Comments on: It’s not really about being in the EU https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/its-not-really-about-being-in-the-eu/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/its-not-really-about-being-in-the-eu/#comment-1186230 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:25:53 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36066#comment-1186230 In reply to Aunt Hetty.

You exaggerate. Official statistics differ from those paraded on Facebook.

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/its-not-really-about-being-in-the-eu/#comment-1185910 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:56:48 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36066#comment-1185910 In reply to Aunt Hetty.

What concerns me is not how many refugees we have but how many bigots, rednecks and racists per 100 inhabitants. Probably the highest density in Europe.

]]> By: Katrin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/its-not-really-about-being-in-the-eu/#comment-1185837 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:17:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36066#comment-1185837 In all fairness, see the other side of the story in Blick
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/zuerich/es-tut-mir-leid-aber-vielleicht-ist-oprah-etwas-empfindlich-id2402181.html

It’s not at all as portrayed in the international media, but in times like these, racism sells. And Americans love to play the race card.

]]> By: Aunt Hetty https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/its-not-really-about-being-in-the-eu/#comment-1185756 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:35:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36066#comment-1185756 In reply to Antoine Vella.

Hardly. In Malta, there is 1 refugee per 73 ,not 332 inhabitants as is the case in Switzerland.

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/its-not-really-about-being-in-the-eu/#comment-1185728 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:22:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36066#comment-1185728 We were once told about becoming Switzerland in the Mediterranean. It seems some Swiss are busy becoming Malta in the Alps.

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