By amplifying an unconfirmed figure, the British paper is handing ammunition to the open-borders left. The post The London ‘Times’ Makes an Unforced Error on Immigration appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage UK Special Coverage The London ‘Times’ Makes an Unforced Error on Immigration By amplifying an unconfirmed figure, the British paper is handing ammunition to the open-borders left. UK Special Coverage Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Quel surprise. Earlier this month, two front-page stories in the London Times each performed British journalism’s most drearily familiar marriage—that of splashy new reporting and the drearily familiar problem of immigration, the most drearily familiar problem dogging UK governments since the 1990s. The pieces…Open
Illegal immigrants are now flying over Spain's fortified border fence into the enclave of Ceuta on paragliders supplied by people smugglers, and the Spanish government spent months denying it was happening. A sub-Saharan migrant was filmed Saturday evening gliding from a Moroccan mountainside over the 20-foot border fence and touching down at the Benzu viewpoint […] The post Migrants paraglide over Spain's Ceuta border fence — one dead, another vanishes after landing appeared first on American Almanac .
Illegal immigrants are now flying over Spain's fortified border fence into the enclave of Ceuta on paragliders supplied by people smugglers, and the Spanish government spent months denying it was happening. A sub-Saharan migrant was filmed Saturday evening gliding from a Moroccan mountainside over the 20-foot border fence and touching down at the Benzu viewpoint in Ceuta, the tiny Spanish territory on the North African coast opposite Gibraltar. He disappeared moments after landing. Police have not found him. One day earlier, a second sub-Saharan man attempted the same crossing near the Benzu breakwater and plunged into the Mediterranean. His body was pulled from the water around 8 a.m. Friday. The Civil Guard's own union called it the…Open
Ceuta, Spain, and Fnideq, Morocco, are physically separated by only a mile, but they are intertwined by family and trade. A recent border crisis is the latest chapter in their story.
A war in Iran will inevitably bring about the same conditions that have distorted regional and European politics for a generation. The post Who’s Afraid of Another Refugee Crisis? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Who’s Afraid of Another Refugee Crisis? A war in Iran will inevitably bring about the same conditions that have distorted regional and European politics for a generation. Recent reporting suggests that President Donald Trump is considering a wider attack on Iran. There is of course a chance of another bloody nose, akin to the drone strike on General Qassem Soleimani or the bombing of the Fordow nuclear facility. But there is also a chance for a lot more than that—there is in some corners a desire for sustained strikes or possibly even supporting or participating in a ground operation. Yet if the…Open
