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> And in the news reports I usually see people toying with iPhone 5/6 and wearing [designer] jeans/jackets. Do luxury products somehow protect you from bullets

• mverwijs 11y ago
  The point is, however, that a phone is not a luxury item. This article[1], in Dutch, explains that in order to get anywhere a phone is a necessity. Maps, GPS and communication. And not just texts (SMS), but photos and WhatsApp-groups to organize shelter, food. Translation-device. It is NOT a luxury device. [1] http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/4130918/2015/08/28/De-mobiele-telefoon-is-een-basisbehoefte-voor-een-vluchteling.dhtml http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/4130918...
  • Yetanfou 11y ago
    A smartphone, maybe. An iPhone? Never. That is - whether you like it or not - a luxury device, priced as such. If it is phone, GPS, maps and translation you want you can just get whatever Android is on sale - for a sixth to a tenth of the price of the luxury iPhone.
• pkolaczk 11y ago
  Good point. I have nothing against temporary accepting people coming from dangerous places, regardless of their financial status. However not all of them come from war zones. Some come from relatively safe places like Turkey (I do have friends in Turkey who chose to live there and while the average income there may be in fact lower than in EU, people do normally live there, have jobs, families, houses etc.). And many are not interested in staying in poorer European countries like Greece or Hungary but they say it openly: "we want to Germany". In these cases, standard immigration rules should apply.
• tormeh 11y ago
  Luxury products adds legitimacy to their claim to refugee status, if anything.