Watching the refugees arriving in Italy, I have noted that apparently Ben Ali's regime did a service for the EU by hindering refugees from reaching an EU country where they can apply for asylum. The buffer states of fortress Europe, making sure poor people do not follow their resources to the actual gates. I would assume Marocco does the same, and more countries to a lesser degree.

Wonder what they get paid and if the revolutionary governments will reinstate the policy.

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