Monday, May 2, 2016

Europe's Migration Crisis: No End in Sight

Gatestone Institute
Facebook  Twitter  RSS
Donate

In this mailing:

Europe's Migration Crisis: No End in Sight

by Judith Bergman  •  May 2, 2016 at 5:00 am
  • According to France's Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, 800,000 migrants are currently in Libyan territory waiting to cross the Mediterranean.
  • The multitude of very costly social problems that Muslim migration into Europe has caused thus far, do not exist in this whitewashed European Union report, where the "research" indicates that migrants are always a boon. Similarly, any mention of the very real security costs necessitated by the Islamization occurring in Europe, and the need for monitoring of potential jihadists, simply goes unmentioned.
  • Several European states have a less optimistic picture of the prospect of another three million migrants arriving on Europe's borders than either the Pope or the European Commission do.
Austrian police prepare to hold the line at the Brenner Pass border crossing with Italy, as a crowd tries to break through during a violent protest on April 3, 2016, against Austria's introduction of border controls to stem the flow of migrants. (Image source: RT video screenshot)
Pope Francis, on his recent visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, said that Europe must respond to the migrant crisis with solutions that are "worthy of humanity." He also decried "that dense pall of indifference that clouds hearts and minds." The Pope then proceeded to demonstrate what he believes is a response "worthy of humanity" by bringing 12 Syrian Muslims with him on his plane to Italy. "It's a drop of water in the sea. But after this drop, the sea will never be the same," the Pope mused.

Reza Moridi: The Changing Faces of an Iranian-Canadian MPP

by Majid Rafizadeh  •  May 2, 2016 at 4:00 am
  • The real question is: does Moridi represent the Canadian-Iranian community in Canada, or was he just collecting their votes to represent the Iranian and the Azerbaijani governments to Canada?
  • Although Moridi has ridden to his present position on the Iranian votes in Canada, he has changed faces and seems to be representing the interests of several other governments and institutions -- including the Iranian regime; the Islamic Revolutionary Guards business empire and its links in Iran and Canada, and the Azerbaijani government; he is not representing the cultural and political interests of Canada or the Iranian-Canadians who gave him a seat in the Ontario government.
Reza Moridi is pictured above in a 2012 campaign video for Ontario Liberal Party leader Kathleen Wynne.
In Iran's political establishment, as in others, there are often opportunistic figures who change their colors and views, apparently based on what they might gain politically and economically.
A current example is Reza Moridi, a Canadian citizen originally from Iran, who is currently a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario and the provincial government's Minister of Research and Innovation.
Originally, to benefit from the votes of Iranian-Canadian constituents, Moridi strongly opposed human rights abuses committed by the Iranian regime and rejected the idea of rapprochement with Iran, currently the world leader per capita in executing people.

To subscribe to the this mailing list, go to http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/list_subscribe.php
14 East 60 St., Suite 1001, New York, NY 10022

No comments:

Post a Comment