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New Thu 18 Feb 16 20:34 
 The winds of change - Roger.
OK - this is from the most hated web site for some of you, but it is quoting a well known German paper (whose political stance is unknown to me) and granted there is speculation and extrapolation, but this surely is food for thought about the future of Europe itself?

www.breitbart.com/london/2016/02/18/analyst-one-million-syrians-expected-to-enter-europe-this-year/
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 20:40 
 The winds of change - Bromptonaut
I know I'm like a broken record on this but:

Syria (with extensions to Iraq) is a refugee/displaced persons crisis on Europe's fringe on a scale not seen since WW2. Articles in Breitbart or any other opinion have no bearing on the numbers.

What do we do for those people?

Heads in the sand is not an option....
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 20:41 
 The winds of change - No FM2R
>>Heads in the sand is not an option....

For you, me and others with a brain, obviously not.

But for many "head in the sand" is their preferred option.
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 20:44 
 The winds of change - Old Navy
I read somewhere recently that Russia was deliberately targeting residential areas in Syria to displace the population with the intention of destabilising Europe. I can't remember the source.
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 20:48 
 The winds of change - Dog
>>I read somewhere recently that Russia was deliberately targeting residential areas in Syria to displace the population with the intention of destabilising Europe. I can't remember the source.

The Daily Wail most likely.
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 21:56 
 The winds of change - BrianByPass

>> The Daily Wail most likely.
>>

Guardian 09 Jan 2016 tinyurl.com/gv6tljb

Guardian 16 Feb 2016 tinyurl.com/hvht788
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 22:01 
 The winds of change - Old Navy
>> Guardian 09 Jan 2016 tinyurl.com/gv6tljb
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>> Guardian 16 Feb 2016 tinyurl.com/hvht788
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Thanks BBP, of course there is an alternative view that American Neocons are to blame.

consortiumnews.com/2015/09/07/how-neocons-destabilized-europe/
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 20:50 
 The winds of change - Bromptonaut
>> I read somewhere recently that Russia was deliberately targeting residential areas in Syria to displace
>> the population with the intention of destabilising Europe. I can't remember the source.

Maybe true, maybe not. When your home town is in ruins identifying the makers plate on the bombs isn't a priority and shouldn't determine where/how you get fed and sheltered.
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New Thu 18 Feb 16 21:45 
 The winds of change - R.P.
"Migrants"/"Refugees" nice choice of language.
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