UN blasts Malta's asylum policy

The BBC today gave prominence to UNHCR's criticism of Malta's asylum policies in light of the recent aggression on asylum seekers. Ed Thomas takes a cynical approach on his weblog:

It should it suppose be obvious why the BBC and the UN are such natural partners. The BBC is the jewel in the crown of the nanny state that has, thanks to its old Empire network, gone global (oh where will all our- or even all their! - young minds go for enrichment should we not have Aunty Beeb?), and the UN loves telling people how to behave on the international stage. Naturally they have a lot to gossip about when they get together.

So how about Malta then? Those naughty Maltese have decided unilaterally that their island is not very big and that they are neatly placed as a stepping stone on the way to places and that therefore they can't go easy on scroungers, sorry, asylum seekers who come to their shores. Terrible. Somebody really ought to tell them off, make an example of them. I know, how about nanny UN and aunty BBC in tandem?

United Nations blasts Malta's asylum policy - from today's BBC news

UNHCR - The UN Refugee agency

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