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I do some work for IOM. The majority of people crossing Europe right now comes from countries where refugee status is granted (Syria, Somalia, Eritrea).
by dodyg 11y ago
I do some work for IOM. The majority of people crossing Europe right now comes from countries where refugee status is granted (Syria, Somalia, Eritrea).
- jkot 11y agoYes, but according to Dublin treaty asylum should be granted in state where refugee enters EU. And Greece is not so sexy. Most people want into Germany because benefits are much higher in there.
- danharaj 11y agoI think using the term 'not sexy' to describe a nation that is undergoing internal conflict and massive economic contraction is using the wrong connotations. Refugees flee a terrible life to find stability. Not even native Greeks have stability. Clearly the EU refugee rules are not fair to border nations. It seems that yet again the rules of the EU benefit the richest, most powerful countries most.
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- chvid 11y agoThese rules are in practice ignored by the receiving countries and the northern european countries accept this. That is why Germany will receive nearly a million refugees this year and probably more next year. The political (and economic) implications are massive and in many ways this is more disrupting for the european project than the crisis in Greece.
- dodyg 11y agoBeing granted refugee status != being resettled. They can be sent home when the situation improves. Germany(80 million), France(64), UK(64) have the capacity to absorb most of the refugees, compared to smaller European nations (below 10 millions)
- meatysnapper 11y agoThat's ridiculous. A million refugees a year is a massive burden for a country of any size. The refugees should be sent to Russia. There is plenty of room there. Or maybe China, since they have so many ghost buildings. Complain about Mexicans all you want, but you got Tequila + Senioritas + Very similar culture and values. The refugees Europe is getting, not so much. No bueno!
- brillenfux 11y agoYou are the kind of person I'm patiently waiting for to be able to downvote.
- IkmoIkmo 11y agoMmm yes and no. Germany is the exception in the story, really. Sweden (huge kudos particularly to them), Norway, Denmark and Switzerland are, too, but they're so small that the combination of them isn't very significant. But say the Netherlands, France, the UK, Ireland, Finland, or down lower the large countries like Spain or Italy, have pretty poor records. I'd say the majority of the EU's populous countries (Germany being the exception, together with small countries, like Norway has 5 million people) aren't ignoring this practice and are very apprehensive about any leniency.
- anigbrowl 11y agoThose Dublin treaty rules are pretty bad - 'freedom of movement for me, but not for thee.' It speaks to an unworthy hypocrisy within the European liberal project...though having said that, my view of European democratic institutions is becoming increasingly jaundiced.