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While it's not nice, it's pretty obvious why European countries are happier to welcome the easily integrated white christian European Ukrainians than the signif
by FDSGSG 5y ago
While it's not nice, it's pretty obvious why European countries are happier to welcome the easily integrated white christian European Ukrainians than the significantly more difficult to integrate Middle Eastern refugees.
- pastrybanking 5y agoI see this statement a lot, but I am yet to see it substantiated. My home country hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees[1] however, speaking anecdotally, integrating people is difficult despite common ethnicities, languages, religions and cultures. [1] https://www.unhcr.org/ke/figures-at-a-glance https://www.unhcr.org/ke/figures-at-a-glance
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoI think it's a mistake to narrow it down to religion. Countries with high corruption have a different social contract, and it takes time for people to internalise how things are done 'over here'.
- cinntaile 5y agoUkraine is a highly corrupt country. The worst in Europe. It is 122nd out of 180 countries, Norway is placed 4th. So that's probably not a criterium they used.
- naoqj 5y agoUkraine is (was?) the most corrupt country in Europe. It's got nothing to do with that.
- unmole 5y agoAccording to the Council of Europe, Ukraine is the most corrupt country on the continent after Russia. https://www.coe.int/en/web/corruption/completed-projects/enpi/newsroom-enpi/-/asset_publisher/F0LygN4lv4rX/content/ukraine-most-corrupt-country-in-europe-after-russia?inheritRedirect=false https://www.coe.int/en/web/corruption/completed-projects/enp...
- pastrybanking 5y agoI am not sure the argument for corruption adds up, given Ukraine's global corruption perception index scores are comparable to developing nations in Africa and Asia.