EU moves to make Suella’s “UK invasion” by illegal migrants even worse
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Posted On November 3, 2022
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As Home Secretary tries to act, EU lines up another poor state for EU’s freedom of movement to northern French coast
Bosnia & Herzegovina is latest impoverished country to receive EU ‘candidate status’
With Home Secretary Suella Braverman under attack in the Commons for two hours yesterday by pro-migrant opposition MPs, the “invasion of the South Coast” she described will soon be made a whole lot worse by the EU.
CIBUK.Org reports on the EU’s formal decision granting ‘candidate status’ to the poor country of Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Western Balkans.
Bosnia & Herzegovina will join other poor countries like Albania, currently responsible for thousands of illegal migrants landing in the UK. The EU relaxed visa regulations for Albanians and presumably it will do the same for Bosnians in due course.
Summary
Bosnia & Herzegovina – some basic facts
- Bosnia’s population : 3,320,954
- UK’s population : 67,081,234
- Bosnia’s GDP : $22.6bn
- UK’s GDP : $3,186.9bn (141 times that of Bosnia)
- Bosnia’s GDP per person : $6,916 (approx £6,000 GBP)
- UK’s GDP per person : $47,334 (over £41,000 GBP)
- Bosnia’s main religion : Islam (51%)
- UK’s main religion : Christianity (59.5%)
[Sources : Population: United Nations | GDP: World Bank, figures for 2021 | Religions: US Dept of State (for Bosnia), ONS census data (for UK.]
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How the EU is compensating for the loss of the UK with six Western Balkans countries
The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been celebrating since the EU announced their country’s formal new ‘candidate status’ last month.
They join four other Western Balkans countries: Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The sixth, Kosovo is on the way. Kosovo is not yet even recognised as a country by the United Nations.
The EU called the UK “the big loser”
The ex-Communist, de facto, former EU Foreign and Defence Secretary was heavily involved. Here is Federica Mogherini at the World Economic Forum in late 2017, explaining how the EU would soon replace the UK with the Balkans:
“The big loser of the game that currently is being played will be the UK.”
“We always think the EU future will be the 27. Actually we are negotiating candidate with several countries.”
“When we talk about the future of the EU, we have to take into consideration that countries especially in the Western Balkans will eventually become members of the European Union so we will be more than 27. The power of attraction of the EU is still extremely strong.”
– Federica Mogherini, Vice-President of EU Commission
Summary
The Western Balkans countries
When the EU’s intentions come to pass,
the EU will have lost one country, added six,
and lost $3 TRILLION dollars of GDP net per year
- Economy of the Balkans : $132.6 billion for all six countries COMBINED
- Economy of the UK : $ 3,189.9 billion – 24 times as large
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Where are the Balkans?
Summary
Here are the six Western Balkans countries in question:
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Kosovo (still not recognised by the UN and many countries around the world)
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Serbia
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Very broadly speaking, the six Western Balkans countries are situated north of Greece and south of Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. They ‘fill in a gap’ in the map of EU member states.
Rejoiner MPs might like to know that the EU has been planning the candidature of the six Balkans countries into the EU for over 15 years. The EU already has Stabilisation and Association Agreements (SAAs) in force with them all.
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