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by threeseed 3792 days ago
So completely misinformed.

The refuees are not leaving Syria/Iraq etc looking for benefits. They are leaving a severe civil war. Yes there are economic migrants moving to Europe as well but they are and will be deported. The reason they aren't staying in the poorer countries is simply that. They are poorer and simply can't handle the refugee intake nor provide basic essential services.

You can't blame genuine refugees for wanting to goto countries where they have the best opportunity of leaving a normal life.

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> You can't blame genuine refugees for wanting to goto countries where they have the best opportunity of leaving a normal life.

And there lies the crux of the problem: many - if not most - of these migrants want to lead a 'normal life' among people of their own ethnic group, from their own background, speaking their own language and perpetuating their own culture. A culture which is often diametrically the opposite from that in which they landed. They don't want to 'integrate' or 'assimilate', they want to be amongst their peers. While this is understandable, it is a recipe for disaster as a quick look at eg. Malmö/Rinkeby/etc in Sweden, the banlieux in Paris, Schilderswijk in The Hague (etc) shows. It leads to segregation, unemployment due to language barriers, increased crime rates due to the latter as well as due to cultural differences (see the 'rape epidemic' in Sweden) and more such destabilising problems.

You are misinformed.

According to the EU 60% of these people are economic migrants[1]. But lets continue killing Europe with compassion[2].

[1]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/12123684...

[2]http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/01/its-not-only-germany-that...

> You can't blame genuine refugees for wanting to goto countries where they have the best opportunity of leaving a normal life.

Iran, Pakistan, Turkey are all peaceful and prosperous countries. And religiously similar.

Did you mean 'relatively prosperous'? I thought Pakistan was somewhat like India; better than where these refugees are from but not quite prosperous.