migrants trying to save their lives - where is canada?

[DaveP]

^^What does this have to do with the Syrian refugee crisis?

[anisa]

Nothing.

[gryphon]

I think we can all agree the media acted rashly and rushed to tell a story without knowing all the facts and details and that was a disservice to Canadians

[Darth Penguin]

Migrants start walk to border

Large groups of refugees and migrants in Hungary are trying to walk to the Austrian border, after defying official efforts to stop them.
Hungary has announced it will send buses to transport them to the border.
As darkness fell, police advised around 1,000 walkers on the main motorway to Vienna to put on light-coloured clothing so that they could be seen.
Earlier on Friday another group escaped along railway tracks in Bicske, to the west, from a train stopped by police.
European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal with the crisis.
The Hungarian, Czech, Slovakian and Polish prime ministers have rejected quotas for EU nations.

[Darth Penguin]

71 bodies found in lorry

28 August 2015 Last updated at 13:48 BST
Three people have been arrested after Austrian police discovered the bodies of 71 migrants in a lorry abandoned on road near the Hungarian border.
The victims included 59 men, eight women and four children who are thought to be Syrian and may have been dead for about two days.

[Darth Penguin]

Migrant children rescued from Austrian minvan recovering

Three children are recovering in hospital in Austria after being rescued from a minivan containing 26 migrants.
Police said the severely dehydrated children would not have lasted much longer in the cramped vehicle.
The minivan was stopped in Braunau district on Friday and the Romanian driver was arrested after a chase.
Separately, four men appeared in court in Hungary following the discovery last week of another truck in Austria containing the bodies of 71 people.
The three Bulgarians and an Afghan, who were arrested in Hungary, were remanded in custody until 29 September. Austria is expected to seek their extradition.
The latest incident - which was not reported until Saturday - happened near the small town of St Peter am Hart, close to the German border.

[Darth Penguin]

Germany seizes fake Syrian passports in asylum inquiry

German customs officers have seized packages containing Syrian passports and police suspect they are being sold illegally to asylum seekers.
A finance ministry official said both genuine and forged passports were in the packets intercepted in the post.
Germany is letting Syrians register for asylum regardless of where they entered the EU. As refugees from the Syrian civil war, most have a right to asylum.
The passports can help fraudulent claimants to get asylum, the EU says.
The ministry official declined to say how many Syrian passports had been found in the customs checks. The German police are now investigating.
The EU border agency Frontex says trafficking in fake Syrian passports has increased, notably in Turkey.
A Frontex official, Fabrice Leggeri, told French radio station Europe 1 that "people who use these fake passports mostly speak Arabic.
"They may come from North Africa, the Middle East, but they have the profile of economic migrants," he said.
Germany has by far the highest number of asylum applicants in the EU, many of them Syrians and Afghans, but many also from the western Balkan countries.
Turkey is a major transit country for refugees and other migrants heading for the EU, and is also housing more than two million Syrian refugees in camps.

[anisa]

Apparently these are being, or have been, handed out.
I think they put a stop to the ones they could. Sent Canada Post maybe?

[Natalka]

gee, anisa - that was from 2012 - it's not that hard to use google

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...line-1.1169339
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/10...n_1974903.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/299527/pro...parks-outrage/

[anisa]

Ok, it didn't just go out recently then (I hope). Thanks for the clarification.

It is from a couple of years ago, Still under Harper's watch. Pretty sad

[madchives]

cbc's cross country checkup radio program's topic is of course:
Should Canada open its doors wider to take in more refugees?

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup

just click on the 'listen live' button, as i try to mention for those who don't know
it is a live 2 hour cross country, (haha) phone in radio show - no breaks for news etc.
and of course can be listened to anytime, although i like the live thingy.

rex is still on his summer break so andrew nichols is filling in as guest host.
it is on on sunday afternoon:
at 1 pm PT, 2 pm MT, 3 pm CT, 4 pm ET, 5 pm AT and 5:30 pm NT.

[DaveP]

cbc's cross country checkup radio program's topic is of course:
Should Canada open its doors wider to take in more refugees?

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup

just click on the 'listen live' button, as i try to mention for those who don't know
it is a live 2 hour cross country, (haha) phone in radio show - no breaks for news etc.
and of course can be listened to anytime, although i like the live thingy.

rex is still on his summer break so andrew nichols is filling in as guest host.
it is on on sunday afternoon:
at 1 pm PT, 2 pm MT, 3 pm CT, 4 pm ET, 5 pm AT and 5:30 pm NT.

Thanks madchives. I usually make it a point to listen to cross county check up between 5 and 7 Sunday my time whenever I can (I usually have it on while preparing Sunday dinner). I hate Rex being away cause I love that guy, but I'll be sure to tune in tomorrow.

[Patty Smyth]

SO freaking sick of the Saudi's and the Wahabi's . They are going to screw over the entire world . They don't want to let in any terrorists and yet 19 of the 9/11 highjackers were Saudi's , F-U and your sharia law too. The Islamisation of Europe is almost complete now. Good luck with that.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015...-of-terrorism/

[madchives]

for anyone who would like to hear emma thompson's opinion
on this and more,
Emma Thompson on climate change and refugees - Newsnight

Emma Thompson on climate change and refugees - News...
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(hoping link works, ever since before toshiba told me i may need a new
hard drive, computer has been a little off, ppphhhtttt, barely 5 years old,
and i can't watch youtube, more ppphhhtttt.)

[madchives]

forgot the good morning part
hope everyone has a terrific day and are able to stay coolish, or have no major storms

since i am a cbc fan thought i'd mention the radio show, 'the house'
Home | The House | CBC Radio

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has an interview with louise arbour, about this terrible situation,
a person i am very proud of, her un work alone has been terrific,
and she does have an opinion about this.