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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the switching-to-mac dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

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/


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:59AM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:59AM (#538515) Journal

    Why is it that we can have "black pride" or "muslim pride" but not "English pride"?

    St George's Day [telegraph.co.uk]

    St George’s Day is England's national day and is celebrated on April 23 each year. The day remembers St George - England’s patron saint.

    A Christian martyr, St George represents traditional English chivalry and bravery.

    ...English have taken him under our wing and made him the symbol of our nation.

    His emblem is a red cross on a white background, which is England's flag and forms part of the Union Flag – the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Thursday July 13 2017, @08:54AM (2 children)

    by TheRaven (270) on Thursday July 13 2017, @08:54AM (#538637) Journal
    Amusingly, the Catholic Church was considering decanonising St George a few years on the grounds that there's no historical evidence that he actually existed, and he appeared to be entirely made up a couple of hundred years after he was supposed to have lived. I can't decide if this makes him a better or worse symbol for England...
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    • (Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:44PM (1 child)

      by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:44PM (#538830) Journal

      Are they getting him confused with Jesus?

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @05:07AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @05:07AM (#538974)

        They defrocked Saint Christopher, and he did not even diddle any altar boys. Catholocism has left me, um, confused. I worship both St. Didymous, and Bob. https://principiadiscordia.com/ [principiadiscordia.com] Where is the Bob? Fuck it, I am going Pastafarian. Easier to understand, and no worries about being taken over by gluten-free phanatics. Credo quia absurdum, that Tertullian guy was a ton of fun at parties, until he went off the deep end and started hanging with the German bankers.