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Reader comment on item: West Africa - Europe's New Border
in response to reader comment: Differences between Europe and the USA

Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), Mar 29, 2006 at 10:00

If you exceed the speed-limit, you get fined; but if you enter Europe illegally, you don't get fined: you get rewarded for it. Muslim nations know this very well, and they are throwing their problems on us. Why create job opportunities in Morocco, if young people can go to Europe? In Bruxelles, the capital of Belgium, the most common name for a male child is now "Mohammed".

And now, Turkey is trying to enter the European Union. And some nations like France and Italy have got close links to Arab states, because of petrol and natural gas. Look at how similar the situation is in North America! NAFTA is an economic agreement between the USA, Canada and Mexico. The price to pay for free-trade is open-borders. And hard-working people will pick up the bill!

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