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Originally Posted by Eric
totally awesome response i mean like literally 
To get away from the "swarm" thing ... there are millions of real refugees in Syria and Jordan etc. How are folks over there responding to the resettlement of these? Does the UK government have a target figure, the no. that they are prepared to allow legally into the country? Are British officials on the ground, in Syria and Jordan for example, processing legitimate claimants? And is the sort of mess that is happening in Calais and elsewhere affecting how the British public views legitimate claimants?
The Channel isn't much of a barrier, unlike the Atlantic; but The Channel, and the coasts of Britain can be controlled, especially if the EU minds its own friggin' business.
Not without dissent from many Canadians, particularly in areas where the defeated tories still have some strength, we are committed to taking 25 thousand Syrians .... families and groups at risk first.. We shall probably meet that target by the end of February. Not only the Federal, Provincial, and municipal governments, but also local church groups are sponsoring refugees, many of whom arrived by RCAF transports. Not surprisingly, they seem to like it here. |
I could be wrong here, but I am sure that if I am, I will be soundly corrected by those who are more informed.
My understanding is that the government want to take people from the camps in Syria(I don't know if this is because they can be more assured of where these refugees/migrants originate from). Money has been given by the government to establish these camps and manage the refugees.
There has been a quota set, but for the life of me I cannot think exactly what it is.
As for how the British public perceive the legitimate claimants...of course their view has been affected by what they see happening in other EU countries...but also we are being asked to take on the chin cuts in services......apparently there is no money, yet we can home these refugees/migrants/asylum seekers.
David Cameron was in the North of England yesterday surveying the damage left by the floods. He has pledged some 3 million pounds but the actual cost of the damage (worked out by Price Waterhouse) is nearer to 600 million.
Now when things like this happen in other parts of the world the British people dig deep and donate......and they have been doing that for the folk affected by this disaster....but I am not aware of any aid coming from anywhere else in the world(despite there being an EU fund for such things).
Now I know this may seem pretty small beer next to the suffering that some of the people in the camps have gone through....but people do feel like everyone else comes first.
The refugee crisis was handled very badly from the outset......with EU leaders thinking with the seats of their pants. Not considering long term plans. Mainly because they hadn't any long term plans.
It was obvious that once countries said 'come one come all' that many more would set out on this journey.
Little thought was paid to how these migrants would be housed, schooled and health care looked after. If the infrastructure is not there to support the influx then you can only expect chaos.......and it is the indigent population that are affected, not the politicians.
In truth many of these people should not be in Europe. They seem to despise western lifestyles and they do not integrate where ever they go. It is thought that Sweden is going to deport some 50,000 of them during the next two years.