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EU Parliament Rejects Asylum For Snowden

cold fjord writes "Euronews reports, 'MEPs have rejected a demand from the European Green Party that urged EU governments to grant asylum to whistleblower Edward Snowden. The move came during the adoption of a European Parliament committee inquiry into the NSA spying scandal. As Claude Moraes, a centre-left British parliamentarian, explains, member states have the final say over who they allow to remain inside their borders. "The European Union does not have the power to grant asylum as the European Union, so this is something for individual member states," he told euronews. "And the issue of asylum within this report therefore does not become a relevant issue for the European Union."'"

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  1. Re:Reject? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, it's fair to say so. If you are a Christian, which is the majority of people in America, then you are required to give charity to those who need it. You should have taken out a loan for 1 million and given him the money if he needed it. Jesus would have done it.