alanjjohnstone
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As you say, for capitalism, their “solution” is to out-source the detention centres as they have done in Libya, The Greek Isles and Turkey.
Then there is the Australian option, where islands like St Helena and Ascension Island are being suggested for detention camps.
As our answer to no war means ending capitalism, its cause, our answer to no borders also means ending capitalism, the reason for the continued existence of nation-states.
Our task is to get that message out there as clearly as possible.
I do hold personal reasons for my sympathy and empathy, because, in a few weeks time, I too could easily become an illegal immigrant lacking the proper documentation and papers and could face deportation and forced separation from my wife and family.
As the religious say, there but by the grace of God go I.
The Swiss endorse Covid regulations in referendum
The double standards
Make it easier for young Hong Kong citizens to seek resettlement in the UK.
The Calais camps could be emptied within weeks if a similar welcoming attitude was present.
As you say, in this instance most were Iraqi Kurds and across Europe their application for refugee status is rejected.
https://www.themigrantproject.org/iraqi-kurdistan/iraqi-kurds-asylum/
There was a legal application process for the woman who sought to join her fiance and marry – but it is lengthy and can be up to 6 years
https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/261120211
But the figures from the Refugee Council is that 2/3rds crossing on small boats has been genuine refugees.
https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/3008/html/
The real reason for the rise in boats in recent years is that the crossing via lorries has been almost eliminated by new security measures. We all recall the documentaries of those occasions, cling for dear life underneath to axles.
I’m not suggesting any proposals that are perfect, not even “no borders”, simply that airlines and ferries act as gatekeepers and by removing that role, lives will be saved.
Here is an example of anti-immigration using the cover of environmentalism
“They were going to the UK from France, why didn’t France help legalize their status? There should be an ecologic assessment with these decisions as all places are impacted by climate change.”
Continuing development of ‘Green Nuclear’ energy
https://www.dw.com/en/nuclear-power-in-hungary-green-cheap-and-independent/a-59950544
10 EU states, including Hungary, Finland, the Czech Republic and Poland, issued a statement that declared: “To win the climate battle, we need nuclear energy.”
the Hungarian government explained it was motivated by ecological and economic reasons.
“Without nuclear energy, there will be no climate protection, no green future and no low utility charges.”
It said that atomic power was the only technology that would reliably produce electricity on an industrial scale and without greenhouse emissions in Hungary, particularly given the country’s geographical location. In addition, it said nuclear energy guaranteed affordable prices and would cover the country’s long-term energy needs.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that his country is boosting combat readiness due to NATO activity near its borders.
“The tense military and political situation in the world and NATO’s increased activity near the Russian borders prompt the need to further develop the armed forces qualitatively”
Another report on COP26 failure and political deception
The report—prepared in response to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14008—recommends adjusting royalty and bonding rates, prioritizing leasing in areas with known resource potential, and avoiding regions where drilling conflicts with conservation, historical and cultural resources, recreation, and wildlife habitat.
“Releasing this completely inadequate report over a long holiday weekend is a shameful attempt to hide the fact that President Biden has no intention of fulfilling his promise to stop oil and gas drilling on our public lands,” said Food & Water Watch policy director Mitch Jones
For three weeks, the Brazilian government concealed the fact that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by nearly 22 percent last year, accentuating a trend that threatens to derail efforts to curb global warming.
The report by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) based on the data for the year covering August 2020 to July 2021 is dated Oct. 27, but the government did not release it until Thursday, Nov. 18. – AFTER COP26
Growing Amazon Deforestation a Grave Threat to Global Climate
We read th ample warnings from experts that if the vaccine was not distributed rapidly in Africa, new mutations would arise. Exactly what has happened – omicron.
Dr Ulrich Elling, a molecular biologist at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna said the first estimates indicate the new variant “might be 500% more infectious than delta.”
“Delta was about 60% more infectious than alpha, so the spread that we will see around the globe is going to be much faster than we saw it for delta.”
Wolfgang Preiser, the head of Medical Virology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, told DW that the new virus may evade the immune system, which “means it can infect people who’ve been infected before and recovered.”
Time will tell
https://www.dw.com/en/new-covid-variant-sparks-international-alarm-live-updates/a-59943338
Canada’s official environment watchdog on Thursday rapped the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for incoherent and poorly designed efforts to slow climate change.
Canada has never met a target to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. Trudeau’s government, in power since 2015, says it will slash emissions by at least 40% by 2030 from 2005 levels, and to make Canada carbon-neutral by 2050.
“Over the past 30 years, Canada has gone from being a climate leader to falling behind other developed countries despite recent efforts,” said Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco.
Can we separate it from the Belarus situation? Or that China and Russia are conducting joint naval exercises in the Far East?
Any flashpoint can ignite a conflict and can such a conflict be kept localised?
The latest is that Ukraine is claiming a Russian orchestrated coup
One theory is that by exaggerating a crisis, Ukraine will get more aid from the West but you can cry wolf only so many times.
Ukraine held further military drills at its borders on Thursday as it warned of painful consequences should Russia invade.
The Ukrainian military carried out tank drills in the eastern Donetsk region, it said Thursday, after holding a “special operation” involving 8,500 extra troops, drone exercises and anti-tank and airborne units at its border with Belarus.
https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-holds-military-drills-warns-russia-against-invasion/a-59936726
I recall talking with a younger co-worker about that period of time, He had been fed the myth of the Winter of Discontent and Union Wreckers of the Economy. Kept bringing up the rates of inflation. He was silenced when another older colleague told him how inflation didn’t really harm us back then because it was compensated by high and frequent pay rises. And a good reason why a strong union is always needed.
“We cannot say this clearly enough: even if you are vaccinated, continue to take precautions to prevent becoming infected yourself, and infecting someone else who could die.” Tedros, chief of the World Health Organization has warned. “Vaccines save lives, but they do not fully prevent transmission,” he added.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/24/vaccines-reduce-covid-transmission-by-40-who
