syrian refugees n isis

[Wolfman_jack]

Most of the able bodied young men are escaping being recruited by the dictatorship and/or ISIS. It doesn't matter who wins this war, the people are screwed. That's why they leave.
It does disturb me that they seem to have abandoned the women and children though. One of my friends picked up on that too.

That narrative of men abandoning women and children is false. Do a quick internet search and you'll see it is a fabrication based on creative editing of some photos.

 

[Ray]

That narrative of men abandoning women and children is false. Do a quick internet search and you'll see it is a fabrication based on creative editing of some photos.

I really hope so...

 

[PierreCoeur]

You forget how the Irish were treated, then how the Chinese, Doukhobors, German, Hindu, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Punjabi, Vietnamese and on and on - the people already here have always thought that the newcomers should be excluded.

People have always claimed that the latest set of immigrants would mean rampant crime, a drain on resources, etc.. Criminals have always remained at about the same % regardless of ethnic group, enterprise has always been higher among newly settled immigrant groups.

My grandparents came from Sicily and back in 1920s they were considered mafia. Now according to Harper I might be OLD STOCK. Dummass Conservatives like to paint everyone with one broad brushstroke. If you want to assume all refugees are criminal or terrorists you better start hiding in your turtle shell because they don't need to live in Canada to terrorize us. They are already doing it because some of the people here are just plain scared.

 

[PierreCoeur]

What Americans and Canadians can't seem to get into their heads is that when Idi Amin or the Taliban take control of your country - you run or you die. I know some Afghan women that arrived in Canada in 1996 at the beginning of the Afghan civil war (1996 - 2001). They stopped trying to explain that you run or you die. There is no speaking against the government. I also know some Ismalies that escaped Uganda in 1973. Same thing, you run or you die.

People have forgotten or never learned the lessons of Nazi Germany. Any Jew, Homosexual or Gypsy who did not run - died. There are no living Jews who stood on the street corner and said "you bad Nazis, you shouldn't kill us".

Of course Canada wasn't accepting an Jews that were trying to run from Germany in the 1930s because we had many elected members of parliament that believed in the same things that the Nazis believed in.

And the same thing that the Conservatives believe today as well. Ironic how history repeats itself.

 

[frisky business]

I just wonder why the Muslim brothers with billions of dollars next door won't do much to help....one Egyptian billionaire did offer to buy an island for them, but would like to see more but don't expect much from them

Hi Caramel, I read that too. Egyptian billionaire Naquib Sawaris offered to spend $1 billion to buy an island from Greece or Italy for the Syrian refugees/immigrants to relocate to. Obviously it is not a full solution but it could be the start of a strategy: relocate, isolate, reintegrate.

So, a bilion bucks to get started. Compare that to the $220 B-B-Billion that Qutar is spending on its blood-stained preparations for the 2022 FIFA world championship in that country. (1200 workers, mostly Nepalese, have been killed in construction accidents so far.) This mind boggling misallocation of resources should be considered a crime against humanity.

I'd love to se the G7 and G20 countries put some economic presure on the oil rich Arabian Peninsula countries to at least provide some financial help. The pressure would of course be coordinated trade embargoes. You know, we cut back on buying oil from Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, Qutar, etc., until they start pitching in.

A few suitcases full of petrodollars would be pretty handy to those countries doing the heavy lifting, whether helping them where they are or taking them in. Side benefit: what a shot of adrenaline to our oil industries.

We all know there's a Nordic Model for prostitution, but there's also one for refugees. Sweden has been the most welcoming and generous country in the EU towards refugees. Those good-hearted, blonde-haired souls now have 16% of their population being refugees. Even after 15 years, refugees' employment rates only reach 60%. Immigrants receive 58% of welfare payments.

An interesting read:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/swedens-ugly-immigration-problem/article26338254/

In short, refugee assimilation is painfully slow and expensive. This especially when the cultures contrast as much as they do between Western Judeo-Christian values and Middle Eastern values. I can't think of one example where it has worked.

One more thing. I'll bet that Time Magazine makes the late, three year old Mr Alan Kurdi of Syria its Man Of The Year for 2015.

 

[sdw]

ISIL having difficulty wooing Syrian Refugees

Geez, I wonder why - it couldn't have anything to do with ISIL raping their wives and daughters and killing anyone who isn't the "right" kind of Muslim.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...ng-a-bigger-problem-muslims-fleeing-in-droves

 

[Sexiaccent]

Just leave the Arabs manage and trade their oil and that's it.

When the greedy of establishment of always let the poor countries grow then will not be more immigration.