NY Times: A Migration Juggernaut Is Headed for Europe

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13. In driving around this Ethiopian cul d' sac, you've still not addressed the point that was made.

You mentioned Eritrea, which was certainly an Italian (and a British) colony for a long time. You seemed to imply that Eritreans had no ties to distant Italy and the UK. As I hope we can now agree, that really isn't so.

My point is that most of these refugee-sending countries have historical ties with the European nations to which refugees and "economic migrants" are headed. Italy, along with many European countries and the UK, certainly does have a duty -- legal, historical, equitable and humanitarian -- to take in significantly larger numbers of refugees (and immigrants, although the UN Convention on Refugees doesn't address them) and to provide much greater levels of assistance to the afflicted ex-colonial regions that once made them rich.

If you want to argue, Bro, argue the point. Enough of the Duh.

BTW: What is the basis of your knowledge of East Africa?