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Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, and Libya together have taken in a total of 6.7 million refugees. The EU has committed to takin

Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, and Libya together have taken in a total of 6.7 million refugees. The EU has committed to taking on only 120k refugees.

caoilte 10y ago
It appears not to be fair to group Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait with the other states you have listed. while Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt have taken in around 5 million refugees, and boatloads of the destitute are making their way to Europe, the Gulf states have taken only a few hundred refugees, according to data from the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR). http://www.dw.com/en/arab-monarchies-turn-down-syrian-refugees-over-security-threat/a-19002873 http://www.dw.com/en/arab-monarchies-turn-down-syrian-refuge...
- dalke 10y ago
  I thought that was because Saudi Arabia doesn't call them refugees but "Arab brothers and sisters in distress". The number of such people is quite contentious, if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Saudi_Arabia is any evidence. There may be 500K such people "in distress." FWIW, unlike the EU countries, Saudi Arabia isn't signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention.
  - caoilte 10y ago
    Thanks for pointing that out. It's clearly been very heavily politicised.
nazgob 10y ago
What? Germany alone got over a million of refugees in 2015 alone.
- lazyjones 10y ago
  Correct. Also, let's not forget the Ukraine crisis, which brought ~900.000 refugees to neighboring countries (Poland and Russia mostly).
  - nazgob 10y ago
    This is actually a myth. No idea about Russia but last time I checked Poland accepted 3 refuges from Ukraine. Three. Over 400k work visas have been issued in 2015 but its a totally different thing. These ppl get nothing from Polish state, no language lessons, no accommodation, no food. Nothing except for permit to work (and pay taxes). So its very different level of effort than with actual refuges (like ie Germany that's running out of space to shelter new ppl). Ukrainians that applied for asylum where denied on grounds that only part of Ukraine is as war and they can seek shelter in other, safe parts.

Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, and Libya together have taken in a total of 6.7 million refugees. The EU has committed to taking on only 120k refugees.

caoilte 10y ago

It appears not to be fair to group Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait with the other states you have listed. while Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt have taken in around 5 million refugees, and boatloads of the destitute are making their way to Europe, the Gulf states have taken only a few hundred refugees, according to data from the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR). http://www.dw.com/en/arab-monarchies-turn-down-syrian-refugees-over-security-threat/a-19002873 http://www.dw.com/en/arab-monarchies-turn-down-syrian-refuge...

dalke 10y ago
I thought that was because Saudi Arabia doesn't call them refugees but "Arab brothers and sisters in distress". The number of such people is quite contentious, if https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Saudi_Arabia is any evidence. There may be 500K such people "in distress." FWIW, unlike the EU countries, Saudi Arabia isn't signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention.
- caoilte 10y ago
  Thanks for pointing that out. It's clearly been very heavily politicised.

nazgob 10y ago

What? Germany alone got over a million of refugees in 2015 alone.

lazyjones 10y ago
Correct. Also, let's not forget the Ukraine crisis, which brought ~900.000 refugees to neighboring countries (Poland and Russia mostly).
- nazgob 10y ago
  This is actually a myth. No idea about Russia but last time I checked Poland accepted 3 refuges from Ukraine. Three. Over 400k work visas have been issued in 2015 but its a totally different thing. These ppl get nothing from Polish state, no language lessons, no accommodation, no food. Nothing except for permit to work (and pay taxes). So its very different level of effort than with actual refuges (like ie Germany that's running out of space to shelter new ppl). Ukrainians that applied for asylum where denied on grounds that only part of Ukraine is as war and they can seek shelter in other, safe parts.