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The British press is extensively covering yesterday’s dawn raid at a migrant camp in Calais in the north of France. Most of those living in the so-called “jungle” of make shift tents were seeking entry to the UK. The Guardian says “the Calais camps will not go away”. They quote French socialist politician Jack Lang who says the raid was “a search operation” simply raking the leaves from one side to the other. He predicted other ‘jungles’ as will quickly appear along the French coast.

The current European regulation known as the Dublin 2 agreement is failing to operate, refugee welfare groups say. The French have made it difficult for those in Calais to claim refugee status. This agreement says asylum seekers must be sent back to the first safe EU country they enter. The situation is even worse in EU border countries such as Greece and Italy. Italy for instance has raised international concern by intercepting boats full of migrants and returning them to Libya without even a glance at their refugee claims.

The Independent also covers the story – “The Jungle has gone – the issue has not.” Politicians on both sides of the channel claimed that yesterday’s raid would help solve the migrant problem that has plagued Calais for almost a decade. The reality is that we have been here before, the Independent says. It refers to the shutting down of a Red Cross refugee centre in nearby Sangatte in 2002.

The solution according to the Independent is to look at the source of the problem - these migrants are fleeing Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq and other troubled countries. Efforts should be made to stabilize these countries and reduce the incentives for migration.

Secondly, there needs to be an understanding that flows of migration cannot be stopped. Instead they need to be dealt with as fairly and humanely as possible.

Sweden as the current EU president is to put the item on the agenda for an EU summit next month. One proposal is for co-coordinated processing and distribution centres to take the pressure off frontier countries in the Mediterranean. Italy is also singled out by the Independent for appalling treatment of African migrants trying to reach Italy. There have been cases of migrants being allowed to drown as they attempt to reach Europe by boat.

Gaddafi is in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting. The big question, says the Huffington Post, has been where the Libyan leader will pitch his infamous tent! He tried Central Park but that wasn’t allowed by city officials. His attempts to set up his tent in Englewood, New Jersey were also blocked. But Donald Trump has come to the rescue --- or has he?! A bedouin style tent has been set up on Donald Trump’s estate in Bedford, north of Manhattan…however an attorney for the town has said that work n the tent was called to a halt late on Tuesday because no permit was sought for the temporary residence.

The Independent speculates on why Gaddafi had to go so far from central New York to find a place for his tent. “‘Cuff him’ headlines see Gaddafi flee to the suburbs.” The Independent say several New York papers, including the Daily Post had printed articles wondering if Gaddafi could be arrested by the NYPD. Could this explain why he fled to the suburbs?!

China Daily is putting a positive spin on Hu Jintao’s speech to the UN yesterday on cutting carbon emissions. “Hu promises deep carbon cuts,” reads the front page headline. Inside, the President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick writes an opinion piece, “Working toward a climate-smart future”. Zoellick calls for a new momentum, saying the diverse countries of the world have not sufficiently curbed emissions or financed developing countries.

Canada’s Globe and Mail is more circumspect than China Daily on the importance of yesterday’s speech. China did not go far enough and world leaders have failed to break new ground in the climate negotations, the paper says. In particular, Hu Jintao did not provide firm commitments on emissions cuts. The Chinese premier emphasized domestic measures rather than binding international commitments. The result of this –December’s Copenhagen Summit on climate change will probably just produce a pared-down Plan B agreement-in-principle, rather than a treaty.

Perhaps the only place to turn when you read news like that is The Onion. The satirical news website is revealing this stunning news, “The Nadir of Western Civilisation to be reached this Friday at 3.32pm.”  An international panel of leading anthropologists, cultural critics and social theorists has announced this news. “From the Lascaux cave paintings, to Mozart’s stirring symphonies to today’s hot dog eating competitions…culture has descended into a festering pool of mass ignorance,” says The Onion. A photo of Donatella Versace features prominently. “It is scientifically impossible for civilization to sink any lower than it will this Friday,” one expert asserts. He may well be right!