- 22 Jun 2016 21:32
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So dump a million refugees in Libya? Even if you ignore that this clearly violates the Refugee Convention, which you shouldn't, it is just flat out stupid. Libya is in a civil war and the situation would likely be worsened significantly if you did that.
At the end of 2015 there were about 65 million refugees worldwide, according to a recent UN report. Do you think refugees are just conjured out of thin air, created in a vacuum? No, they are refugees because of war, repression and instability in their countries. Now, do you think there will be more or less refugees if you worsen the situation in Libya?
Is this only about the refugees being Muslim to you? If there was a stream of more than one million Christian refugees from poor parts of the world to Europe, would you be okay with accepting them? I find it peculiar that the 'thought-crime' of being Muslim somehow excempts refugees from their right to seek asylum, in your mind.
Harmattan wrote:I would attempt to make a deal with every poor country on this planet, offering them money to welcome immigrants we cannot deport to their home countries. If I cannot reach the needed capacity, then I would use the measures I enumerated to force one of them, and Libya could be this one.
And, trust me, putting them in Libya could never be worse than putting them in my country.
So dump a million refugees in Libya? Even if you ignore that this clearly violates the Refugee Convention, which you shouldn't, it is just flat out stupid. Libya is in a civil war and the situation would likely be worsened significantly if you did that.
At the end of 2015 there were about 65 million refugees worldwide, according to a recent UN report. Do you think refugees are just conjured out of thin air, created in a vacuum? No, they are refugees because of war, repression and instability in their countries. Now, do you think there will be more or less refugees if you worsen the situation in Libya?
Harmattan wrote:That being said I am inclined to welcome up to 10k refugees a year. Preferably non-Muslims.
Is this only about the refugees being Muslim to you? If there was a stream of more than one million Christian refugees from poor parts of the world to Europe, would you be okay with accepting them? I find it peculiar that the 'thought-crime' of being Muslim somehow excempts refugees from their right to seek asylum, in your mind.