahu Akbar" which means Allah is greatest not God is great as some will tell you.