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Romania: NATO Summit

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 @ 23:19 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Romania
Topics:: Governance, Human Rights, International Relations, Politics

Andy of Csíkszereda Musings writes about the NATO Summit in Bucharest: “Bucharest is being flooded with loads of violent, aggressive and corrupt criminals. Any sane immigration policy would have kept these people out of the country and turned them back at the airport, but Romania instead is welcoming them and even cleaning up the city before them to make their stay a happier one.”

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