Quote (duffman316 @ 26 Jul 2017 01:34)
so on my train from xian to shanghai my neighbors on the train were an italian couple who told me about how italy is on it's way towards becoming another greece as they're getting overloaded with a disproportionate amount of immigrants flooding into the country and their system can't handle it
i asked them why they'd keep the flood gates open if italy can't handle the load
they said it's because the eu decided the matter for them yet most of the eu that votes to allow these immigrants in are barely taking in any of the immigrants themselves and in some cases refusing to do so so it's not really their problem, they're essentially voting to have the countries closest to africa taking the brunt of the incoming waves without giving a damn about the consequences to those countries as they struggle to deal with the incoming immigrants
is this really what's behind the eu allowing immigrants to flood into the country? a large group of people voting that a few of their neighbours take in a shit load of poor people into their countries while refusing to take on any of the burden themselves?
what the italian couple said is mostly wrong. neither france nor spain nor portugal or a lot of other european countries are taking in a meaningful amount of refugees, they just dont talk about this very fact. even sweden isnt taking mass numbers of refugees anymore. denmark never did. the entirety of eastern europe is firmly against muslim immigration. austria already led the group responsible for the shutdown of the balkan route, and they are currently spearheading an initiative to shut down the mediterranean route from libya to italy. so the only countries where the politicians are open (pun intended) for this form of immigration are germany, italy, greece and, to a lesser extend, switzerland.
so there is overwhelming support for stopping this travesty all across europe. if italian politicians joined the austrian and esatern european initiative to shutdown the mediterranean route, merkel and the brussels eurocrats would be isolated on this issue.
which is why I absolutely dont get why the italian politicians arent spearheading the shutdown initiatives themselves, why they are still actively working against them. I dont get why many mayors of souther italian seaports are strongly "pro asylum". I dont get why they are on the one hand lamenting the influx of african immigrants while they, on the other hand, still dont want to stop this influx and are explicitly only calling for a redistribution of refugees, not a lowering of the refugee numbers.
my opinion: as long as the italian government isnt on the side of those countries who are actively looking for ways to stop this, the situation in italy cant be too bad. blaming brussels is a lame excuse for their own unwillingness to do everything in their power to stop the influx of immigrants.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jul 26 2017 12:06am