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Originally Posted by Hugh
I'd rather have a Government that doubted itself, than one who assumed they knew everything, and never reviewed/revised anything.
It must be nice being perfect and never making mistakes or doubting yourself.
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Yes and there's one undeniable truth that, whatever Govts. do, they'll be damned by someone or other.
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Germany is to restrict the number of entry points for migrants arriving via Austria, in a bid to control the flow as thousands cross into Bavaria daily.
It says it has reached agreement with Austria on five crossing points on their border.
Authorities in Bavaria have complained a lack of co-ordination with Austria is hampering efforts to aid new arrivals.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34683056
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After a mini-summit, European leaders have agreed steps to strengthen border controls along Greek and Slovenian borders, to try and slow the movement of refugees and migrants through the region.
There was grumbling, there was pleading, and there were several sharp retorts.
It was sometimes hard to remember that all the leaders who turned up here professed to want the same thing: an end to the chaos that increasingly marks the migration route through the Western Balkans...
... Deep rifts have opened up in the region, as the number of migrants has increased, and Mr Juncker's new proposals to strengthen Schengen's external borders in Greece and Slovenia play into national fears, as countries further along the route fear being turned into buffer zones.
In the story of Europe's migrant crisis, one nation's protection becomes another nation's problem.
In the end, he got a watered-down version of the co-operation he'd been hoping for: a commitment from countries to inform their neighbours before sending migrants and refugees their way, and to make an effort to process them properly.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34634709
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Even before the meeting began, Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic labelled the plan "unrealistic", drafted by someone "who had just woken up from a months-long sleep". The solution, he said, lay in Turkey and Greece.
It's a sentiment echoed by many of the leaders here - that without action from Turkey in stemming the number of people crossing its border into Greece, anything else is just tinkering around the edges.
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That ought to be the EU's motto.
Quid pro quo? Facilitated Turkish entry into the EU? How much more uncontrolled immigration would that result in?