True, statistics cannot harm anyone but if they are incorrectly used or misunderstood then then they can cause harm.
To quote again;
It is not enough to simply quote the headline numbers; to quote statistics properly you need to dig into them, understand the definitions used, how the numbers are calculated and what is meant.

Fine example here of not understanding the statistics you quote
You do not mention that half of these foreigners in prison were here illegally without permits so were not part of the 20.6% legally here of the total population that you are trying to compare these numbers with.

There is also the fact that 40% of prisoners who are in Swiss prisons are awaiting trial so have not been found guilty of anything.
Source

Now your comparison looks completely different, oder?

Interesting piece today in the New Statesman about the state of journalism when it comes to reporting on Muslim-related stories.

All about clicks and shares, and the climate where Muslim stories facilitate the most clicks and shares seem to have made such articles exempt from accepted journalistic standards to the point where facts are replaced with dog-whistle fantasy.

The study does not find that the 20.6% of the population were all legal - where do you derive this from ?

Did you ever consider the rate of recidivism before you made such a statement ?

Why?

And in a new story that will shock everyone another NGO has been caught people smuggling for bringing in 70,000 illegals every year via Greece earning up to 500m euro per year.

I'm truly surprised that the likes of the BBC hasn't picked up on this scandal...

It is in the Irish Times, what more do you expect

Most reputable outlets are treating it as a crack down on humanitarian organisations rather than the dubious claim of a money making criminal network!

Completely different slant with no indication in the IT of how much money was taken from the "refugees" or how many people were smuggled illegally - try harder.

According to your link half a billion euros per year, you should not believe everything you read

It's a basic assumption these days that whatever agenda you're following there will always be a 'news' site that supports it. Crackpots just love to quote other crackpots, as if their very existence proves themselves right.

That is why I quoted a source which included links to the original Greek newspaper articles. The Irish Times' nickname in Ireland is the "Immigration Times" for it's hard left slant.

Nothing in the original Greek newspaper articles about half a million euros

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The BBC covered the story on 31 August...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45366329

Ekathimerini, which is one of the most read Greek news sites, also covered the story on 31 August, by posting the Reuters article...

http://www.ekathimerini.com/232174/a...ce-says-lawyer

...and the most recent article about her situation, and that of others like her, was posted here on 16 September...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/...094948176.html

Now, what was the point that you're trying to make?

You didn't really quote anything, you just linked to some dodgy pressure group's article as if it was in itself a reputable source of news. As I said, you can aways find some crackpot site to support your views, but that's not the same thing at all as making any sort of convincing argument for them.

If you wanted to quote the Greek news articles then why didn't you just do so?

I suspect it is that "I'm totally not racist, because I can totally quote totally valid sources to totally back up my biases".

Or... "I was really bored and had to do some serious digging to find an article to post in this thread.", or..."I subscribe to Aljazeera and noticed this article yesterday." Hmmm...

Well, Rebekah Mercer who is part of the billionaire US Mercer family is member of the board, they also provide financing for the enterprise (at least they reportedly did until 2017, according to Wiki. That info got removed but that need not mean the financing's gone).

But anyway, a 2.3mln annual budget (for 2016) doesn't really make this a reputable news outlet. If this was financed by Russia instead you'd probably classify them as Putin trolls and bots.

This will be the Mercer family who also finance another reputable news outlet; Breitbart!

Post #2865 doesn't contain quotes of the article and not just the link ??

Which again is why you can refer at your leisure to the links to the Greek news websites underneath the article.

Because this is a website for English speaking people in Switzerland - have a look at the forum's name there and educate yourself a bit.

The headline of the BBC article is :
Ekathimerini, which is one of the most read Greek news sites, also covered the story on 31 August, by posting the Reuters article...

http://www.ekathimerini.com/232174/a...ce-says-lawyer

Headline : ...and the most recent article about her situation, and that of others like her, was posted here on 16 September...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/...094948176.html

HEadline : which rather contrast with the headline of the article I quoted :

Now, what was the point that you're trying to make?[/QUOTE]

The very fact that you acknowledge that the subject of the three articles you quote is the fate of the swimmer or her sister RATHER than the Greece smuggling ring should tell you that there is quite some difference.

No doubt you failed to notice that neither the swimmer nor her sister were referred to at all in the gatestone article but according to you the articles are apparently quite the same ??

The Greek news links in the article were to English language items.

You did not quote the Greek news links directly in your post because they did not confirm the sensational and excessive slant in your post?