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Russia

I do not know why the western countries are advancing aggressively upon Russia, more so than they did in the Cold War. There used to be many buffer states between Europe and Russia, now however they have become westernised and European and Ukraine doing this was the last straw - now Europe is on their borders. Little wonder they feel defensive.

Blair Migrants

Of the millions brought in by Blair, from outwith the EU, they were brought to make up skill shortages. It would be impossible for them to get access any other way.

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) - - an offshoot of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Migrants

A solution might be to devolve decision making to local levels, eg 1% of population. A solution might be education - - raise the GDP of developing countries by educating the girls. A solution might be to repatriate the 4 million in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

The Syrian civil war began with a wave of protests similar to Arab spring, in the so-called 'youth bulge'

Sudan 51 million Pakistan 206 million Nigeria 172 million

Causes

Turkey was not active in stopping the so-called Balkans route, with Macedonia actually laying on trains to take people to the Serbian border. Middle Eastern countries have no incentive to prevent them from leaving; and Europe has no means of blocking their path.

• High birth-rate coupled with declining death-rate • Youth bulge • High unemployment, especially among the young • Competition for scarce resources, including basic commodities like water • Disease • Internal disruption or civil war • Spilling over into irregular migration into Europe • Right-wing European backlash • Increased unemployment in Europe • Inter-community conflict in Europe • Threat to European values

Proposed Sovereign Areas

• Quebec sovereignty movement
• Chiapas movement in Mexico
• Hawaii, California Yes, Alaskan Independence party
• Istrian movement in Croatia
• Faroe Islands
• Corsican, Basque, Breton
• Republic of Sardinia