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>> Life in these camps is not especially good compared to asylum in Western countries That's exactly one of my concerns here. Why doesn't for example Jordan ju
by lllllll 11y ago
>> Life in these camps is not especially good compared to asylum in Western countries
That's exactly one of my concerns here. Why doesn't for example Jordan just let them assimilate in their society, as fellow Arabs, and instead it just keeps them in camps? Of course not just Jordan, but also other more resourceful Arab/Muslim (mostly Sunni Muslim) countries such as UAE, Qatar, etc.
Wouldn't it be easier for these already traumatized refugees to integrate in Moroccan, Tunisian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudi Arabian, UAE-ian(?)...societies? Isn't there a "brotherhood" thing between Arabs (maybe even between Muslims? or just Sunni Muslims?)?
- jpatokal 11y agoYou're picking on the wrong country here: Jordan is the only country in the Middle East that has pretty much entirely naturalized its Palestinian refugees, who (depending on where you draw the line) make up over half the population. The vast majority of the people living in refugee camps are Jordanian citizens, and the "camps" have long since turned into permanent (if often crappy) housing. As for why the rest don't, one answer is that the other countries don't have to, so they don't give a fuck; and even more cynically, by keeping the festering sore open, they can deflect public attention from their various problems and instead blame Israel for it all.
- lllllll 11y agoThat's true, though I was talking about Syrian refugees. I picked Jordan because it's just a neighbouring Arab country, plus mostly Sunni Muslim, just like Syria, and unlike Lebanon. And of course the Palestinian refugee issue is another topic entirely.
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