Mali: Communiqué : Le Gouvernement de la République du Mali informe l’opinion nationale et internationale qu’il a décidé de déclarer Persona Non Grata, le responsable du Bureau de la MINUSMA à Kidal

Le Gouvernement de la République du Mali informe l’opinion nationale et internationale qu’il a décidé de déclarer Persona Non Grata, le responsable du Bureau de la MINUSMA à Kidal suite aux propos qu’il a récemment tenus.

En conséquence, le responsable concerné dispose de 24h pour quitter le territoire national.

Spain’s ‘Migrant Friendly’ Border Fences

Critics say that the razor wire functions as a significant deterrent to illegal immigration and that by removing it, the Spanish government not only risks unleashing new waves of mass migration from Africa, but also gives effective control of the Spanish border to Morocco, with which Spain has a tense relationship.

‘MINI SCHENGEN’: A BALKAN BREAKTHROUGH OR POLITICAL STUNT?

Can a plan to replicate the EU’s freedom of movement in the Balkans transform the region — or is it all about political posturing?

A week before the European Union dashed the EU hopes of Albania and North Macedonia back in October, the prime ministers of those countries met with Serbia’s president and unveiled a regional initiative that was quickly dubbed the “mini Schengen”.

A Meaningful Milestone in Sweden?

Conditions in Sweden have deteriorated so drastically — with everything from child care to elder care being deprived of funds that are instead being used to feed, clothe and house refugees, faux refugees, and other foreign freeloaders — that many Norwegians worry, with good reason, about a massive spillover of social chaos, poverty and crime from a country with which it shares a thousand-mile-long border.

Sweden: The Price of Migration

“The industries have a very limited need for people without experience and education.” — Johanna Odö, municipal councilor; Aftonbladet, October 3, 2019.

Now, to save money, the Ystad municipality will no longer serve hot meals to the elderly and cleaning services will be limited to once every three weeks.

Motala municipality had said that it would lower the heat in buildings managed by the city, including old age homes, to save money. “We will take care of the elderly; they will not be freezing, they can have blankets,” the message went.

Meanwhile, in June, the Swedish parliament voted in favor of a law that is likely to increase immigration to Sweden based on family reunification.

Every fourth municipality and every third region in Sweden ran a budget deficit in 2018. Many municipalities are making budget cuts. The cities of Ystad and Motala will no longer serve hot meals to the elderly. Motala announced that it would lower the heat in buildings managed by the city, including old age homes, to save money. Pictured: An elderly homeless man in Stockholm, Sweden. (Image source: iStock)