“Workers for international relief agencies say that the TV crews never see the real smugglers and their cargoes. They operate from remote French and Belgium towns and quietly arrange for transport to Britain without anyone noticing.
Instead of concentrating on them, public hatred is focused on the most visible and vulnerable migrants. When I arrived at the Calais camp, I could sort of see why. You feel you are in an African slum when you get here. I confess that I was grateful to be with a group of reporters rather than on my own. But my trepidation did not last. I realised my fears were silly as soon as I started talking to the polite and serious refugees around me.” Nick Cohen reminds us of the fact that, one way or another, our common ancestors were migrants.
Grenzen dicht — Europas Pakt mit Despoten
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“Es gehört ja zum ewigen Credo deutscher und europäischer Flüchtlingspolitik, daß man die Fluchtursachen in den Herkunftsländern bekämpfen will. Doch was ist damit eigentlich gemeint? Mehr Demokratie oder mehr Unterdrückung? Und wer soll da wirklich bekämpft werden? Die Diktaturen oder die Flüchtlinge? Bisher haben Europas Regierungen ihre konkreten Pläne zur Zusammenarbeit mit afrikanischen Staaten unter Verschluss gehalten. Vielleicht auch deshalb, weil ein Pakt mit Despoten so gar nicht zum Bild einer Europäischen Union passt, die für Freiheit, Demokratie und Menschenrechte stehen will.”
Tour de France: Rest day review with Simon Warren
“I want it all banned. I want to ban power meters, heart rate monitors, the lot of it. Chuck it all in the bin.” Simon Warren would like riders to return to racing without the availability of real-time performance data such as that released by Team Sky.
Man muss kleine Schritte machen
“Sport verbindet. Wie das geht, zeigt ein privates Mini-Projekt in Viersen in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Dort geht eine deutsche Laufgruppe mit afrikanischen Asylbewerbern laufen.” Organisator Frank Scharré spricht mit Frank Joung.
Reassessing airport security
“Terrorists are much rarer than we think, and launching a terrorist plot is much more difficult than we think. I understand this conclusion is counterintuitive, and contrary to the fearmongering we hear every day from our political leaders. But it’s what the data shows.” Bruce Schneier does not want to do away with airport security altogether, but neither does he want to waste any more money at the expense of better strategies to prevent terrorism.
Deutschland braucht Flüchtlinge
“Um es klar zu sagen: Es ist ein großer historischer Glücksfall, dass Deutschland just in dem Moment Menschen in großer Zahl aus dem Ausland anzieht, in dem diese Gesellschaft sie braucht.” Henrik Müller sieht in der aktuellen Zuwanderungswelle eine große Chance für Deutschland und die Deutschen.
Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach
“The boat disintegrated in a matter of minutes. It was as if it was made of paper.” Antonis Deligiorgis, father-of-two, saved 20 migrants from drowning.
Britain’s criminally stupid attitudes to race and immigration are beyond parody
“We fear the arrival of immigrants that we have drawn here with the wealth we stole from them. For much of the rest of the world we must be the focus of bitter amusement, characters in a satire we don’t understand.” Frankie Boyle is not even trying to be funny.