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Greek Border Fence Plan Sparks Violence

Immigrants march through Athens on Saturday to protest plans for a barrier fence along a section of Greece’s border with Turkey.

Pro-migrant marchers were attacked by far-right stone throwers in Athens as they protested plans to build an eight-mile-long fence on Greece’s border with Turkey aimed at keeping out illegal immigrants.—JCL

Reuters:
Far-right protesters threw stones at a pro-migrant march in Athens on Saturday before being dispersed by bursts of teargas, police said, in the latest sign of tension over the capital’s growing immigrant population.

Over 1,000 members of anti-racism groups, leftists and immigrants were marching in central Athens to protest against a controversial plan to build a fence at the border with Turkey to stop illegal immigrants from entering Greece.

A survey conducted by the Alco polling group for weekly newspaper Thema showed on Saturday that 73 percent of respondents back the plan to build a 12.5 km fence at the border with Turkey.

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By rollzone, January 16, 2011 at 6:03 pm Link to this comment

hello again. pride aside, what i mean is if immigrants
are unable to fiscally support all of their needs while
awaiting citizenship, their nation of origin should be
billed for their debts. it would give incentive to
nations to improve and maintain their citizenry, or be
fiscally responsible for their immigrants; while
reducing the burden on host nations, and improving the
overall betterment of humankind- or some such stuff.

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By rico, suave, January 16, 2011 at 11:00 am Link to this comment

write_:

What’s sad is you posting a commercial link! What next, fake Rolexes? Viagra?

But, let me ask you. What do you think is sad, the fact that national borders exist? Or that some countries might hold the silly notion that they mean something and should be defended?

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By rico, suave, January 16, 2011 at 10:55 am Link to this comment

roll:

You mean, like, recognize the concept of sovereignty? Radical, dude!

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By Jim Yell, January 16, 2011 at 10:05 am Link to this comment
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Think things thru before you get the vapors! Greece has been an independant nation for a brief period of recent historical time. They were held in bondage by the Turk for centuries and suffered from it. They also are entering a time of high un-employment.

Emigrants who enter a nation illegally, are not much different than the burglar who breaks into your house. While some may prove to be excellent citizens in the long run, wholesale movement into anothers country places great strain upon the social fabric and increases poverty.

The people who gain the most from this are not the emigrant or the ordinary citizen, but the capitalist hungry for cheap labor to expand their profit margin at the expense of labor. Add to that the un-fortunate history of the Greeks and the Turks, why would you expect the Greeks to think it a good idea?

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By rollzone, January 16, 2011 at 9:05 am Link to this comment

hello. perhaps all immigrants must remain under the
support of their country of origin until they obtain
legal citizenship of their newly chosen home.

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