The Spanish government said on Thursday that it would deploy the army to Ceuta to reinforce security after the crossings, which saw many migrants swim around the border to reach the territory.

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    Europeans are happy to point and laugh at American racists.

    But then moment some Africans cross the border their tune changes.

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        One depressing aspect of the Americanization of history is the erasure of non-jewish victims of the Holocaust, you can litterally see it on the Wikipedia page, somewhere over the last couple of decades the Roma & Slavs were basically scrubbed from the Holocaust page.

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        If European countries don’t want weird borders that include parts of Africa, they should give the land back.

        Also without said colonies there’s nowhere for facist general to overthrow your democracy from.

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      The difference is, most Americans themselves are descended from immigrants. We also don’t really laugh at the prevention of illegal immigration either when it is done sensibly.

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            what else are you supposed to do when things aren’t done properly? it’s just common sense. not racist. the migrant crisis in europe proves that, surely. i just love to look across the pond at some of their creative ideas for how to deal with people who just refuse to do things the right way. if only we also had a large sea we could just let them drown in, instead of having to spend so much money after they get here. clever stuff there from enlightened europe!

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              I have no issue with migrants, my issue is generally with people who try and bypass the immigration system for their own advantage. Often they tar the good name of legal migrants. We have a load of useful idiots here who seriously think that the only reason someone would attempt to enter Europe is because of war or danger. That isn’t the case.

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          I live in Northern Ireland. If I go back far enough, my ancestors are in Scotland. If I go back even further, they’re back in Ireland. It’s quite interesting.

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    The comments after that article, people are completely missing the point.

    This is how I see it:

    The EU pays Morocco to externalize its borders. Morocco has used these migrant dumps in the past as leverage to get more money or protest things it didn’t like. The EU is paying Morocco to be its border guard, so there is a structural dependency where Morocco holds the stronger hand.

    Yes the court ruling in Spain happened that makes it look like this is why its happening now, but there are so many people, it seems allowed. Morocco denies they are officially involved, but they also denied this in the past when they clearly did. There are a lot of news reports of their border guards standing down, and even reports that they helped spread the social media news on purpose.

    Why then? Because Spain recently strengthened diplomatic ties with Algeria, Morocco’s arch-regional rival. Seriously for a looooong time they have been rivals.

    I also would see the ruling as a negative for Moroco’s government, as this removes a bit of their leverage. So they would like that reversed.

    Edit: oh I forgot to mention, these people are just pawns in this game. Everyone wants to complain about the people they see in the photos, but it is the ruling classes on both sides that benefit from this, focus should be on them.