A Simple Solution to the Arab Migrant Crisis:

[Expat1 971]

Where it's much cooler. Qatar is too hot.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Yep. I can't believe he posted a random photo either.

Isn't it against the TOS to misquote or misrepresent other users? Please refrain. Thank you.

[Rob L 3,811]

This is mass migration, the vast majority are heading for benefit land.

Why now?

[Boiler 45,956]

The door is open

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I guess we'll just gave to trust that the immigration authorities know what they're doing and can sift genuine from fraudulent applications.

The issue isn't whether Europe should help Syrian refugees, it's how much we should help.

Edited September 8, 2015 by Trumplestiltskin

[Boiler 45,956]

They have such an assume track record. If it was just a few Syrians that may be doable, it is not.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They have such an assume track record. If it was just a few Syrians that may be doable, it is not.

It's not ideal, no. So what?

[Boiler 45,956]

Deal with the small issue now or all hell will break loose later. I prefer the first.

[Jacque67 7,328]

I beg to differ. It all depends on who is doing the pissing.

I beg to differ. It all depends on who is doing the pissing.

Tmi. Nobody cares.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Deal with the small issue now or all hell will break loose later. I prefer the first.

How specifically?

[Jacque67 7,328]

Some like small issues?

[Boiler 45,956]

Munich all over again

[decocker 7,198]

The door is open

the door was opened with a bomb blast.

The U.N. counts 15 new conflicts in the past five years, and the big one is Syria. More than 11 million Syrians have fled or been driven from their homes in that country's civil war since it started in 2011.

Then there's the Islamic State surge in Iraq, where 3 million people have been displaced since January 2014.

Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Nigeria and other countries are wracked by war or insurgency. Many people are also fleeing Eritrea, a country that's not at war but that is run by a repressive regime.

Some settle in new countries or find new places even in their own countries. But many can't do either. Turkey and Lebanon, for example, have taken in around 3 million Syrian refugees between them. But both have restrictive laws keeping the refugees from earning a living. So, many are on the move.

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/09/02/436905795/why-are-migrants-surging-into-europe-now

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah.... And the solution that appears to be being touted here by our resident humanitarians who will stop short of saying it - is to not let anyone in at all.

LIB appears to have already convinced himself that the majority of asylees are terrorists in disguise so nothing should be done but "don't come crying if stuff gets blown up".

I have to say, basic humanity appears to sadly lacking on this topic.

[JohnR! 5,495]