Thousands trapped along Balkan route by new border closures -
November 20, 2015
Aid workers say more pregnant women and unaccompanied minors in 'second wave' of people, but tighter borders leave many stranded
People from Pakistan wait in an area between the Macedonian and Greek borders (AFP)
ZAGREB, Croatia - A refugee pile-up in the Balkans is looming after the route to central and northern Europe was closed to everyone but Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi asylum seekers.
On Wednesday night, Macedonia denied entry to hundreds of people including Pakistanis and Iranians, touching off a potentially catastrophic regional domino effect.
As Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia have followed suit, thousands of people now face the prospect of being trapped at different stages of the well-trodden Balkan route that has become one of the main highways into the heart of the European Union for refugees from Syria and elsewhere reaching southern Europe via Turkey and North Africa.
Asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq must now provide identification at every border, as well as the paperwork they received when they were first registered in Greece, or other entry points to the European Union.
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Hard to know the Fair Way to sort all of this out.....reading from the article.
People caught up looking for hope and those who are desperate to get away from death & destruction with lives in peril.
That's hard to choose. But, one can't blame them for trying. Most of our American ancestors escaped under very trying circumstances and some "taking their luck" off the backs of other who managed to get in who deserved it more than those who "slipped in" under the radar through pluck and guts..who weren't legal. It worked out in the end. But, America was New and Growing. Jobs were Here....
Can the Eurozone Deal with this huge amount of immigrants without it collapsing their system by putting immigrants in competition with their Own Workers for much lower salaries.
Does America Now have enough jobs to take in so many of those Thousands who need to be allowed a chance to escape from death and destruction after they've lost everything in their lives. Shouldn't they be here and welcomed with open arms.
But.....are there enough jobs in our weak economy to Grow a Middle Class from Refugees fleeing horrific conditions as America has done in the a past. Is our Economy and System strong enough to support what we've managed to do in the past for all our immigrants when America was Growing and Booming?
