The Voice

Tim Talks Europe 2 – visiting Cologne

By | Thu 25th February 2016 - 2:45 pm

Tim’s previous video on Europe is here.

Read more by or more about or .
This entry was posted in News.
Advert

2 Comments

  • Eddie Sammon 25th Feb '16 - 2:55pm

    I was sceptical about this, but he comes across fine. I suspect Tim is going to make a bigger intervention on Cologne or integration. It will be interesting to see what he suggests.

  • Stuart 27th Feb '16 - 1:08pm

    Though Tim Farron talks only of Syrians as usual, the reality is that the vast majority of recent refugees to Germany are not Syrian at all. According to German government figures, about 38% of last year’s arrivals claimed to be from Syria, but an estimated 30% of those were only pretending to be Syrian (there is a thriving market in Turkey for fake Syrian passports). This means that only around a quarter of the 1.1m asylum seekers who arrived in Germany last year were Syrians. Of those 1.1m, up to 130,000 have disappeared from the radar i.e. they never arrived at the accommodation assigned to them. So there are literally tens of thousands of people of which nobody knows (a) where they are from and (b) where they are now.

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

*
*
Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Advert

Recent Comments

  • Katharine Pindar
    It's not too late for FPC to set up a working group on tax policy, so that we can have democratic decision-offering on a vital issue. Michael GB is right to wa...
  • Neil Fawcett
    I don't have a problem with giving basic rate taxpayers a £680 tax cut. But I don't understand why would give the top 20% of earners a £1600 tax cut. Wh...
  • Tim Rogers
    That is a massive drop in the Green vote in the Cotswolds. It looks like Polanski is extremely disliked in rural areas. Interestingly 10pc went straight to Cons...
  • Jeff
    Nick Baird 25th Sep '26 - 6:10pm: We’ll only get the full economic benefit by fully joining both the existing Customs Union and Single Market, in w...
  • Mick Taylor
    The FCC has, for whatever reason, stopped having controversial motions on the conference agenda. I can remember, in the past, huge differences of opinion (for ...