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leveymg

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3. A watery grave and lethal neglect are contrary to int'l duty

Reply to Recursion (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 4, 2015, 02:27 AM

Sep 2015

under binding treaty. Bonafide refugees come from all those countries.

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Call them what they are: refugees who are owed protection leveymg Sep 2015 #1

Some are, some aren't Recursion Sep 2015 #2

A watery grave and lethal neglect are contrary to int'l duty leveymg Sep 2015 #3

Attaining protected refugee status is not nearly as easy as you claim, branford Sep 2015 #5

I know of what I speak over 30 years leveymg Sep 2015 #13

Nothing you stated really conflicts with my posts in this thread. branford Sep 2015 #15

We largely agree. This is really a crisis of political will by countries of final destination. leveymg Sep 2015 #17

A question as several people know much more than I The Green Manalishi Sep 2015 #19

KSA and the GCC already spend a fortune supporting ISIS/AQ leveymg Sep 2015 #20

Another issue is that even legitimate refugees aren't entitled to go to any country they want branford Sep 2015 #4

The UNHCR has said that 85-90% are genuine refugees. pampango Sep 2015 #7

10-15% still ultimately represents tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people. branford Sep 2015 #16

Indeed they do. And the genuine refugees 7 to 9 times that number. pampango Sep 2015 #18

most foxface666 Sep 2015 #21

one notices which part of the world these "refugees" are not going and where they are not welcomed n msongs Sep 2015 #6

Where is that, and why do you put "refugees" in quotes? n/t jtuck004 Sep 2015 #8

The Middle Eastern countries are not taking in ANY of them. Why should it fall to Europe? 7962 Sep 2015 #12

Turkey, Leb., Jord. host most Syrian refugees. KSA, Gulf states only take selected leveymg Sep 2015 #14

Come on fingrin Sep 2015 #9

If this doesn't convince European powers romanic Sep 2015 #10

The Warmongers are frothing at the mouth fingrin Sep 2015 #11

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