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Originally Posted by Eric
Seems to me that the issue is not refugees but the uncontrolled migration of thousands of people from the Middle East, some of whom may not be genuine. Options available: stricter controls at national borders (if there are any left in Europe  ), and brass for the cash-strapped countries already sheltering refugees ... you can come up with more, not including the Auschwitz option. |
I think that is a fair appraisal. Many of those coming into Europe are single men who have either destroyed their documents(maybe hoping to be accommodated in Nordic countries as an unaccompanied 'child' migrant - authorities have been told to accept them as a 'child' as long as they appear to be under 40. No medical checks or dental checks to disprove this are done for fear of being discriminatory) or are travelling on false documents.
Also the Dublin agreement is for refugees to make application for residence at the first country where landfall is made, is being totally ignored.
If refugees get to Turkey( a country where the population is largely Muslim) and far less hostile...with an understanding of the culture etc then why would refugees not settle there?
The case where the two young Syrian toddlers and their mother drowned was a case in point. They had been living in Turkey for 4 years, yet embarked on a journey to take them to Europe.
they were not refugees, but economic migrants.
Eric, I do not know what the answer is...except I do know it is not to have this large influx of middle eastern people coming to European countries and expecting to be made welcome.
The people from these countries have tribal cultures(which is why the fight to introduce democracy has been such a failure).
I feel like a foreigner in my own land. I feel as if their needs are ahead of the needs of the people who were born here.
I am being totally honest in my opinion. I am saying it how I see it and how the people that I socialise with and meet in my day to day life see it.