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Gates urges to
abandon generosity,
impede migrants from
reaching Europe
Published time: 5 Jul, 2017 12:45
Edited time: 5 Jul, 2017 13:46

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill

Gates. Shannon Stapleton /
Reuters

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has

called on Europe to stop
demonstrating generosity towards
asylum seekers to avoid an
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overwhelming migrant influx. He

also advises European states to
make Africans way to the
continent much more difficult.

During aninterviewGermanys
Welt am Sonntag, Gates, one of
the richest people on the planet,
warned of the grave consequences
of exceeding generosity towards
refugees coming to Europe, whose
numbers would only rise unless
something is done.

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Impossible & risky to take in

more migrants Rome mayor
On the one hand you want to
demonstrate generosity and take in
refugees, but the more generous
you are, the more word gets
around about this which in turn
motivates more people to leave
Africa,Gates said.
While Germany has been one of
the pioneers of the open door
policy, it cannottake in the huge,
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massive number of people who are

wanting to make their way to
Europe.Thus Gates advised
European nations to take action in
order to make itmore difficult for
Africans to reach the continent via
the current transit routes.
At the same time foreign aid can
preventenormous [migratory]
pressurelooming over Europe
due to the rapid growth of the
African population, according to
Gates. He said that European
states should follow Germanys
example of providing 0.7 per cent
of GDP to foreign aid payments.
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Gates charity foundation is known

for donating money to deal with
poverty, disease and lack of food
in Africa among its other projects.
The Gates interview comes amid
the ongoing influx of refugees to
Europe, which has triggered
tensions within the EU, as some of
the bloc members meant to
accommodate themrefuseto
fulfill their obligations in
accordance with a 2015 plan.
Three countries Hungary, Poland
and the Czech Republic are
facinglegal actionfrom the

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European Commission for failing

to take in their share of the quota.

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Italy angry at Austria decision

to deploy troops & armored
vehicles to border
In the latest spat stemming from
the influx of foreigners, on
Tuesday, Italysummonedthe
Austrian ambassador over
Vienna's decision to re-introduce
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border controls between the two

countriesto prepare for the
migration development.
Italy is one of the points of entry,
facing a huge flow of asylum
seekers on their way to Europe.
Almost 85,000 of migrants and
refugees have arrived in Italy by
sea this year, with over 2,000
others died or went missing,
according to the UNHCR, the UNs
refugee agency, as cited by AFP.
Rome has repeatedly pleaded for
other nations to do their part in
taking and relocating refugees.
Last week, Italy reportedly
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threatened to close its ports for

rescue vessels in the
Mediterranean Sea, in what
wasdescribedas acry for
helpby Doctors Without Borders
(MSF).

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