The EU WAS actually quick to save these people

Watch our PM's interview on Al-Jazeera. He actually said:

''If the EU was so quick in saving banks it should be even quicker in saving these people''

Just a quick two points:

- The EU has given €130 million in help to strengthen the army and its resources in dealing with asylum seekers. From the 15,000 immigrants that reached our shores, only 5,000 are still living here. The others were either repatriated, or moved on to other countries. Think again before calling that a crisis burden. Telling Swedish Commissioner Malmstrom that she should tell her own country to take them might not be such a good idea: 67,000 reached Scandinavian countries just last year.

- Why does he insist on speaking of the EU as if it's a foreign third entity? There is no EU and us. We are part of the EU, we work in EU institutions, we negotiate in EU frameworks. And Europe did actually save these people. If it weren't for the European Court of Human Rights, these people, some of whom are genuine asylum seekers, would have been sent back before having their claims for asylum processed. Oh sorry, not all of them. In the pure spirit of totalitarian misogyny, they deemed that only the 'strong males' would be able to face torture and persecution, so only them were going to be sent back. Their wives and children were going to be given fruits by Minister Mallia to make up for their fathers.

Muscat's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=36Z9npKe0qs

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