London Banter - View Single Post - Will Brexit lead to the abandonment of Crossrail2 and Turning SouthLondon Orange?

Bob · July 1st 16, 04:03 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:04:46 -0500
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In article , d () wrote:

On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:10:21 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
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On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 13:55:26 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
Those would be from other EU countries.
Most of the people on the poster have brown skin and black hair,
some oriental faces among them, and someone wearing a fez or a
turban.

They were mainly Syrian refugees crossing from Croatia into Slovenia,
hoping to get to Germany. With or without Brexit, they would not be
allowed to enter the UK.

Until they got an EU passport.

And how would they get one of those?

Granted asylum in germany, granted citizenship, sorted.

All of which takes time, even assuming people want to come here rather than
continue in welcoming Germany.

It is hard to convey quite how much my late parents, 1930s refugees from
Berlin, would be dismayed to find Germany to be more welcoming to refugees
than the UK. I find it hard enough.

Its hard to convey quite how sick I am of hearing these moral equivalence
stories based on what someones ancestors might have thought or felt. Its 2016,
not 1939 and I somehow doubt your parents were economic refugees.

The gutter press in Britain in the 1930s didn't see it that way. Take a
look at [1], and for comparison, [2]. Plus ca change...

[1]
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki...is_Country.jpg
[2]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-t-enjoy.html

Robin