Are you implying that you wouldn’t oppose them staying here if they held the same religious beliefs as yours?

Kevin, she’s preparing for her visit to the Vatican this month. Ma tridx taqla xi hasla papali.

[Daphne – Europe is not in the least bit f**ked. That’s why so many people are prepared to risk death to come and live here.]

@Chris M

You are incredibly naive if you believe, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that anyone fleeing war, persecution of desperate poverty will be put off by being turned back.

No one who has walked for over a year through hostile and inhospitable territory is going to slink back because they are turned away at the last hurdle.

And how the heck, may I ask, can she pontificate on multiculturalism? Does she know what that implies in the wider world beyond her kitchen?

Try the following experiment, Chris M.

Upload on your Facebook a photo of Hitler, a photo or graphic of a swastika, a picture of a Hitler rally, and a string of Nazi slogans. Add a couple of photos of your King Charles spaniels. Then log on the next day to see which pictures are still there.

Facebook bans hate speech. That is exactly what Hitler stands for.

@Daphne – I am against shooting them etc and those comments only serve to put a bad light on a very valid cause but something needs to be done.

[Daphne – I should hope you are against it. Do you even have to spell that out? Shooting people is murder or attempted murder. The law and morality do not differentiate between their skin colour or their immigrant/citizen status.]

I my opinion there is nothing wrong with stopping them, giving them fuel, food and supplies and any medical attention they may require and turning them back towards the direction they came from.

[Daphne – Your opinion is irrelevant. It is the law which counts, and not your opinion or mine. The law says that you cannot do that. And so it is. That’s why people are escaping from their home countries to Europe: because in Europe, there is the rule of law and European countries are signatories to a convention on human rights. If your opinion is implemented, it would make Malta no better than the places from which these people are fleeing, including Libya.]

Do it once, twice, three times, maybe more but eventually they will get the message and the numbers of those risking their lives will dwindle as it won’t be worth the risk knowing it is all in vain.

I don’t think a photo of Hitler is illegal.

[Daphne – Who said it is? It’s the shooting and assault and threatening comments I’m talking about. The rest is there for context.]