The "Migrant" Apocalypse
From CNN:
“The massive flood of refugees in Europe are pushing Germany and Austria to a tipping point. Thousands of refugees have poured into the two countries in just the past two days, trying to escape the bombings, terrorists and dire conditions ravaging their homelands.
“We have helped more than 12,000 people in an acute situation,” Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said. “We must now, step by step, go from emergency measures to a normality that is humane and complies with the law.”
Even Germany, a country with a long history of helping refugees, said it can’t keep taking in asylum seekers at the current pace.
More than 17,500 migrants arrived in just the city of Munich over the weekend, police said.
“The great helpfulness that Germany has shown in these last weeks and months should not be worn thin,” the Interior Ministry said. It added that Germany’s ability to continue help is contingent on other countries stepping up.
But on Monday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany is pledging an additional 3 billion Euros to the migrant crisis. She said Germany “is of course willing to accept more refugees,” but called on other European countries to take more in.
Moments after Merkel spoke, French President Francois Hollande said France is ready to take on more responsibility. He said the European Commission will propose distributing 120,000 refugees over the next two years, of which France would take in 24,000.
“We will do so because it is the principle to which France is committed to,” Hollande said…”
3 comments:
All of Europe will reach the tipping point this week.
Then what?
"Thousands of refugees have poured into the two countries in just the past two days, trying to escape the bombings, terrorists and dire conditions ravaging their homelands."
Still buying that story, huh CNN?
OT:
Yet another explosion at a fourth chemical facility in China (again "shortly before midnight")
Reuters: An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on Monday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 160 people last month.
The blast caused a fire and thick smoke to bellow from the plant in Lishui city shortly before midnight, state radio said on its official Weibo microblog.
Firefighters were on the scene and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
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