Refugees

Done. We will all be fighting over the pathetic number the Tories are letting in!

www.ibtimes.co.uk/crucifixion-teenager-saudi-arabia-highlights-britains-business-deals-despots-1520127

Anyone think Saudi should take refugees?

That is truly horrific. Is there a petition? Can't something be done?

From Germany,
The refugees are here in our town. It does you good to see that they are real people, there were families at the market and on the bus ( with their pre paid bus tickets)
I was pleased to see them tucking in to good wholesome German bread and rolls and cheese in Stuttgart. At long tables with Germans waiting on them and children drinking milk and beginning to play again.
We have no more accomodation left but there are gymnasiums in schools and colleges and they get beds donated by IKEA and al least the 'rooms' are partitioned for familes.

The EU is not a police state. What can Germany or Britain do if the Hungarians behave so abominally. Of course they condemn it but considering the place, how could police forces from France or Denmark get there to bring order? It is scandalous but not the EU's fault. it is the fault of the Hungarians - a throw back from their communist days.

I said I'd leave this thread and did for a while. I just wanted to report someting positive but no doubt ROSENQUARTZ and POGs will find some fault.
Goodbye again......

Yes there is
www.reprieve.org.uk
Couldn't give a direct link as it kept my info on.

This man is an MEP. He is responsible for what happens in the EU.

politicalscrapbook.net/2015/09/ukip-mep-blames-syrian-refugees-for-height-of-grass-in-his-constituency/

Hard to believe that some people voted him in.

Yes. I think a throwback to their being a communist state.

Germany is obviously doing a very good job.interesting info MargaretX.

Petition site says "temporarilly unavailable. Will try again in a few minutes dj. You could start a separate thread. Well worth it.

Margaret x

"No doubt Rosenquartz and POGS will find some fault"

How mature.

Margaret it is good to see the humanitarian assistance so many in Germany are offerong

I was speaking to friends in Bulgaria about this quota system for the migrants. They are beyond angry. It's really not fair to send these people to these ex communist countries, the will be treated badly. The Bulgarians were invaded by the Turks (many years ago) they hate anything associated with Muslims. I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but it's a fact.

Bugger!
Are offering. Many in the UK feel the same and are ashamed at this government s stance.

We have according to government figures spent £1bn in the refugee camps obviously a complete waste of money as there is little food or water and complete lack of services, and yet we continue to plug the idea that keeping them in the camps is the best thing for them, ask any refugee what he/she thinks - well we know as they are saying it with their feet.

What we are doing or not doing is utterly shameful and I weep for those tinies looking so bewildered and frightened. I wonder what history will have to say about it?

I said I'd leave this thread and did for a while. I just wanted to report someting positive but no doubt ROSENQUARTZ and POGs will find some fault

That is un-called for, that is the only fault I will find.

I have been helping Syrian refugees for a lot longer than Germany has.

I my username is NOT ROSENQUARTZ!

rosequartz

At least Margaret x is consistent , it's been said twice in the space of 5 days.

Funny really, POGS, as other people have also picked up on things she has said, but not copied them in their reply posts.

Perhaps she doesn't realise that this is how GN can work (or at least I thought that was how it was supposed to work), as otherwise it gets confusing who or what you are replying to.

It was heartening to read about the refugees in her post, but I don't suppose she will read mine to know how I feel.

As I've been helping the refugees for some considerable time (years in fact) I am pleased to hear that more people are taking notice at last.

Isn't it strange how many people say 'this is my last post on this site' or words to that effect, and yet post again very soon afterwards?

Well, this is my last post on here!!

MargaretX conveniently forgot to mention the anti immigration rallies in East Germany. Or people living in the border towns (with Austria) who's lives are being disrupted by the constant flo through their towns, and can't speak out because they are called Natzi's. These are not my words, this is what I'm reading.
Not all Germans are in favour of this mass immigration, other people have a right to voice their opinions.

Are they immigrants or refugees?

Well, that seems to be a debateable question...

It matters hugely to them though. I thought that the UN said they must have refugee status, as they are fleeing war?

It's a difficult one; has it been decided what they are doing about this under the present crisis?

Generally speaking, I think they are all known as migrants, then can seek asylum under the 1951 Refugee Convention on the Status of Refugees upon reaching a safe haven; an asylum seeker whose application has been successful is known as a refugee.

again

Of course those who are fleeing war should have refugee status, whitewave, I was referring to the questions raised in the media about whether they are all in fact fleeing from war and/or persecution.

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