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France: Migrant Crisis Spirals Out of Control

February 6, 2018 By administrator

by Soeren Kern,

French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb described the level of violence in Calais as “unprecedented.” He attributed the fighting to an escalating turf war between Afghan and Kurdish gangs seeking to gain control over human trafficking between Calais and Britain, which many migrants view as “El Dorado” because of its massive underground economy.
During his visit to Calais, Macron outlined his government’s new immigration policy: food and shelter for those entitled to remain in France, and deportation of those in the country illegally.
“Emmanuel Macron did it. Never before has a president of the Republic fallen into unpopularity so fast and then become popular again.” — Paris Match.

Hundreds of Africans and Asians armed with knives and iron rods fought running street battles in the northern port city of Calais on February 1, less than two weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron visited the area and pledged to crack down on illegal immigration.

The clashes plunged Calais — emblematic of Europe’s failure to control mass migration — into a war zone and reinforced the perception that French authorities have lost control of the country’s security situation.

The mass brawls, fought in at least three different parts of Calais, erupted after a 37-year-old Afghan migrant running a human trafficking operation fired gunshots at a group of Africans who did not have money to pay for his services. Five Africans suffered life-threatening injuries.

Austria says EU does not need Turkey to cope with migrants

August 16, 2016 By administrator

Austia-fm The European Union does not need Turkey to cope with the migrant crisis, which paralyzed the bloc in 2015 after more than 1 million migrants flocked to the EU, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has said, adding that what the EU needed was a “real Plan A.”

“We must not give in to blackmail and therefore do not need a plan B. We at last need a proper plan A,” Kurz told Focus Online on Aug. 15, adding that Turkey was trying to target the EU with an ultimatum for the visa liberalization process.

“If we take the necessary action, we do not need a plan B, so no deal with Turkey,” he added.

Relations between Turkey and the EU have been strained since Brussels pressured Turkey to change its anti-terror law, one of the 72 criteria Turkey needs to fulfill in exchange for Turkish citizens to be granted visa-free travel inside the EU’s Schengen zone. This exchange was reached within the scope of a migrant deal between the sides, in which Turkey would help curb the migrant influx into the bloc in exchange for accelerated membership talks, EU funding for Syrians in Turkey, and visa liberalization for Turkish citizens.

Strained relations have gotten even worse after failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15. Turkey accuses the EU and the West of not giving enough support to the Turkish government after the coup attempt was overcome and being more concerned about the crackdown in the aftermath.

Kurz and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu have been in a war of words since last week, when the former suggested that Ankara’s EU membership bid should not proceed and the latter responded that Turkey would halt the migrant deal if Turkey’s visa-free demand is not met.

“I do not know if the deal will be officially terminated. But what we are experiencing now are threats and the attempt by Turkey to provide us with an ultimatum for visa liberalization,” Kurz told Focus Online.

Dreuz.info report Arab migrants to the EU’s doors with false Turkish passports

May 25, 2016 By administrator

(dreuz.info) Thousands of Turkish passports are available on social networks. The offer is open to Arab migrants seeking to enter Europe by taking advantage of the Ankara-Brussels agreement on the abolition of visas for Turkish citizens.

This agreement is not yet in force that migrants are already organizing. The online shopping Turkish passports crescent moon rage.

Simply connect on Facebook, to enroll in one of many groups of asylum seekers traveling to Europe, to realize that the black market documents is the most flourishing.

When last summer, Angela Merkel promised to open the doors of his country to Syrians fleeing the war, thousands of applicants for asylum became suddenly all Syrians and offered real fake passports via some mafia networks.

The EU has decided to better track the bogus refugees, migrants excogité a simple solution: buy Turkish nationality.

It is not necessary to delve into the depths of the “deep-web” to find out. Just go to Facebook or Twitter.

There are, for example, a certain Ahmad Alhamwi, trafficker in documents, which sets selling passports and identity cards to suit all needs.

“You want to take Turkish nationality – he wrote on Twitter – then call this number for information. “

All accompanied by an address in Mersin, coastal town 300 km crescent of the Syrian border. A real sorting center mercenaries, weapons and all sorts of illegal goods.

On Facebook, you can also buy diplomatic, special documents for parliamentarians and government senior officials, valid for travel with women and children. Color photos of other items available are also promoted.

Even the slogan coined to encourage the purchase looks like a special offer of a large area.

“Our company writes Alhamwi, is open every day, including Sundays, from 08:00 to 18:30. Passports and identity cards will be delivered within 30 days. Perfectly done, ready to be used at airports, they will allow you to impersonate for tourists and reach your destination in a perfectly legal manner. “

There are thousands of online buyers: Saudis, Pakistanis, Palestinians. These migrants, who have little chance of obtaining international protection, have found another way to come to Europe. A bonanza for the terrorists, who have long found in Turkey a very fertile breeding ground for criminal activity.

yet these are refugees whom we have much to learn … as good pro-migrant souls, including Pope Francis

“Let them give us a lesson in humanity. Change our way of life, our policies, our economic choices, our behaviors, our attitudes of cultural superiority. On learning of the victims and those who suffer, we will be able to build a more humane world. “

Source: Dreuz.info .

Source: “Migranti alle door dell’Ue con i documenti finti turchi” – It Giornale.It (translated and adapted by Rosaly)

Charles Aznavour calls for help for migrants arriving in Europe

September 2, 2015 By administrator

Charles Aznavour

In an interview with the AFP news agency, the world-famous French singer of Armenian descent Charles Aznavour called for help for migrants who arrive in Europe.

“I experience real suffering when I see these people and their children wandering around. Luckily I escaped a similar fate, but I am sure my immigrant parents passed through such hardships,” the legendary singer said strwssing the need for measures to improve the condition of migrants.

In this connection Aznavour recalled the idea (proposed by him earlier) of settling migrants in remote French villages and small towns virtually abandoned by local residents. There are doctors, motor mechanics, bakers and other specialists among them, which will enable to open schools and post offices in those small towns. In this case France will be described as an exemplary country, the legendary singer said.

He did not rule out his participation in joint efforts of several singers and composers to create a new song on this subject, like the song composed in 1989 to help Armenia in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.

Source: Panorama.am