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No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of Europe run through misguided altruism.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
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