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Tunisian Influx Taxes Italy
Europe has three options
1/ become an Islamic state within ten years, if not sooner
2/ repudiation of the 1951 Refugee Convention and its subsequent amendants. OR
3/ adoption of the Muslim concept of Dar al Islam, Dar al Harb, where a Muslim is killed on sight, as soon as they enter Europe (with a few exception e.g. those with diplomatic passports etc.)
As I cannot see them adopting 2 or 3, it looks like number 1 is to be their fate.

Political instability in Tunisia has unleashed a wave of migrants toward Italian shores, igniting a crisis that has exposed the pitfalls of Italy's reliance on North African regimes to act as gatekeepers.

Boats carrying more than 3,700 migrants from Tunisian ports arrived in Italy over the weekend, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The landings have overwhelmed Italian officials, prompting the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to declare a state of emergency. On Saturday, one migrant drowned when a boat carrying him and other migrants sank.

The exodus stems from the political vacuum that has followed the toppling of former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. For years, Italy has relied on regimes in Tunisia, Libya and other North African countries to contain the flow of migrants to Europe, providing the regimes with financial and military aid.

That approach is now coming apart at the seams. The unraveling also underscores the European Union's overall failure to forge a comprehensive policy for dealing with migrants who, though arriving in southern European countries like Italy and Spain, are bound for richer economies such as France and Germany. Italian officials are concerned that unrest in Egypt and other countries in the region could add to the flow.

"There's a political and institutional earthquake that risks having a devastating impact on Europe through Italy," Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told Italian TV on Sunday.

Tunisian authorities that once policed the country's coastline for human traffickers and boats bound for European shores have melted away in recent weeks, according to Federico Fossi, a Rome-based official for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. "Many people are taking advantage of the scarce presence of Tunisian police to abandon the country."
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Posted by: tipper || 02/14/2011 03:31 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The book 'Camp of the Saints' took the concept to another level some 40 years ago; though the immigrants were Hindu rather than Muslim, the reaction of the fictional West was very similar to the reaction we postulate now. (The book is not very good but the concept is, and was far ahead of its time.)
Posted by: Glenmore || 02/14/2011 8:53 Comments || Top||

#2  They sailed over to Italy. They can sail back to Tunisia. Turn them away at the shores.

This is similar to what's happening at our borders with Mexico. We are also being overwhelmed by illegal immigrants. We don't know who's coming here and what their motivations are. Our immigration process is broken and our laws no longer govern/regulate the immigration process.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/14/2011 10:59 Comments || Top||


Greek police arrest Paleo-Leb terror suspect
A Lebanese-Paleo identified in a press report as a member of the terrorist group Fatah al Islam was arrested in Athens on Sunday evening.

According to the Greek police, Ghaleb Taleb and another man were arrested following lengthy surveillance. The arrest followed a report in Corriere della Sera, Greek authorities reportedly acting before the suspect could flee.

Another man claimed by the newspaper as Taleb's predecessor, Mohammed Mousa, has also been arrested. Both men face deportation.

The Italian newspaper charged that Taleb was in Greece to coordinate an attack in Greece or another European country.
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