by repulsewarrior » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:37 pm
...there is a sponsorship program in Canada for cases such as these. Where, a community, or group, or individual, are capable, and having organised to do so, they provide what shelter these welcomed people receive.
It worked with the boat people (from Vietnam), it works with African Nations, it works with this crisis too, and it allows for a clear path toward integration, where as Citizens they can succeed most likely.
...I understand Britain has the intention to take twenty thousand Syrians, over five years. It shows you what a difference an election makes; Canada welcomed recently twenty-five thousand in six months, that on the word of the new Leader. And it is Canada's intention to invite another twenty-five thousand, as promised over two years.
America should step-up, i feel, so too countries where they are in a position to demonstrate that they have convictions, and that they are willing to defend the Universal Principals our Freedom is based upon by their direct actions. I fear that America's leadership does not understand that when a local, "there", is killed, there are ten young persons who they have made an enemy of; something more is needed. I fear that in America, at the moment, Americans have the choice between the right-wing, and the extreme right-wing, i fear Germany (and France) may have no more of a choice if the divisions in Europe grow. And yet, the American people, and Europeans generally seem to demonstrate far more tolerance, than what this Leadership would like to portray as their intention.
Euro-Skepticism is navel gazing, fear of the unknown leading to a resistance to change, more drama less content; a return, like the "New Turkey" for example. It won't work. The left, or the center, may well be overwhelmingly popular soon, simply because war is not the answer, a military solution is not the only choice, and the right-wing are proving themselves inept under these circumstances. Syriza may have discredited themselves, Varoufakis hasn't, neither is the drive for a more democratic Europe. But in the case of this issue, Greece has shown itself to have the qualities Europeans admire, They remain a people who respect themselves, and who recognise misery for what it is, even if they are "inefficient".
...yes i have heard the same suggestions, for Cyprus too, Famagusta being empty, plant them there.
In any case, Greece has changed from this invasion of destitution, and Greece will grow stronger from it. There will be integration, some do stay, and through it a bond between these people will grow, not just as Greeks, Citizens of Greece, as Individuals, but, as Persons in the larger Family of Man, Syrians and Greeks.
Very funny!
