Saturday, September 19, 2015

We're coming through, ready or not!

Anybody else feel uncomfortable about the pictures we're seeing coming from Hungary and Croatia? And just who do we side with?  The migrants, many of whom seem to be acting more like a mob storming the battlements than people simply looking to find a friendly country to settle down in, or the police and army who are in danger of being seen as overly heavy-handed.  And which is cause, and which effect? Can't help feeling that Germany - acting with the best of intentions - must bear responsibility for effectively throwing open its borders to the migrants with perhaps insufficient thought being given as to what the practical results of that might be, and then backing off when those became clear. Interesting that eastern and central Europe is now experiencing what we've been having to put up with for years with those trying to get here from France. Perhaps they might be a bit more sympathetic to our problems in future?

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