Mediaboss Marketing

In Chile, tensions between the central government and the border regions are increasing due to the increase in the flow of irregular migrants. From the Tarapac region they denounce the failure of the government of Sebastin Piera to address the migratory crisis, specifically with the deployment of the armed forces at the transitory point of Colchane.

The governor of Tarapac, Jos Miguel Carvajal, maintains a quite critical opinion and maintains that the decision to launch the program to bring order to the border did not generate any impact within its territory: We believe that the plan has been a failure of the Piera government, he says.

Javier Garca, mayor of Colchane, one of the municipalities most affected by the current crisis, believes that the Colchane plan does not exist. He says that the border has been militarized, but what the army has done in practice is control mobility or movementof the Chilean settlers and denounces that there is no concrete action that prevents the entry of immigrants.

In addition, irritation with Pieras policy has been exacerbated by the death of a Venezuelan migrant who tried to cross the border near Colchane on foot. The 56-year-old man died while trying to enter Chile from Bolivia through this cold highland region.

In total, there are already 11 migrants who have died in this non-authorized step so far in 2021.

In addition, it is worrying that of the 6,000 migrants estimated to have entered the country irregularly since the beginning of the year, more than 2,000 are children, many of them unaccompanied.

The situation is affecting the local population, as the journalist Rodrigo Martnez denounces, who tell how moved by the need to cover basic needs, such as hunger or cold, some migrants are entering houses of the local inhabitants.

Although most occupy the public space: the streets, avenues, squares or beaches. There is no basic service for them, there are no bathrooms, they cook outdoors. This is what, in one way or another, is causing the population some concern and there is outrage at the lack of response from the authorities, both the regional and national government in this regard, says Martnez.

See more here:
Regional authorities denounce the failure of the Piera government to stop the migration crisis on the Chi... - Market Research Telecast

Greece has been stepping up work on new facilities to house asylum seekers on its Aegean islands. The Migration Minister said his government had 'delivered on its promises' on migration.

Greece's Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis says that his country will be ready "to face the next crisis when it comes" and will offer more dignified living conditions to asylum seekers on the Aegean islands.

As construction work continues on several new reception centers which Greek authorities say will be "closed and controlled," developments in Afghanistan have prompted concerns that progress needs to be swift in anticipation of potentially large number of people seeking protection in Europe throughTurkey.

Mitarakis visited the site of the Vial Reception and Identification Center migrant camp, where clearing works are underway outside the perimeter of the facility.

"We are here at Vial with the Mayor of Chios, Mr Stamatis Karmantzis, to oversee the clearing of areas outside the perimeter, which in the past were used for the needs of residents," said Mitarakis. "Clearly, Vial is now in a completely different situation, as there are only 293 asylum seekers remaining here at a site which can host 1,014 people."

"You all saw the shantytown-style structures we have destroyed; [they were] unacceptable living conditions, you will agree," he added in a media statement.

The new facility to be built on Chios island will cater for up to 1,800 people, while all other sites on the island will be shut down.

"The new structures will offer dignified living conditions for all, but also greatly increased security measures for both residents, employees, and for local communities. The government has implemented everything it has promised to do. We can look at the public with confidence and tell them that we will face the next crisis when it comes," Mitarakis said.

Mitarakis added that 71 asylum seekers left several apartments in the city and on the outskirts of Chios on Wednesday as the government's efforts in decongesting the migrant populations on the Aegean islands continues.

"For the first time in eight years, Chios will have less than 500 asylum seekers in total; this shows that we have delivered on what we promised," continued Mitarakis.

He added: "The guarding of our borders, with the reduction of the flows of people to our islands being reduced by 97% in the last 12 months, and with the complete decongestion of the structures in our islands, this means that in total in all the Aegean islands we now have less than 5,000 asylum seekers."

Asked by reporters whether he anticipated opposition and strong reactions - which has been the case on some islands with locals resisting the plans - to the new camps being built, Mitarakis insisted he was not worried.

"There are no reasons for such reactions, since trust between Greek citizens and the government has been restored because of the fact that the government has delivered on our pre-election promises on migration."

As well as the new site on Chios, which will be opened in 2022 as part of the government's new national migration reception system, a new facility in Samos will be inaugurated on September 18, with the old site to be closed 12 days later. A similar plan is in place for Leros and Kos by the end of this year, as well as for Lesbos in 2022.

"This is all especially important as we see that there are still tensions in the wider region, and so we must be prepared, so that our islands - and this is a commitment of ours - never have to relive images of chaos that we saw in 2015."

Mitarakis and other Greek government officials have been at pains to hammer home the message that Greece is focusing on bolstering defences at its borders. Over the weekend, Greece's head of the country's Armed Forces claimed that Greece's northeastern border with Turkey is "impregnable," following a visit to the Evros region along with Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos.

Such comments have drawn widespread criticism, including from the Greek opposition party Syriza, for their perceived insensitivity at a time when a humanitarian crisis is developing in Afghanistan.

Mitarakis had previously hit back at such claims, however, saying: "Syriza does not stop reminding us of its past, with painful results in all areas. The effects on immigration were devastating for our islands and the country in general."

Read the original post:
Greece's new camps to offer 'dignified living conditions' - InfoMigrants

CONTROVERSIAL army barracks ruled unsafe by the High Court will be used to house migrants for another four years.

Ministers have defied judges and are set to ink a new deal to keep the Channel crossing migrants at Napier Barracks until 2025.

2

2

The base, in Folkstone, Kent were ruled to be squalid and unsafe by judges earlier this year after a Covid outbreak, but insiders say the new deal has only been signed off following improvements to make it safe and secure.

It comes as the Home Office confirmed that last Saturday was another record breaking day for crossings.

Officials said 828 people managed to make the perilous journey, smashing the previous daily record of 592 for a single day.

It takes the number making the crossing this year to over 12,000.

Migrants arriving on English beaches have been housed at the camp since September last year, and The Sun understands that will continue for years to come.

One source said: We dont want people staying in hotels when weve got perfectly good military barracks to house arrivals.

They were good enough for our brave boys, and they're good enough for them.

They added: Its certainly better than a camp in Calais.

Home Office insiders said the decision was made before the crisis in Afghanistan, and that the barracks will not use used to house people escaping the Taliban.

Arrivals on small boats will however be placed in the facilities, regardless of their country of origin.

Over 11,000 people have successfully crossed the Channel this year with councils struggling to find places for them to live.

Many are in hotels or temporary accommodation.

However Dover MP Natalie Elphicke slammed the Home Office for making long term plans to house the migrants.

She told The Sun: This sends entirely the wrong message.

"All efforts should be made on bringing the small boats crisis to an end, not accepting it will continue for many years to come.

No-one should be put anywhere near Dover, as it risks creating another migrant magnet.

In June judges ruled that the accommodation was unsuitable during Covid because of migrants slept in dormitories.

Residents started a riot back in January at the former military camp after some were relocated when they tested positive for the virus - leading to others demanding to be moved out too.

Around 200 residents caught the deadly bug after an outbreak at the start of the year and seven have attempted suicide during their time at the Barracks, which can house around 400 people.

A spokesman for the Home Office declined to comment.

Read more from the original source:
Army barracks used to house migrants will stay open for another FOUR years to deal with Channel crossings... - The Sun

Its humiliating for the president that almost three weeks since he appointed Kamala Harris as his border point woman, she still hasnt visited the disaster zone, come up with a plan or held a press conference on the migrant crisis.

Instead, shes visited a water treatment plant in California and a bakery in Chicago, where the press pool reported on her sweet tooth last week.

Her favorite is German chocolate, and [she] gets that for her birthday each year, and her staff had pre-ordered a slice for her. The bakerys specialty is caramel cake, and she said she was looking forward to that too.

Riveting stuff.

Meantime, the self-inflicted humanitarian tragedy at the southern border has spiraled out of control, opinion polls are heading south, the Biden appointee in charge has abruptly resigned, El Salvadors president has refused to meet the visiting US envoy, and the VP is defying her boss and staying far away from the stinking mess to protect her reputation.

But while the pair play pass the parcel, the vacuum of leadership is only fueling a humanitarian catastrophe.

President Biden knew when he appointed Harris to manage the crisis on March 24 that it was a poison chalice, which gives you a hint of the growing wariness in a relationship where the VP is referred to by insiders as The Heiress and Biden is regarded as incapable of serving a full term.

The White House announced at the time that Harris would lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle in stemming the migration to our southern border.

But, when asked when she planned to go to the border, Harris responded with hysterical laughter. Not today, she chortled.

The vice president is not doing the border, her spokeswoman Symone Sanders told reporters two days later.

Instead, Harris would be addressing the root causes of the surge in migration. To that end, shes made two phone calls to regional leaders.

But the only root cause that matters is to restore Trump-era border protection measures that Biden unwound by executive decree: Restore the Remain in Mexico policy for asylum seekers, restart deportation of criminal aliens, finish the border wall and stop making children bait for cartels.

Biden has tried to claim the border surge is just a seasonal uptick, but numbers are soaring exponentially. Last month alone, 19,000 children were recorded crossing the border, double the previous month. The government reportedly anticipates more than 35,000 migrant children will need to be cared for by June.

Biden has put the sugar on the table for people smugglers and children are suffering.

Video footage online shows buses at a detention center in Texas in which every adult on board is accompanied by one small child. Bidens policy of accepting unaccompanied minors has made children the tickets for entry to America, but how do we know if these kids are even related to the adults holding their hands? No one is doing DNA tests.

Another video shows a sobbing 10-year-old Nicaraguan child walking alone on a road in Texas before telling a border agent he is afraid they might rob or kidnap me or something.

During a press conference last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made stunning allegations of child sexual abuse at a migrant facility in San Antonio that holds more than 1,300 migrant children.

He told Fox News on Thursday that allegations of child sexual assault had been lodged with two state agencies in Texas: [It] was a very specific description about ways in which children were being sexually assaulted, where it was happening, who was doing it and the horrific things that were being done which I cannot tell you on TV The Biden administration knows about this and yet still nothing is happening.

Nothing except cynical distraction, denial and deflection.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed his complaints as ridiculous The fact is were on a good path at the border under the leadership of President Biden Its about restructuring because we were in a very bad situation under the Trump administration.

This is Bidens Operation Warp Speed: How to ruin a country in 100 days.

So desperate is the administration that government employees quietly are being offered four months paid leave from their jobs to help care for migrant children in shelters at the border, reports the New York Times.

But the White House wont even acknowledge there is a problem.

On Friday, press secretary Jen Psaki spent more than double the time talking about the Ukrainian border than Americas southern border: 262 words versus 94.

The reason for accepting these children is that we feel it is not the humane step to send these kids back on their treacherous journey, she said, as if the atrocities being committed in our name are compassionate.

Later that afternoon, the White House issued a statement that Roberta Jacobsen, the White House coordinator for the southern border, had resigned.

She must be the only person in the administration with a conscience.

As Hunter Biden has his reputation laundered by a fawning media, his abandoned laptop reveals the extent of entitlement and privilege long enjoyed by President Bidens family and vigorously exploited by his crack-loving son.

In a 2015 email exchange, Hunters cousin Missy Owens asks him to procure a government appointment for her mother, Valerie Owens, the sister of then-VP Joe Biden: I really want to get on something, but mom needs it more than I do right now. Hunter replies that he will go through the list with Steve [Ricchetti, then Joes chief of staff, now White House counselor] and see what makes sense. I dont know how much 2016 [the election] and nepotism plays into it.

Lo and behold, the following year, President Barack Obama appoints Aunt Val to a ceremonial role at the United Nations, a four-month stint that pays $26,000.

In addition, a memo to Hunter from his business partner Eric Schwerin in 2016 sets up two $12,500-per-month consulting contracts for Aunt Val when the UN gig runs out.

The Biden Foundation is to provide a Consulting Contract with Valerie Owens or her LLC for $12,500 a month for one year.

The other consultancy is with the University of Delaware, to coincide with the announcement of its Biden Center with Joe as founding chair.

Missy herself, along with sister Casey, landed a federal job during the Obama administration, before moving to a lucrative government relations job with Coca-Cola. See how it works?

The rules never apply to the Bidens. Jobs, Ivy League berths, internships, judge clerkships, all are there for the taking. When family members have a run-in with the law, they are treated with kid gloves, whether its DWI, credit card fraud, shoplifting, assaulting police, or lying on a background check form about your drug use when buying a gun, as Hunter did in 2016.

Black people have served serious time for far less. Rapper Kodak Black, for instance, was sentenced to 46 months in prison on federal weapons charges in 2019 after lying on the form to buy firearms.

Its a sick irony that, while Joe Biden wages war on white privilege, his 51-year-old son is the living embodiment of the worst of it.

More:
VP Harris' response to migrant crisis is absurd: Devine

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) claimed Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris is only going to the southwestern border region this week to undercut a planned visit by former President Donald Trump next week.

I mean, 91 days ago, she was named as border czar, in charge of the border crisis, and she demonstrated strong leadership by doing not a damn thing, by going nowhere near the border, by doing everything she could to hide from the crisis, Cruz told Fox News America Reports.

Now frankly, thats the same thing Joe Biden is doing, the senator continued. Shes emulating the president in hiding from the crisis, and so suddenly President Trump is going to the border and they realized, Oh, crap, we gotta do something.

Harris is scheduled to visit El Paso, Texas with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday. The vice president has come under pressure from lawmakers of both parties to travel to the region amid a surge in illegal immigration that has seen apprehensions by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reach highs not seen in more than 20 years.

However, Cruz argued that by traveling to El Paso, Harris was avoiding what he called the locus of the crisis hundreds of miles away in the Rio Grande Valley.

Chicago, Illinois is closer to Washington DC, than El Paso is to McAllen, the senator said. And so shes going where the height of the problem isnt.

Kamala, you need to go to the Rio Grande Valley, Cruz continued. Kamala, you need to go to McAllen. Kamala, you need to go to the Donna tent facility, which is the tent city your administration has built that is massively over capacity, that has kids in cages. You need to look at the children in cages that you and Joe Biden put there in a way that is endangering their safety and subjecting them to abuse and sexual assault.

Cruz went on to claim that Harris was not traveling to the area because she doesnt want the cameras to see the Joe Biden cages with kids in cages.

Trump is scheduled to visit the border region on June 30 alongside Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has declared a disaster in 34 counties along or near the border and announced earlier this month that he plans to construct a border wall.

After months of ignoring the crisis at the Southern Border, it is great that we got Kamala Harris to finally go and see the tremendous destruction and death that theyve createda direct result of Biden ending my very tough but fair Border policies, Trump said in a statement after the Harris trip was confirmed.

Harris and Biden were given the strongest Border in American history. And now, it is by far the worst in American history, the former president added. If Governor Abbott and I werent going there next week, she would have never gone!

In a second statement late Wednesday, Trump warned that [t]here has never been, in our Countrys history, a Border catastrophe like what is currently taking place at our Southern Border.

All Biden had to do is leave it the way it was, by far the strongest Southern Border our Country has ever had, he continued. Millions of people will now be streaming into our Country unchecked, unvetted, and unknown. Other countries are emptying their prisons with their worst criminals flowing into our Country. Drugs, gangs, and fugitives are pouring in every day. Hospitals, schools, communities, and police are overwhelmed. This is far more than a crisis, the former president concluded.

[O]ur Country is being destroyed!

See the original post here:
Cruz claims Harris is ducking 'locus' of migrant crisis