The End Of The Nightmare For Them Perhaps, But The Continuation Of The Ongoing Nightmare For Europe.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4550474/Pulling-Med-port-ship-carrying-1-500-migrants.html

It is stated that there were 207 women, 22 of them pregnant, and more than 140 children, that means there were 1,153 men.

If the vessel had been banned from docking in Sicily because of the tight security surrounding G7 summit, why was it safe for it to dock in Naples or anywhere also if it comes to that. are the lives of the people of Europe less important than those of the delegates at the G7 summit?

[Apariah]

So grateful for the English Channel, the EU's inability to deal with this problem will be it's downfall.

[Khandro]

//So grateful for the English Channel,//
But what if such a ship came chugging into Dover?

[cassa333]

Be like Sicily. Send it on its way.

[Jackdaw33]

Apart from anything else, does it really take two whole days to sail from Sicily to Naples? I've heard of the Slow Boat to China but this is just...

[Baldric]

They've still got some big guns at Dover Castle overlooking the Port.
;o)

[youngmafbog]

Merkel will welcome them with open arms.

[jourdain2]

Mr J2 (philatelist) has just stuck a stamp into his collection (GermanY)
which translates as 'Integration of guest-workers'. It is dated 1981 and shows a blonde lady & child welcoming a smartly-dressed dark-skinned family. Wonder if there'll be an updated issue ymb.

[Peter Pedant]

and in Oz they commemorated them with the Cronulla Riots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Cronulla_riots