Well, yes. I guess it’s wonderful.

But how is this different now than North Africans swarming into Spain and Italy and Europe where they are either tipped over and drowned accidently, not-welcomed, or rounded up and shipped back home?

It *is* an act of faith on the part of the boatee, but surely the person at the other end should hve a say in whether or not that boat is welcome, and whether or not the people in the boat will make good hard-working citizens or are more likely to be religious fanatics, or polygamists wanting to live on the dole, or are just mere crooks looking to escape justice and for greener pastures where there are new and richer rubes to fleece.

Unfortunately, there have been so many million of these people seeking “asylum” for the past few decades that it’s becoming more and more difficult to muster up any sympathy or empathy for them.

Like, if they spent half the energy on reworking where they came from as they do escaping from it, wouldn’t *that* be interesting?