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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
Many people have insulated themselves from the very real refugee crisis…terrible but no great surprise.
Far right and hard liners who believe illegal immigrants only take the risk because they want a free ride from the taxpayer for life and who scoff and refuse to listen when you try and explain that they are in fact escaping the ensuing chaos and terror of their home land.
Why don’t they stay in the first safe country? Most of them do. Turkey is deemed the first safe country for Syrians to reach and Turkey already hosts over 3 million refugees but the refugees in Turkey are refused work permits and only 45% of the children are getting any form of education. There’s a further million in Lebanon and 1.5 million in Saudi Arabia. Qatar and Oman. Another 800,00 in Egypt and Jordan. The people fleeing to Britain are merely a trickle in comparison to these other countries.
The UK will always be an attractive place to people fleeing war, persecution, poverty and starvation but for this problem to be resolved; gleefully uninformed sanctimonious finger pointing is the first thing that needs to stop.
Instead of having an extraordinarily harsh response to refugees, try having a little compassion (it is Christmas after all).
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Nothing said above changes anything and attempting to label people as far-right for giving priority to their own is just distraction tactics and a good example of why an amicable disagreement on this subject will likely never be achieved.
Some people give priority to economic migrants whilst others give priority to people in need in their own countries. As, in particular, the views of the former have considerable impact on those the latter support it will only likely serve to harden their resolve.
For many of us charity begins at home, especially as these people do have other options. Many of those coming in attempting to claim 'refugee' status are not even from war-torn Syria but from parts of Africa or Afhganistan and don't meet the criteria for such status. Like it or not many are taking the pee and we don't have the pockets or the inclination to accommodate them.