Current Affairs Belarus…and migrants…..

[tsubaki]

Indeed…I was fully supportive of Russia taking back the Crimea at the time. I still think though that even if formally agreed to have what they hold, Russia will want to push further in…..

Of course they will, my point is that it’s that wish that’s causing all these problems for them.

Putin’s been at this for twenty years now and all he has achieved is moving the border of NATO hundreds of miles eastward. Doing more craziness is going to move it further to the east still (especially when Lukashenko leaves the scene).

 

[Bruce Wayne]

A really good programme

Crossing Continents - Poland’s Fractured Borderlands - BBC Sounds

A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[summerisle]

A really good programme

Crossing Continents - Poland’s Fractured Borderlands - BBC Sounds

A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.

www.bbc.co.uk

Absolutely nothing to do with migrants, but tomorrow there is a fascinating story from Albania.

BBC Radio 4 - The Great Pyramids of Albania

The story of an extraordinary mass fraud that gripped Albania in the 1990s.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bruce Wayne]

A different border but this was interesting too. It's amazing how skewed our view of things is by the way the media portrays it.

Rhetoric and Reality on the U.S.—Mexico Border

This book contrasts the national discourse on the U.S.-Mexico border with that of local leaders, challenging common misconceptions about the border.

link.springer.com

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Novak Djokovic was detained for five days – refugees in the same hotel have been there for years

The tennis star’s short stay in the Park hotel is a far cry from the years many refugees spend waiting for action.

theconversation.com

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Lest we forget and all that

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Lest we forget and all that

Were they legal though

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Were they legal though

He almost certainly wouldn't be these days.

 

[peteblue]

Any minute now Brexit will be blamed for the Holocaust…….

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Any minute now Brexit will be blamed for the Holocaust…….

Your Home Secretary has criminalised what Winton did Pete.

 

[Wizard]

Any minute now Brexit will be blamed for the Holocaust…….

I do quite enjoy your wumming in general. Don’t agree with it but fair play on your dedication.

But please don’t weaponise the Holocaust to try and win stupid points. I’ve seen it in a few threads recently (mainly the covid one) and it is sickening.

 

[tsubaki]

Your Home Secretary has criminalised what Winton did Pete.

See also the changes to citizenship (and when it can be removed), which presents a serious threat to anyone who could claim citizenship in another country.