The European Union Must Address Immigration Imbalances Threatening Select Member Nations Economic Future And Stability

 

European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium

 

The European Union is going through a transition period, as Britain recently voted to leave the EU. Without Britain's vast contribution of 350 million British pounds per month (19 billion British pounds per year) and other benefits, which could go in the next two years if the British government completes the process, the European Union will be working with significantly less money and resources. Hence the immense anger last week from select politicians in the European Union. However, it is better to be civil, as the British people have spoken and this is their democratic vote. Britain has been a great partner in the European Union and trade can continue that is beneficial to both parties.

The European Union must not be inflexible, which is what drove millions of British voters away. Concerns were not be heard regarding massive migration from other parts of the European Union and the strain and constraints it has placed on Britain. The United Kingdom’s massive population boom courtesy of immigration overwhelmed the system. Uneven levels of immigration became a massive problem, which sparked the success of the leave vote. As a recommendation to avoid any nation in the European Union buckling or outright collapsing due to this issue, the freedom of movement law needs to be revisited and revised.

The majority of the European Union traffic poured into Britain, namely London, England and overwhelmed their systems. Transportation, schools, hospitals and benefits offices became overwhelmed by the influx of millions of new permanent residents, many of whom are now receiving generous financial benefits and housing, as they came to Britain below the poverty line. Sensing the problem that was brewing, in 2009 the Judiciary Report published the article "Britain's Benefits" and a follow up entitled "Britain's Benefits Part 2" to recommend the benefits system be revised.  

 

London, England (UK)

 

In America immigrants must wait for years before obtaining benefits and still have to meet certain stringent criteria (one must be sick or disabled). Food stamps and modest cash assistance is only granted to healthy people who are well below the poverty line and with children. The majority of these changes were implemented under former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, to ensure people coming to America seek to work, not indefinitely live on benefits.

Last year, the British government attempted to negotiate a rule that would require immigrants live in Britain for 4-years before receiving benefits. This would ensure those coming to Britain intend to work and pay their way, rather than take financial and housing benefits from the state indefinitely. However, negotiations on the matter fell through.

If Britain proceeds with invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty to depart the European Union, a process that will take an estimated 2-years, Britain is going to get another massive influx as a last ditch attempt to enter the country from the EU. Then, upon Britain's completion of the process of leaving the European Union, immigration traffic will largely switch to Germany and France, two other sizeable economies in the EU. Germany and France are wealthy nations. Immigrants tend to migrate to nations that are the most economically prosperous and popular.

Paris, France 

 

To further illustrate the fact the Judiciary Report was correct in its aforementioned 2009 articles on benefits, in April of 2016, the German government began proposing and pushing for new rules regarding limiting immigrants access to receiving benefits upon landing in their nation (see external article excerpt below under STORY SOURCE for further information). It is not that one is being xenophobic. It's simple mathematics. The average nation cannot afford to give millions of immigrants financial and housing benefits indefinitely (many can't give said financial assistance on a short term basis either). It could bankrupt any country.

To compound issues for Germany, it is estimated they took in nearly 1,000,000 migrants last year from places like Syria. No disrespect to Syria, but once again, how will Germany pay for housing, feeding and clothing a record number of migrants and find said non-German speaking masses steady employment (it is easier to find employment in a nation if you speak the national language).
Which brings me back to my point, the immigration levels in the European Union are untenable. It needs to be evenly distributed among the 28 member nations, meaning each country has a quota of how many immigrants it will take per year. One or two nations can't take the bulk of the traffic. That's lopsided and the proverbial boat that is the EU will sink.

Berlin, Germany

For years millions in Europe poured out into Britain, namely London, England, a glamorous and wealth westernized city (and who can blame them, it's a great place to live). However, the European Union must be practical. No nation in this world can reasonably take that type of influx, year after year, many of whom are people who required financial and housing benefits, without damaging their economic structure. France and Germany are now in for the same influx Britain sustained from the EU and it is going to wreak economic havoc on them.

I love and respect France and Germany and don't want them to buckle under the financial pressure. I don't want the EU to collapse at all, but it is in a financially precarious place. Spain, a beautiful country, is having problems with a massive number of foreclosures, creating economic difficulties and stagnation. Greece, another beautiful country, is experiencing significant financial trouble and is seeking billions of dollars in bailout money.

The European Union must reform. Some of the rules need to change to strengthen the entire EU. You can't have key players in the European Union taking a financial walloping, as they are the back bone of the enterprise. If the key pillars crumble, the entire financial structure of the European Union will give way and collapse. Immigration must be handled in a more orderly fashion with even distribution. Proper budgetary constraints must be placed on nations in danger of collapsing, also accompanied by a regular assessment plan issued and implemented on how to get them out of said financial hole.

 

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EU migration to Germany 'hits record high'

 
July 2, 2016 - Germany has proposed new legislation to limit EU migrants' access to welfare payments. Immigration to Germany from other European Union countries hit a new record of over 685,000 people last year, led by Romanians, Poles and Bulgarians, Die Welt daily said Saturday, citing official figures.

A total of 685,485 EU citizens arrived in Germany in 2015 while 303,036 left for a net increase of 382,449, the paper reported, saying it had access to data from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). Germany's economic success and relatively low unemployment has drawn people from the EU's poorer members in search of work and better lives.

Romanians topped the list of new arrivals in Germany last year with nearly 175,000, followed by Poles with almost 150,000 and Bulgarians with just over 70,000, Die Welt said.

Promises to limit immigration from other EU states played a key role in the campaign for Britain's membership referendum, which delivered a shock victory last week for the "leave" camp. In April, Germany tabled a proposed law to drastically limit EU migrants' access to welfare payments. Die Welt said a total of 4.1 million EU citizens currently live in Germany.
 

Berlin, Germany 

 

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Cocaine concealed in banana boxes

A Colombian drug lord accidentally shipped $17 million dollars worth of cocaine to the Aldi supermarket chain in Berlin, Germany. The 660 pounds of cocaine were confiscated by police, after representatives for the international supermarket chain contacted the authorities. This constitutes the largest confiscation in German history.

The drug dealer had concealed the drugs as a large shipment of bananas, by using boxes labeled as such. However, due to a mix up, someone assumed the boxes actually contained bananas and merrily transferred them to the Aldi store. There is an irate drug kingpin somewhere very ticked off over his missing shipment. 

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$17 million in cocaine accidentally shipped to German supermarket chain  

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police on Monday found more than 386 kilograms (850 pounds) of cocaine inside banana boxes at a discount grocery chain in what authorities say is the largest-ever seizure of the drug in the German capital. No arrests have been made. The cocaine was wrapped in black plastic packs of one kilogram (about two pounds) each and hidden between the bananas, police spokesman Michael Gassen said. He said it was the largest-ever cocaine seizure in Berlin.

The drugs were found in 14 different branches of the Aldi chain in and around Berlin. Investigators were still searching through further banana deliveries at other Aldi branches and the city's wholesale market. The market value of the cocaine was estimated at around 15 million euros ($16.8 million)...

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Rihanna’s Sister Caught Flirting With Her Boyfriend Drake While She's Away

Drake and Rihanna's sister Samantha

While singer Rihanna was away in Paris, France, her sister Samantha was seen cozying up to her boyfriend Drake at a club in Berlin, Germany. Websites are stating the two looked too close for comfort, implying something is going on. Considering the temper her sister has and penchant from hitting people with glass bottles and cups, she should be careful (after all she glassed her own little brother in the face).

 

Rihanna, who has consistently had problems in relationships, has a track record of trouble when it comes to men. Promiscuity, coupled with her habit of having sex for career favors, left many not taking her seriously. Drake has dropped her twice in the past for others, as did the love of her life, Chris Brown.

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MTO EXCLUSIVE DRAMA!!!! Rapper Drake Is Photo'd In The Club . . . Getting Cozy With Rihanna's SISTER . . . And We Got The PICS!!! (Chile . . . Rihanna Gonna CUT HIS A*Z)

February 28, 2014: Drake was in BERLIN GERMANY yesterday, performing at the O2 World concert. After his concert performance at the O2 World, rapper Drake was photo'd by the paparazzi looking cozy with Rihanna's sister Samantha. The pair were CANOODLING at Puro Sky Lounge. Just in case you're interested, Rihanna was in PARIS yesterday, attending Paris' Fashion Week.

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New Years Pictures And Video From Around The World (2011)

Happy New Year

London Eye in London, England

Big Ben in London, England

Times Square in New York

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

Red Square in Russia

Sydney Harbour in Australia

The tallest building in Taiwan

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Caster Semenya Receives Hero's Welcome

800 meter gold medalist, Caster Semenya, received a heroes welcome in South Africa today, after dismantling the competition at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Winnie Mandela hugging Caster Semenya Semenya won by such a wide margin that when she crossed the finish line, it appeared as though she was running the race by herself, as the other athletes were barely in the frame. It was an outstanding performance. Because she won the race by the widest margin of any athlete at the games, she has been met with significant suspicion in the press, due to reports her gender is in question. Caster Semenya The IAAF ordered full gender tests, after a preliminary test discovered the levels of testosterone in Semenya's system, is three times greater than the average woman (that's still ten times less than Madonna). The additional tests will determine if a genetic anomaly created the elevated testosterone levels.

Usain Bolt Given A Piece Of The Berlin Wall

Usain Bolt

The city of Berlin, Germany honored Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, with a piece of the Berlin Wall, adorned with a mural of himself for illustrating, "One can tear down walls that had been considered insurmountable." That was a very gracious and kind gift from the city of Berlin.

Bolt gets a piece of Berlin for 'tearing down walls'

August 24, 2009 - BERLIN: Usain Bolt was honoured by the city of Berlin by receiving an original segment of the Berlin Wall.

The Jamaican sprinter, who broke world records in the 100m and 200m at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin last week, was given the chunk of wall at a ceremony on the final day of the world championships yesterday.

The 3.6m high, 2.7 metric tons section will have to be specially delivered to Bolt's training camp in Jamaica. The piece of the wall, which divided communist East Berlin from West Berlin between 1961 and 1989, is decorated with a life-size painting of Bolt running on the blue track of Berlin's Olympic stadium and the words "NEW WR" - new world record.

The mascot of the event is called Berlino, while the phrase "ich bin ein Berliner" was famously used by former US president John F Kennedy in 1963.

Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said Bolt had shown that "one can tear down walls that had been considered insurmountable". - Sapa-AP

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Usain Bolt Sets Another World Record

Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, fresh off his record setting 100 meter run, set another record at the the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.

Bolt set a new record in the 200 meter final, winning the race in 9.19 seconds. The IAAF has been sure to emphasize, due to his incredible speed, Bolt has been rigorously tested for steroids, with all his tests coming back negative. His fellow sprinters also faced scrutiny and all their tests came back negative as well.

Well done to all who participated.

Bolt Crushes His Own 200-Meter Record

Published: August 20, 2009 - Usain Bolt clearly does not require the intensity of a close race to obliterate his own world records.

After being pushed close to the finish line in the 100 on Sunday by Tyson Gay as Bolt won in a record-setting 9.58 seconds, Bolt had to do the pushing himself in the final straightaway of the 200 on Thursday. Running alone — strikingly alone — in lane 5 in the final straightaway, he showed no interest in cruising to the finish. Instead, he sprinted through, and the result was a time of 19.19 seconds: 11-hundredths of a second faster than the world record he established a year ago at the Beijing Olympics.

It has been a remarkably productive, efficient performance for Usain Bolt at these world championships. He has raced two finals and broken two of his own world records, with the 4x100 relay still to come. And he has now matched his sprint double at last year’s Olympics with another, even faster double on the blue track here.

Bolt, who will turn 23 on Friday, arrived at the Olympic Stadium wearing a T-shirt that read “Ich Bin Ein Berlino,” a lighthearted take on the famous line from President John F. Kennedy’s speech here in 1963. Kennedy’s “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” (“I am a Berliner”) was a show of rhetorical support for West Berlin...

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Caster Semenya's Gender Questioned

Caster Semenya

South African sprinter, Caster Semenya, is facing massive scrutiny after winning the 800 meter run, at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.

Caster has been forced to take a gender test, administered by a team of doctors, due to her very muscular appearance, pectorals, 6-pack/8-pack stomach, a visible Adams apple and slight bulge at the genital area. In an ironic twist, the first five letters of her name spell the word "semen."

Clearly, she passed the steroids tests, otherwise she would not have been allowed to participate. However, officials seek to determine if she is a man or a woman with genetic male traits that give her an unfair advantage.

Some in South Africa believe statements about her have been xenophobic and racist, because she is not an American.

Respectfully, as a Jamaican black woman, when I first saw her photo, I immediately realized what the controversy was about, as she does exhibit masculine traits and she also has a male swagger.

That statement is not meant to be insulting, but truthful. Not to mention, it has been reported, that even in South Africa, her teacher, bathroom attendants and others, for years have thought she was a man.

It maybe due to a genetic occurrence that caused her to posses both male and female characteristics, which strenuous workouts to build strength and stamina, have accentuated. Pilates would counter that to reduce confusion.

People are also asking questions, because in the past, two European men, who were white (only mentioning that due to the racial claims with Semenya) posed as women and won gold medals that were later revoked.

Women are considered the weaker sex and it really is not very competitive overall, to have men sprinting against women. Therefore, it is a very delicate subject, but it must be addressed in the interest of fairness.

Regardless of the outcome of the gender tests, which are expected in a few weeks, Semenya is an extraordinary athlete, who put on a fine performance. Congrats on your win, as it was very impressive.

Semenya humiliated, says SA athletics chief

Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:56pm GMT - BERLIN (Reuters) - The gender controversy surrounding South Africa's teenage 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya has been humiliating for her, the country's athletics chief said on Thursday.

Semenya's rapid improvement over the past year, in which she has shaved more than eight seconds off her personal best in the two-lap race, prompted the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to order a gender test.

"I will continue to defend the girl, I will continue to do anything, even if I am to be kicked out of Berlin, Germany, but I am not going to let that girl be humiliated in the manner that she was humiliated because she has not committed a crime whatsoever. Her crime was to be born the way she is born," said Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene.

"And now people are not happy, and on that basis she is isolated like a leper, like she has got a disease that will affect other people, and I don't think it's proper," he told Reuters Television.

Powerfully built but smooth running, the 18-year-old Semenya clocked one minute, 55.45 seconds for the year's fastest time and a personal best by more than a second to win gold in the 800 on Wednesday, hours after the IAAF said the procedure for gender testing had started...

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Usain Bolt Sets New World Record

Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt, smashed the world record that was his own, running the 100 meters in Berlin Germany, in 9.58 seconds, which was incredible. Congrats to him and all the sprinters, as you are all the best in the world to have even made it there to the finals.

Due to his astonishing speed, Usain is the kind of dude you'd want on your team during a relay... or bank robbery (just kidding).

Superman Bolt: 9.58 100m!

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - Far behind in second was Tyson Gay, whose 9.71 would be the fastest ever were it not for Bolt. Teammate Asafa Powell (who has run 9.72, third fastest of all time) came in behind Gay. So in this race Bolt smashed his own record from Beijing and destroyed the #2 and #3 fastest sprinters of all time. Bolt is the greatest of all time!

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