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Post by mouse on Aug 22, 2015 3:19:23 GMT -5
World of walls: How 65 countries have erected fences on their borders – four times as many as when the Berlin Wall was toppled – as governments try to hold back the tide of migrants Security fears and a widespread refusal to help refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building around the world A third of the world's countries have completed or are building barriers – compared to 16 at the fall of the Berlin Wall They include Israel's 'apartheid wall', India's 2,500-mile fence around Bangladesh and Morocco's huge sand 'berm' Experts are dismissive, saying: 'Their main function is theatre. They provide the sense of security, not real security' Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, with a third of the world's countries constructing them along their borders. When the Berlin Wall was torn down a quarter-century ago, there were 16 border fences around the world. Today, there are 65 either completed or under construction, according to Quebec University expert Elisabeth Vallet. Scroll down for video Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205724/How-65-countries-erected-security-walls-borders.html#ixzz3jWup6Iah Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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Post by mouse on Aug 22, 2015 3:20:55 GMT -5
what can one say..except
""'Their main function is theatre. They provide the sense of security, not real security'"""
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Post by Dex on Aug 22, 2015 10:28:27 GMT -5
World of walls: How 65 countries have erected fences on their borders – four times as many as when the Berlin Wall was toppled – as governments try to hold back the tide of migrants Security fears and a widespread refusal to help refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building around the world A third of the world's countries have completed or are building barriers – compared to 16 at the fall of the Berlin Wall They include Israel's 'apartheid wall', India's 2,500-mile fence around Bangladesh and Morocco's huge sand 'berm' Experts are dismissive, saying: 'Their main function is theatre. They provide the sense of security, not real security' Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, with a third of the world's countries constructing them along their borders. When the Berlin Wall was torn down a quarter-century ago, there were 16 border fences around the world. Today, there are 65 either completed or under construction, according to Quebec University expert Elisabeth Vallet. Scroll down for video Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205724/How-65-countries-erected-security-walls-borders.html#ixzz3jWup6Iah Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook All of those people willing to take the risk of getting shot just to get to the next country over. Makes me wonder why the countries they are leaving can't take care of their people. Who are the bad guys, the ones trying to escape or the ones they are escaping from? |
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Post by fretslider on Aug 22, 2015 15:00:10 GMT -5
World of walls: How 65 countries have erected fences on their borders – four times as many as when the Berlin Wall was toppled – as governments try to hold back the tide of migrants Security fears and a widespread refusal to help refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building around the world A third of the world's countries have completed or are building barriers – compared to 16 at the fall of the Berlin Wall They include Israel's 'apartheid wall', India's 2,500-mile fence around Bangladesh and Morocco's huge sand 'berm' Experts are dismissive, saying: 'Their main function is theatre. They provide the sense of security, not real security' Globalisation was supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, with a third of the world's countries constructing them along their borders. When the Berlin Wall was torn down a quarter-century ago, there were 16 border fences around the world. Today, there are 65 either completed or under construction, according to Quebec University expert Elisabeth Vallet. Scroll down for video Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205724/How-65-countries-erected-security-walls-borders.html#ixzz3jWup6Iah Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook All of those people willing to take the risk of getting shot just to get to the next country over. Makes me wonder why the countries they are leaving can't take care of their people. Who are the bad guys, the ones trying to escape or the ones they are escaping from? According to international agreements, asylum must be claimed in the first safe country. That means Greece, Italy and Hungary. But they burn or destroy their papers and 'choose' a favoured destination. The Italians look the other way and they move into France, when they get to Calais the French hope they'll make it across. |
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Post by beth on Aug 22, 2015 16:58:01 GMT -5
According to international agreements, asylum must be claimed in the first safe country. That means Greece, Italy and Hungary. But they burn or destroy their papers and 'choose' a favoured destination. The Italians look the other way and they move into France, when they get to Calais the French hope they'll make it across. [/quote] So why would France and the U.K. be more favored than Italy,Hungary, etc.? |
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Post by fretslider on Aug 23, 2015 1:05:32 GMT -5
According to international agreements, asylum must be claimed in the first safe country. That means Greece, Italy and Hungary. But they burn or destroy their papers and 'choose' a favoured destination. The Italians look the other way and they move into France, when they get to Calais the French hope they'll make it across. So why would France and the U.K. be more favored than Italy,Hungary, etc.? [/quote] The benefits on offer - dole, housing, health, education etc and the English language |
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Post by beth on Aug 23, 2015 7:17:48 GMT -5
According to international agreements, asylum must be claimed in the first safe country. That means Greece, Italy and Hungary. But they burn or destroy their papers and 'choose' a favoured destination. The Italians look the other way and they move into France, when they get to Calais the French hope they'll make it across. So why would France and the U.K. be more favored than Italy,Hungary, etc.? The benefits on offer - dole, housing, health, education etc and the English language[/quote] Oh, I see. Should have known .. pretty obvious. But, why the "English language"? |
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Post by fretslider on Aug 23, 2015 7:53:59 GMT -5
So why would France and the U.K. be more favored than Italy,Hungary, etc.? The benefits on offer - dole, housing, health, education etc and the English language Oh, I see. Should have known .. pretty obvious. But, why the "English language"? [/quote] It's one of the more popular languages in the world. |
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Post by mouse on Aug 23, 2015 10:15:31 GMT -5
its easier to say gimme in English than it is in say Manderin or German
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 13:50:13 GMT -5
its easier to say gimme in English than it is in say Manderin or German this will be a memorable quote for many years in my mind!!!! hahahahahahaha |
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Post by beth on Aug 23, 2015 14:11:33 GMT -5
its easier to say gimme in English than it is in say Manderin or German lololololololol  |
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Post by beth on Aug 23, 2015 14:13:21 GMT -5
The benefits on offer - dole, housing, health, education etc and the English language Oh, I see. Should have known .. pretty obvious. But, why the "English language"? It's one of the more popular languages in the world.[/quote] gotcha |
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Post by mouse on Aug 24, 2015 1:54:16 GMT -5
its easier to say gimme in English than it is in say Manderin or German this will be a memorable quote for many years in my mind!!!! hahahahahahaha  |
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