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It is just ridiculous. Saudi has capacity to accommodate 2 million people in Mecca, but they would not accept single refugee from Syria. Instead they offered to
by jkot 11y ago
It is just ridiculous. Saudi has capacity to accommodate 2 million people in Mecca, but they would not accept single refugee from Syria. Instead they offered to build hundreds of mosques in Germany and Europe, to export their version of Islam.
Edit: Saudi accepted many refugees, so I would like to apologize.
- mahouse 11y agoTaking into account how the war in Syria was financed, I think it would be fitting for those refugees to stay in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, ...
- phaemon 11y agoSaudi Arabia have claimed this is misleading. They say they have an open border to Syria and have accepted over 2.5 million Syrians since 2011. Is this claim incorrect?
- jkot 11y agoDo you have source for 2.5? I only found 0.5M, but it seems like those are expats who did not moved in recently. > There are 500,000 Syrians in Saudi Arabia, according to Nabil Othman, acting regional representative to the Gulf region at the UNHCR. In official documentation they are referred to as “Arab brothers and sisters in distress,” he said. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/syria-s-refugees-feel-more-welcome-in-europe-than-in-the-gulf http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-04/syria-s-re...
- phaemon 11y agoThey claim 2.5 million here: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/19/saudi-arabia-has-taken-25m-syrians-claims-minister http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/19/saudi-arabia-h...