Lampedusa's population DOUBLES in less than one week due to migrants

[Tooting Carmen]

And how the hell hadn't they thought that before? Problem solved then, for sure!!

Instransigence on the part of both the British and Continental European governments? Plus also the Conservatives not wishing to be seen as having to "cooperate with the EU" in this way post-Brexit.

[Etelfrido]

Even taken on its own terms, the results of the invasion of Libya have been utterly hideous and disastrous: no central government with warlords instead controlling their own fiefdoms, an oil-rich nation which now has to IMPORT more than half of its oil because lawless bandits have taken over the nation's oil fields, more political prisoners than under Gadaffi himself... This is quite apart from the fact that the invasion was itself hypocritical and selective - Gadaffi was not much worse than most other MENA dictators that the West has supported or at least tolerated, and if the HDI results pre-2010 are any guide, was in some ways better.

Wasn't it because he planned to implement a gold-backed currency?

[B01AB20]

Instransigence on the part of both the British and Continental European governments? Plus also the Conservatives not wishing to be seen as having to "cooperate with the EU" in this way post-Brexit.

I was being sarcastic. And if that's the solution of Labour... they're being sarcastic too.

[Tooting Carmen]

Wasn't it because he planned to implement a gold-backed currency?

That was certainly part of it, even though the pretext was his human rights abuses against protesters etc etc.

[Your Old Comrade]

Hate to say it, but at this point they should send in the Navy. First warning shots, then open fire. Every single migrant, that enters Europe this way, should be refused and that includes the ones already here.

[Etelfrido]

I believe quitting the Belt and Road Initiative might not be the best idea for Italy, it shouldn't be just an Israelite-American pawn.

Besides, Northern European countries have treated Italy with a certain disdain, like labeling it as one of the PIIGS despite it contributing more to the EU than some countries further North.

[Your Old Comrade]

And I think that the only "spreading" around Europe, should come in the form of a system of penal camps, where they should be forced to reside until they can be deported from Europe. If they can't be deported, because they fucked around with their documents, then they will stay there for life. Any attempt at escape should be dealt with a hail of bullets and those that die that be reclaimed by their families, since they can't be verified and deported, should be buried in a common grave.

[Etelfrido]

And please don't mention Human Rights and International laws, Israel's already announced it plans to deport Africans and other illegals.

[Tooting Carmen]

The libertarian argument for open borders that pops up sometimes is deeply flawed: after all, just as an individual has the right to leave their own home but does not have the right to enter someone else's home uninvited, the same applies to leaving one's own country versus entering another one.

[B01AB20]

And please don't mention Human Rights and International laws, Israel's already announced it plans to deport Africans and other illegals.

Israel has a tradition of ignoring international laws or human rights when they don't suit their actions.

A useful tradition.