with the same username and password. The European Union has been absorbing economic migrants long before the recent surge in refugees. "Old Europe" has an ugly history of rejecting multiculturalism. This country will be taking refugees from the camps who have been properly documented, we have some idea who they are which is more than can be said about those tracking through Europe. But Austrians also live with a darker history that generated refugees and allowed the slaughter of those not permitted to leave when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. Everywhere you walk in Vienna, you cannot escape the reminders of this past: the mansions of the wealthy Jewish families who financed construction of the Habsburg Emperor’s famous Ring Road but lost their lives in World War II; the narrow alleys of Leopoldstadt where Jews migrating from Eastern European crowded into Vienna in the nineteenth century only to face annihilation in the next century. Economic betterment came with migration because the kinder were smart and studious, they accepted any job and observed family discipline. Thank you so much for this excellent article. I want to extend the discussion in one direction: the lessons we can draw from the West Balkans experience of re-settling returning refugees and the internally displaced (ID). Fully twenty-five percent of the source population of the Western Balkans resides outside their home countries, compared to only three percent for the rest of the world. Your email is never published. Even if you are not haunted by the picture of young Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a beach or a truck full of corpses on an Austrian highway, you should welcome the inflow of refugees to Europe on economic grounds. You must be registered for our forum and can Nonsensical grandstanding. Most are in European Union countries, with nearby Vienna being a preferred destination. To learn more about cookies, click here. We already have poor and homeless, the NHS and svhools under strain with more of that to come under this government. The EU needs people, especially young and healthy workers. However, taking in 50,000 or so Syrian refugees – many highly educated and with their own money – running away from a dreadful war, is just too big a problem. Out-migration has been of enormous benefit to the countries of the Western Balkans. Europe will be enriched by enterprising migrants, many of whom today are highly educated and aspirational. However with 50000 on the March, taking into account some may live together that is a lot of refugee families that the protestors can house and support? This crossing is the very same where thousands of East German refugees crossed into the West from Hungary when the iron curtain began to fall in 1989. Lib Dems of all ages and backgrounds joined the march, and some of the older members could easily match the volume of chanting my fellow LY members managed.

It was good to see several big Lib Dem figures appearing in the march, but equally nice to meet new members who had joined since the election, several of whom stated this was their first activity with the party since joining. Moreover, the internal displacement in both countries is horrific. To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar. Did you mean the ones entering the EU via the Balkans, or the ones arriving in Greece, or all of them? The times of homogenous societies are over and acceptance of this is the first milestone we are about to cross. filmed by: Georjena Ay. Many Austrians take pride that their country has served as the entryway to a better life for so many refugees. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It was wonderful to see so many Lib Dems present, especially fellow Liberal Youth members many of whom I hadn’t met before. This huge financial commitment funds shelter, medical and educational facilities, provides a place of reasonable safety. This issue is very complex and many issues remain unanswered. It illustrates well how the Western Balkans have for long seen large labour movements, refugees or internally displaced occasioned by cruel internal wars, and those who have sought to improve their lives. It is enough. Thank you so much! Incidentally, I see that the German government has now suspended the Schengen Agreement. Young people in Europe have turned out to show a lot of compassion and broadmindedness. We shouldn’t be making decisions while surrounded in an emotional haze because it makes bad decision-making. And Tim, which are the comments that are giving you concern? Sorry, I should have addressed my comment to Will. Of course this issue needs rational debate but not an emotional one. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser.

To some extent, history is repeating itself in Austria as refugees cross the border at Nickelsdorf.

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