Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

If one ignores the point made previously about wanting to get 'well away' as opposed to just away.

If they are under genuine threat in Syria and Iraq the threat doesn't disappear just because they crossed a border into Turkey. Travel advice is still against parts of Turkey as much as Iraq and Syria and, don't forget, there is still an ISIS network in Turkey. I don't imagine ISIS bullets, knives and bombs lose their effectiveness just because they crossed a border.

Just like many other genuine asylum seekers (including those arriving somewhere by plane) have over decades because it's been the only way for them.

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On that I call BS..

There is an ISIS network in the UK and France too.... we all know about Charlie Hebbo

but there isn't a civil war in Turkey.... but there are active functional refugee stations there

Your rational doesn't hold water !

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

Turkey is the route by which ISIS recruits travel, obviously assisted.
In July, 250 ISIS members were arrested in Turkey.
ISIS bombings and other attacks have taken place in Turkey. That's just a little different to France and the UK, no?

Well that's okay then. There's no civil war. Just attacks from ISIS.

I don't suppose that ISIS would be in the least bit interested in targeting potential recruits to their 'cause' who have actually rejected them. No policy of massacre against those who reject them at all. Oh no.

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

1 in 3 'Syrian' refugees have fake IDs, German authorities admit

1 in 3 'Syrian' refugees have fake IDs, German authorities admit — RT News

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

I'm shocked:rofl:

"The most recent EU stats estimate Syrians make up about 20 percent of refugees coming to the EU, but at some border crossings 90 percent claim to be from Syria."

I'm doubly shocked!:rofl:

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

Since when did Russian State Funded News become a respected resource? :lol:

Their estimates appear to be double those of elsewhere.

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

The're not the source the're just quoting German authorities. I've read elsewhere that for "new Syrian refugees" the % using false documents is now over 50%.

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

And I read sources NOT Russian State Funded also quoting German authorities and they were half what the Russian State Funded news was saying.

So which source are we to believe when there is such wild variation when quoting the same official source? ;)

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

You'll probably find all the sources are correct. Initially most of those claiming to be Syrian Refugees were in fact Syrian Refugees but since Merkel's welcoming speech the % of false Syrians has been climbing rapidly so its probably just a question of when and where the measurement was taken.

I've found RT news at least as independent as the BBC and often more so, with the exception of some very specific Russian news areas where it follows the party line.

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

Given current Russian involvement in Syria perhaps that explains the discrepancy. :unsure:

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

Folks will believe what they want to believe, and shit all over other anything else.

Luckily this forum has mostly impartial, well thought out, and fairly accurate comments and opinions :amen:

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

I think the authors are living in La La land if they really think that a truly open border wouldn't reduce wages and destroy living standards for the 90% in a place like Canada or the UK.

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

The economic theory is highly sound actually.

Just out of interest do you think living standards are high in Canada and the UK?

Re: Syrian refugee crisis.
 

Compared to where most of the worlds population lives, yes the living standards are high.

The problem the authors don't address is that with truly open borders the numbers of people involved would be huge. 8 thousand people a day are walking across Europe to get to Germany. What numbers do you think Canada would get if you could just buy a ticket on a Charter flight? What about housing? Housing is already unaffordable for the majority unless you already own.