Eu Tunnel To Africa

[fender62]

what could go wrong, i imagine a whole city will spring up around the tunnel, were not talking a metropolis of skyscrapers..but slums, red carpet to europe, 9.000 came to sangatte for the tunnel all illegals, whats population of africa?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1874016/spain-africa-underwater-tunnel-project-gibraltar-strait

[retrocop]

They must  be NUTS.

[New Judge]

The tunnel "could also help to overcome challenges including those arising ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup"'

There is not a cat in hell's chance of such a tunnel being approved, designed and built in time for that event, let alone ahead of it, especially if the EU has anything to do with it.

Quite why else there would be a need for such a link is hard to fathom. As well as that, the sea in that part of teh Mediterranean is around 3,000 feet deep (compare that with the Straits of Dover at about 150 feet deep) meaning a tunnel will have to descend for well over half a mile from the land each side.

There is little chance of this project being completed this side of 2050, by which time much of Europe will be heavily populated with people from Africa and Asia. The problems this will undoubtedly cause may encourage the authorities to consider whether such a link is desireable. Though also by that time the immigrant population of Europe will have a considerable political influence, so who knows?

, the earliest planned start date for construction is 2030 so no help at all for the 2030 World Cup.

[jno]

shorter than the Channel Tunnel, which took 10 years to build.

[retrocop]

Last time I read something about this area the Spaniards were violently turning back illegal Africans trying to cross the borders of Spain/Morocco. I forget the exact area.

[jno]

that's what comes of having enclaves in other countries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta_and_Melilla

[douglas9401]

Not

Going

To

Happen

[naomi24]

It won't happen.

[tomus42]

I can't think of a single reason why such a thing would be required.

[Canary42]

The wiki article on the Strait makes interesting reading.

Apparently on a geological timescale, the strait is likely to be closed up as the African tectonic plate moves to join the European plate. Not for a few million years though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar ;

 

 

[New Judge]

"Apparently on a geological timescale, the strait is likely to be closed up as the African tectonic plate moves to join the European plate. Not for a few million years though."

Hardly worth bothering then. They'll be lucky to have approval and finance in place in that time.

[retrocop]

            vvvvvvv

//jno

 

that's what comes of having enclaves in other countries//

Yes. Don't we know it. Bradford, Houslow, Rochdale,Brixton.

[Old_Geezer]

Is Spain keen on being swamped by an invssion of illegal immigrants from a culture that differs significantly from their own ? April the first shot by over a month ago !

[Old_Geezer]

... invasion ...

[mushroom25]

// Is Spain keen on being swamped by an invssion of illegal immigrants from a culture that differs significantly from their own ? //

not so significantly - Iberia was muslim for hundreds of years and although the Moors were driven from Spain 500 years ago, their influence can still be seen in Spanish culture.

[ichkeria]

There already is a camp is there not? There certainly used to be. 
Sea crossings are arguably harder to police 

[gulliver1]

Retro 16.59 "They must be Nuts" Almost as NUTS As Thatcher when she and her Tory Govt helped  build the Channel Tunnel ....An absolute Nutter..

[fender62]

not a tunnel, but a wall and a giant wave machine...

[Old_Geezer]

Influence can't be that great after 500 years if the immigrants feel a need to go elsewhere looking elsewhere. They'd want to stay where they feel comfortable.

[ToraToraTora]

there is zero reason to build such a tunnel. Too deep anyway, a lot easier to build a bridge. It will never happen.