Merkel considers tougher migrant laws

[JC Footy Genius]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will consider changes to make it easier to deport migrants who commit crimes, after the New Year's Eve sex attacks on women in Cologne,

The attacks, which victims say were carried out by men of North African and Arab appearance, have called into question her open-door migrant policy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35271171

That's nice of her but a grovelling apology for her incredibly irresponsible invitation to welcome a never ending tsunami of migrants (1 million + and rising) without a thought to some of the inevitable consequences would be better.

If our PM had done something similar the press would be baying for blood meanwhile in Germany it takes four days and public pressure to get the original story on the news agenda.

As most of these people may well end up with German citizenship allowing free movement all over europe perhaps yet another reason to reconsider our ongoing membership of a dysfunctional, unreformable EU.

 

[Chicken Run]

Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with the above, bating HT and the rest of his ilk will only raise your blood pressure!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Wouldn't happen in England.

 

[crookie]

What is really concerning about that situation is the sheer numbers involved, and the fact it looked pre-planned and organised. Would any city genuinely have the resources to suddenly deploy 500/600 police at v short notice which would I'd think be the numbers needed to deal with a situation like that. Scary numbers involved

 

[Hampster Gull]

Merkel will sort it

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Merkel will sort it

Merkel caused it, although with the most honourable of intentions. She will take her place in history as being directly responsible for the reintroduction of border controls all across Europe, no matter how liberal the countries involved. The border controls introduced this week on the Oresund Bridge, the crossing from Sweden to Denmark, to try to reduce the number of asylum applications is only the start. It'll ripple down through Europe in a matter of weeks if not days. The rules of European free movement will look very different at the end of 2016 than they did at the end of 2015.

 

[glasfryn]

Wouldn't happen in England.

and won't when we bail out of Europe

 

[Soulman]

Merkel caused it, although with the most honourable of intentions. She will take her place in history as being directly responsible for the reintroduction of border controls all across Europe, no matter how liberal the countries involved. The border controls introduced this week on the Oresund Bridge, the crossing from Sweden to Denmark, to try to reduce the number of asylum applications is only the start. It'll ripple down through Europe in a matter of weeks if not days. The rules of European free movement will look very different at the end of 2016 than they did at the end of 2015.

So exactly what Farage said we should do months ago. Well although a bit late it seems Merkel's actions have brought about controlling borders.
The problem being as stated earlier....
"As most of these people may well end up with German citizenship allowing free movement all over europe".....then we still could have a problem.

 

[Murray 17]

The rules of European free movement will look very different at the end of 2016 than they did at the end of 2015.

Let's hope so.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Change of rules on what topics can be discussed on the main board rethink?

Nice to see a bit of German media management continually sidelining certain topics is alive and kicking (or should that be goose stepping) on NSC.

Moved because of all the bickering abusive posts and the irrelevance of topics such as mass sexual assaults, government accountability, censorship, future of the EU, societal impact of large scale migration no doubt.

 

[Soulman]

Merkel caused it, although with the most honourable of intentions. She will take her place in history as being directly responsible for the reintroduction of border controls all across Europe, no matter how liberal the countries involved. The border controls introduced this week on the Oresund Bridge, the crossing from Sweden to Denmark, to try to reduce the number of asylum applications is only the start. It'll ripple down through Europe in a matter of weeks if not days. The rules of European free movement will look very different at the end of 2016 than they did at the end of 2015.

This from the Guardian, which should appease some.

"Two-thirds of Tory MPs want Britain to quit European Union.
Two-thirds of Conservative MPs now support Britain’s exit from the European Union, despite David Cameron’s clear preference for staying in, according to senior sources within the party.

Key figures in Tory high command say analysis of public statements and private views expressed by their 330 MPs shows that at least 210 now believe that the UK would be better off “out”.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/09/tory-mps-britain-european-union-eu-brexit