The Swiss army has prepared contingency plans for the possibility that the economic crisis in Europe may lead to trouble on the borders of Switzerland. Possible scenarios involve a mass influx of refugees into the country, or riots and violence in neighboring countries that spill over the Swiss border.
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Interested to read about Switzerland preparing to be swamped. Here in England the euro-crisis is already having an effect in terms of refugees. Rich Greeks are buying anything, unseen, in London in order to launder their money. This is now making property there so expensive that middle class families can no longer buy anywhere to live but are having to move out and commute long distances. The good thing is that it is making a lot of money for Mr Cameron's estate agent friends who are coining it in at the expense of their fellow English. But then the estate agents are probably not even English anyhow. England is no longer a country just an investment bank for foreigners.
But there's worse. We must feel sorry for those unemployed Spaniards but guess where they are heading, that's right to England to steal our jobs along with all those East Europeans and most of the rest of the world. Fortunately, the unemployed Greeks are heading for Germany, serves you right Angela Merkel.
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