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The EU is the closet first world region. And they are signers to the convention. Arab world is helping...havent you heard about the huge refugee camps in Jord

• dzaragozar 10y ago
  Being close is no excuse in this globalized world. Also to take refugees there is no need to be a first world country. I should have included China in my previous list. Completely true, but Jordan is not the only Arab country able to help.
  • em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
    There is also the economic realism that labor will naturally move to where it thinks it can be best off. China is relatively over-populated. Closeness is an important factor when you realize that there are lots of refugees and that their wealth has been wiped out by war. So while the refugees might have enough money to hike or get a boat or plane ticket, they surely can't afford to fly across the world. And no one should be forced to pay to fly them, either. All they want is the opportunity to build a better life for themselves.
• lottin 10y ago
  Some parts of the Arab world are helping, others are not only not helping but making things worse. Anyway, people from as far away as Afghanistan and Pakistan are now seeking asylum in Europe. We're talking about billions of people that can potentially claim asylum for one reason or another. This isn't going to work. The EU cannot be made responsible for sorting out the problems that afflict the entire region of Africa and the Middle and the Far East.