Even in the case of genuine refugees – of which the world has some 62 million at the moment – it’s clear that the the welcome mat has grown thin. The reality is that the post-Cold-War paradigm doesn’t work any more. The 1951 Refugee Convention “was never designed for huge masses of people outside of the West,” writes political scientist Ivan Krastev in his penetrating book, After Europe. His message: Don’t blame the far-right fringes for Europe’s discontent. Blame the oblivious elites. “The inability and unwillingness of the liberal elites to discuss migration and contend with its consequences, and the insistence that existing policies are always positive sum (i.e., win-win), are what make liberalism for so many symbolic with hypocrisy,” he writes.
At a thousand per boat, 300 trips,then we can fill in the LA camptown scene, make is a hopping place to have cheap, tax free and comfortable housing. Parking lots are hardly full. The LA medical center stands ready with its booming free medical care business.
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