TN Note: Peter Sutherland is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for International Migration. He is also the Honorary Chairman of the Trilateral Commission in Europe. It is important to see that Sutherland has been an outspoken advocate for mass immigration. And yet, the head of the EU himself now fears that EU as well as member nations are nearing collapse.
The European Union has lost control of its borders and risks total collapse if they are not sealed, a senior Brussels diplomat has warned.
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, warned the EU was now facing a “critical point” and that the migrant crisis hadn’t even reached its peak.
As he chaired an emergency meeting of EU leaders in Brussels last night Mr Tusk painted a bleak picture of the EU’s future, saying the 28-member bloc was on the verge of breakdown with “recriminations and misunderstanding” pitting nations against one another.
The future of free movement was at stake, he said, as the continent had lost control of its borders as well as a “sense of order”.
He added: “We need to correct our policy of open doors and windows.
“Today we are talking about millions of potential refugees trying to reach Europe, not thousands.
“It is likely that more refugees will flow towards Europe, not less. Especially as almost all of them feel invited to Europe.”
But Ms Merkel responded: “Setting up fences between members states is not the solution.
“Faced with a great challenge, it can not be that Europe says we can’t handle this.
“That’s why I say again and again, we can do this.”
As deep divisions continue to show between EU nations, French President Francois Hollandeoffered a stark assessment of the crisis engulfing the continent.
He said: “Those who don’t share our values, those who don’t even want to respect those principles, need to start asking themselves questions about their place in the European Union.”
US President Barack Obama and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel share the same mantra, “Yes, we can”. Is she referring to ‘we’ the German people or to ‘we’ the international world leaders? Germany is facing a refugee crisis. Is this a necessary prelude to UN’s migration and development post-2015? Reference http://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/migration_and_the_un_post2015_agenda.pdf
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US President Barack Obama and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel share the same mantra, “Yes, we can”. Is she referring to ‘we’ the German people or to ‘we’ the international world leaders? Germany is facing a refugee crisis. Is this a necessary prelude to UN’s migration and development post-2015? Reference http://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/migration_and_the_un_post2015_agenda.pdf