UN gearing up to promote new wave of refugees to
the West/US, by Ann Corcoran 10/5/16
Hint: This ethnic groups starts with an ‘S’
but it’s not Syria this time!
We are starting
to see stories lamenting the newest wave of migrants on the move. About a
million of them are fleeing South Sudan! Stories are starting to pop up to
begin to set the stage (to get your minds right) on the need to add more
‘refugees’ from South Sudan to our already large flow from Africa.
Why are civil wars around
the globe our problem?
South Sudan has
devolved into another civil war. Why are civil wars in Africa or the Middle
East our problem?
This is one
of many stories I’ve seen lately where the propaganda pressure (the
guilt-tripping) has begun. They are not talking about third country
resettlement yet (that I am aware of), but surely it is not far behind, so I am
prepping you here to be ready when it comes (and creating a new tag for South
Sudan).
From
the BBC in mid-September: The number of
people who have fled South Sudan because of the country’s civil war has passed
the one million mark, the UN refugee agency says.
Fighting that
broke out in the capital, Juba, in July is responsible for the latest surge in
those fleeing, it says.
More than 1.6
million people are also displaced within South Sudan, meaning about 20% of the
population have been made homeless since December 2013. A fragile peace deal
signed last year is on the brink of collapse.
So when the push begins (we missed it for the DR Congo
lobbying effort which has resulted in 50,000 being placed in American towns) to
bring a new wave of South Sudanese here by the tens of thousands, remember this
wikipedia description (below) of the Civil War and demand to know why is this
our problem? Why
do we need to move more South Sudanese into the US?
(I have posted this detailed to description to show how this is so-not
our problem.)
The South
Sudanese Civil War was a conflict in South Sudan between forces of the
government and opposition forces.[45][46][47][48]
In December
2013, a political power struggle broke out between President Kiir and his
former deputy Riek Machar.[49] The president accused Mr. Machar and ten others
of attempting a coup d’état.[50] Machar denied trying to start a coup and fled,
calling for Kiir to resign.[51]
Fighting broke
out between the SPLM and the SPLM – in opposition, igniting the civil war.
Ugandan troops were deployed to fight alongside South Sudanese government
forces against the rebels.[52] In January 2014 the first ceasefire agreement
was reached. Fighting still continued and would be followed by several more
ceasefire agreements.
Negotiations
were mediated by “IGAD +” (which includes the eight regional nations called the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development as well as the African Union, United
Nations, China, the EU, USA, UK and Norway).
A peace
agreement known as the “Compromise Peace Agreement” was signed in Ethiopia
under threat of United Nations sanctions for both sides in August 2015.[53]
Machar returned to Juba in 2016 and was appointed vice president.[54] Following
a second breakout of fighting within Juba, Machar fled again and went to exile
in the Sudan.[55]
Up to 300,000
people are estimated to have been killed in the war, including notable
atrocities such as the 2014 Bentiu massacre.[37][56] Although both men have
supporters from across South Sudan’s ethnic divides, subsequent fighting has
had ethnic undertones. Mr. Kiir’s Dinka ethnic group has been accused of
attacking other ethnic groups and Mr. Machar’ Nuer ethnic group has been
accused of attacking the Dinka.[57]
More than
1,000,000 people have been displaced inside South Sudan and more than 400,000
people have fled to neighbouring countries,[58] especially Kenya, Sudan, and
Uganda, as a result of the conflict.[59]
Civil wars will never end in Africa and the
Middle East and we need to more forcefully say—send some humanitarian aid if we
must, but let them fight it out! Do not move them to American towns!
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