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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called on Europe to stop demonstrating generosity towards asylum seekers to avoid an overwhelming migrant influx. He also advises European states to make Africans' way to the continent much more difficult.
During an interview Germany's Welt am Sonntag, Gates, one of the richest people on the planet, warned of the grave consequences of exceeding generosity towards refugees coming to Europe, whose numbers would only rise unless something is done.
"On the one hand you want to demonstrate generosity and take in refugees, but the more generous you are, the more word gets around about this – which in turn motivates more people to leave Africa," Gates said.
While Germany has been one of the pioneers of the open door policy, it cannot "take in the huge, massive number of people who are wanting to make their way to Europe." Thus Gates advised European nations to take action in order to make it "more difficult for Africans to reach the continent via the current transit routes."
Source: https://www.rt.com/news/395356-migrants-overwhelm-europe-gates/
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @12:16AM (2 children)
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” And he said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:08AM (1 child)
Why doesn't jesus just come back and feed them all then? Maybe he knows something, and that they will just make more of them.
Ok bad example, why dont the African sky faries help them?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:22AM
Can't. Trying to wedge a food-giving hole in the ground open wider still so he could have more food for himself and his family made their sky fairy angry. Every time he tried, the sky fairy closed the hole a little more until he was left with a bare minimum of unappealing food.
This middle-Eastern sky fairy sounds like a great guy, but seems... fishy.