Prime Minister has made an announcement of what Britain will be doing. I think the Government is taking the right steps, and lets not forget, those who are left in the camps are the poor, trapped Syrians. They also need help.
The massive amount of men might not be married and have had employment to allow them to accrue the money to get to Europe. They may also have the intention of bringing their wives and families once they are settled. Women cannot work out there. The volume of men are of the greatest concern, and I think the reason why European countries are so worried. There is bound to be a bad element amongst them which could be disastrous for all of us. Why have so many torn up their identity papers prior to travel ?
This article is worth reading and very upsetting. The selling of refugees organs, rape torture, malnutrition ,diseases and a multitude of other problems. The stories of the camps in Jordan surprises me. I thought Jordan was a fairly westernised society.
The dragging of feet by Europe and UN on this whole situation is deplorable. Egypt gave fair warning what would happen prior to the summer months, and now Mrs Merkel making her announcement of taking 800,000, has made a bad situation worse. It was her attempt to put the rest of EU members to shame. Silly cow has really caused massive problems. None of the refugees now want to be registered in Hungary.
President Assad of Syrian wants them to go back home, apparently.
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We have to stop them travelling on the perilous routes that are killing so many, not encourage them by letting it be known that there is housing and aid at the end of their journey.
The more help carried out in Britain and Europe, the more that will travel, the more that will die.
Reality is being manipulated by the media, one child being used to stir emotions. How many thousands of children have we seen starving and diseased with much less emotion.
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There are kids like this all over the world Brazil Africa India china all sleeping on the street and selling themselfs with nobody caring about them for years
Seems the poor poor migrants don't like Hungarian food and water and prefer the food on the train, it's looking like the rabble is controlled, also nice to hear that the some of the million or so in camps in Lebanon are reported to be on the move to Europe, seems UNHCR comforts don't suit these poor poor people.
You can almost feel the hoards of solicitors getting ready to represent them. A lot of the shouts from that train are a long way from what I would expect to hear from desperate homeless displaced people, they weren't asking or pleading, they were unashamedly demanding.
Very worrying times, too much world wide movement of people and it is getting very hard to differentiate between economic migrants and genuine refugees.
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
Got to agree with you DD, they have become organized and found that with force of numbers they can now demand, also noticed a lot covering their faces from the cameras and giving the victory sign, haven't got a problem taking families, but the amount of young men worries me, nothing to do, rife for organisation and radicalisation, I sincerely hope this is not the case for all our sakes.
Got to agree with you DD, they have become organized and found that with force of numbers they can now demand, also noticed a lot covering their faces from the cameras and giving the victory sign, haven't got a problem taking families, but the amount of young men worries me, nothing to do, rife for organisation and radicalisation, I sincerely hope this is not the case for all our sakes.
German customs officers have seized packages containing Syrian passports and police suspect they are being sold illegally to asylum seekers.
A finance ministry official said both genuine and forged passports were in the packets intercepted in the post.
You are probably right DD. I'm quite convinced this has been instigated from higher levels. How on earth would such a mass exodus take place all at the same time ? Maybe the places are being cleared prior to battering IS. The Hungarian Prime Minister has made a point that there could be 10's of millions (maybe exaggerated, but he may have more knowledge than we have)
Bristol Council have said they will take refugees, but with 13,000 on a housing waiting list the leader has put out a call for home owners to take in refugees! That's all very well, but for how long ? So full of genuine spirit, so long as someone else fills the gap.
Once they get their papers from Germany, will they be able to go anywhere in EU ?
Just now, I understood one interviewee to say exactly that, unless it's my mistake. How does Britain fair in that situation ?
Maybe Merkel is also keeping the full intentions of Germany close to her chest. Germany would of course get financial aid for having these refugees registered there. The more thought given, the more the conspiracy theory seem to becoming a reality.
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The numbers are incredible to believe. If they have all come across the sea on little boats, it must have been like a bloody regatta out there!
I don't believe it. One wonders how many have flown into other EU countries on false passports. There really is something we are not being told.
This all seems like a very good reason to opt out of EU membership and it could be the defining decision for many.
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