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    Re: HMG/Hancock prop Archived Message

    Posted by Mary on April 3, 2020, 9:35 am, in reply to "HMG/Hancock prop"

    There is a lack of in depth reporting outside the UK by the BBC as its domestic output becomes more and more trivial.

    This is their current Europe page which even manages to include some anti Russian sentimnent, eg 'What does ‘from Russia with love’ really mean?'.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe

    For instance, you have to go to Die Welt to find out what is happening to those 20,000 refugees from Iran and Afghanistan in a camp on Lesbos.

    Coronavirus: Urgent appeal for evacuation of Greek refugee camps
    Moria, on the island of Lesbos, is Europe's biggest camp for displaced people. It was designed for 3,000 people but houses 20,000. Given the coronavirus, evacuating it is paramount, migration expert Gerald Knaus says....
    https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-urgent-appeal-for-evacuation-of-greek-refugee-camps/a-52967371

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