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[paaul12]

VERY SAD to report that the future of our once thriving refugee industry is under serious threat as the production process has hit legal problems which are set to cause a big decline in the output of younger generation refugees. And if this happens, who will keep alive the burning desire for return to the land of our grandfathers and grandmothers?
Aware of the problem, refugee deputies have decided to change the legal requirements for hereditary refugee status. Until now only the referee father could pass on referee status to his kids. A refugee mother married to a non-refugee could not do so, which many deputies consider grossly discriminatory against women and are trying to change the law.

If the law is passed it would create, overnight, an extra 40,000 refugees, raising the number of refugees, according to government calculations, from 34 per cent to 42 per cent of the population. We would be the first country in the history of the world which would have a steady growth in the number of refugees, without anyone being forced to leave their home for more than 30 years.

This is what happens when refugee status become a hereditary right. And if women are allowed to pass on this status to their kids, the government estimates there would come a day when 80 per cent of our population would be refugees.

This would pose a problem for our government an official source told Politis, as there would be a “danger that our refugee figures would not be credible to other governments and international organisations”.

THE GOVERNMENT’S real concern is not so much about its refugee propaganda (nobody believes our numbers anyway and the whole world knows that we are talking about luxury refugees, with two cars and a holiday home, not the dispossessed type who live in shacks). Its big concern is having another 40,000 freeloaders, demanding government subsidised housing loans, cash handouts and other state benefits.

As a compromise, the Ethnarch has proposed to give refugee status to the children of refugee mothers but they would not be entitled to any of the state benefits. The question then would be, why would anyone want to have refugee status if they can’t enjoy the state handouts? Does a refugee ID give you street cred?

DIKO has come with a bill aimed at overcoming the problem. This envisages that children of refugees (mother or father) would be regarded refugees until they are 18. Once the child reaches 18, he will have the right to decide if he or she wants to have refugee status. Being a refugee will become a lifestyle choice. And those who choose to be a referee should be given a free diplokambino by the state


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[humanist]

that is okay shahmaran, i have come to acceot that some turkish cypriots (especially those living in cyprus) are hypocrits, and i certainly fo not expect you nor do we want you to feel sorry for a greek speaking refugee living in a small flat, firstly no cypriot refugee is living in a small flat they all live in a big flat. Because the stamp raised a lot of fund to accommodate people appropriately.

firstly my coment on hypocritism, turkish speaking cyps have voted for unification, yet they had wrong intentions of such action. they want the money, health and employment opportunities cyprus has to offer but very few actually want to live with cyporiots.

turkish cypriot refugess? where are they? people living in the north are there by choice. Yes I admit that people had to leave cyprus in the 60's because of fear of their lives and have become refugess abroad, things are different now and can return. Greek Speaking Cyp refugees do not have that luxury infact yur leadership is probably encouraging the sale of their land. Further indocating hypocritism illegal sale of land.

[shahmaran]

well humanist come to the north and see for yourself, and im pretty sure that i have hardly seen 1 GC hype about getting back together with their "brothers", its always either property and land talk, or nationalistic "ancestorial lands" crap, so i think we are both playing the hypocritical game, dont you think?

[pitsilos]

"ancestorial lands" crap

thats crap? the history of cyprus goes beyond the dicovery of cyprus by the ottomans.

[shahmaran]

"ancestorial lands" crap

thats crap? the history of cyprus goes beyond the dicovery of cyprus by the ottomans.

yep yep, and Greeks, hence why it makes it "crap"...

[pitsilos]

it goes well beyond the greeks as well.

look at the little statue on the euro coin for example

but why am i arguing with you proffessor shahmaran?

[shahmaran]

hey i like that idol, i think its great, and im just trying to point out that i also think it totally ruins Piratis's "ancestorial lands" theory, making it "crap", the guy thinks Greeks have just suddenly "appeared" in Cyprus out of no where and aquired the island through some divine approval

[pitsilos]

shit did someone changed my login?

is piradis around?

but i am sure piradis talks about land that has been handed down from generation to genaration, and not a reference to greece or we are greeks.

ps. i like the way you diverted the debate shahmaran

[shahmaran]

i believe that Piratis is the main advocate of the whole "ancestorial lands" argument here, and it was him whom i was refering to when i mentioned it for the first time just a few posts above until you jumped in and intercepted, so i dont see any diversion, just disruption with some dry humour caused from your side

[pitsilos]

why? only piradis is priveledge on ancestral land?

you don't think 200,000 people have the same right?

ps. have you gone into the trouble of asking piradis what he means by ancestral land or you guessing what he means?