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The small Italian island of Lampedusa is being overwhelmed by the number of migrants arriving on its shores, its mayor said on Thursday, after thousands of people landed from North Africa on flimsy boats over the past two days.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Let's not pretend the itialian government doesn't create these inhumane conditions deliberately, in hopes of spreading stories of a cruel & not quite so rich Europe to prevent further migration. They do this because they are desperate, because there burocracy can't cope with so many people.

In an ideal world they would be distributed accross Europe. Moving 7000 people a day is no problem with good public infrastructure. But such treaties exists only in talks for decades. Not the number of people seeking refuge are responsible for the situation on Lampedusa, but the European governments who simply don't care, even though such a treaty would be a direct consequence of a single border Europe.

[โ€“] akrot 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You're making the assumption that Europe should and would want to receive more migrants? EU failed miserable at integration, and from my personal experience not a small portion of migrants did not want to integrate and contributed massively into the gang wars. Not to mention, if you really care about refugees, many studies have affirmed the best way is neighboring countries.

All the previous treaties existed in a time when unchecked migration into the EU was not a thing and economic migration was not peddled by smugglers and human traffikers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

if you really care about refugees, many studies have affirmed the best way is neighboring countries.

Source?

Also if previous intake of refugees hasn't been friction-free because the EU failed at integration, maybe the conclusion should be for the EU to do better at integration instead?

[โ€“] akrot -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is easy to shift the blame at the EU for integration. But even they did not expect this resistance based on the early migrant waves in the 80s and 90s. Nowadays, refugees get 2 years paid program (per houshold member) to attend language and culture class integration. The only isssue is that there is no harsh deadline and after those 2 years they will still get paid till they are ready to enter the work force. The catch? Many migrants don't go through and attendance being non-mandatory it ends up being a financial drain on the cities. The main issue is majority of migrants are from a different culture and often uneducated. And a cherry on top, Islam is inherently supermacist, and this adds a lot to the attitude of the migrants. In Sweden, they are offering now 25k for people to return to their countries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Okay, now onto the source I asked you for, please.

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