loreta said:Looking at this map we can see that Hungary is the big frontier for the rest of Europe, is that right? Is this map ok? Because if this is right now we can understand this huge and long fence to stop refugees not just for Hungary but for the rest of Europe? I was not aware of this.
Shared Joy said:Hi,
Maybe you should watch this video made 5 years ago about the then already ongoing refugee crisis. The title bespeaks for itself: Is This the Worst Refugee Crisis in Europe? (…but seeing what it is today, we know it got worse)
_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPl9PW7ONIQ
People from Pakistan, Somalia and Iraq were already in large number crossing to Europe from Africa.
The narrator said that Spain and Italy succeded in stopping the inflow of illegal immigrants by negotiating , back in 2009, some bilateral repatriation agreements with African countries. Therefore the migrants went to Turkey first, then to Greece. That’s why Turkey is so prepared to receive refugees nowadays.
Greece had been overwhelmed for many years since, with an ongoing influx of people.
The video presents the poor condition of detention centers, the slow asylum request processing, and the conflicts between locals and immigrants. They were unable to master the crisis back then, as the whole Europe is unable to do it now.
Maybe humanity is going to be united by suffering, but for now everyone sees suffering from his/her perspective only, so I’m afraid, this will not happen soon.
Persej said:loreta said:Looking at this map we can see that Hungary is the big frontier for the rest of Europe, is that right? Is this map ok? Because if this is right now we can understand this huge and long fence to stop refugees not just for Hungary but for the rest of Europe? I was not aware of this.
This is the newest map. Croatia is now the new frontier of the (Catholic/Protestant) Europe.
naorma said:Another point: There is something a lot of people dont understand: Why give a lot of money to people smugglers when you can buy with the same or less money a flight ticket or even a ticket for a regular ship? Or even buy a boat by yourself? It is only a few miles from Turkey to Greece by boat. I learned that if you are a refugee and will not be accepted in the country of your destination the airline has to bring you back to your country. Does that mean that all the people do not have passports? Otherwise why can't they take the regular more cheaper and safer way?
What worries me is that nobody seems to think and talk of the people who have rebuilt their country after WWII which was a horrible situation for many a years. Now they see that everything they have built up is being destroyed again.
A few months ago they were told that there will be a lot of restrictions due to the economical situation. Now they learn that "money is no problem" as the Austrian Chanceller has said when he talked about supporting refugees. And there is a lot of poverty in Austria, which does not come to surface and gets no help. . .
I think it is important to see both sides . . . .
naorma said:We live in a time where boarders obviously are something bad. In the description above I think one can see that they are necessary, too. We dont live in paradise but in a world where there is violence and on the long run we will all have to face a situation similar to that.
Another point about that Video: Before closing the boarders Hungary announced some days before that they will do so. So why did those people go there? Shouldn't they respect the decision and find a different way, as they are doing now? And what kind of husband is it to bring a pregnant woman in such a situation? Why did they throw stones?
I am afraid my arguments might seem raw and I was a little bit afraid of putting a statement like this. Very often one is called a heartless racist, fascist for saying something like that.
I see weakness in Christian societies. Muslims are stronger, they have more respect for life, Family and children, more respect for cultural unity.
The last sentence being definitely true. Because a lot of the "we help the refugees" supporters dont have their feet on the ground but just having an event: Oh, lets organize a concert for the refugees! Great! Wonderful! Oh, lets do some runnig for the refugees! Oh, Great, wonderful! Lets have a Demonstration! Great, wonderful! There is no real Feeling behind all that.
Before you call me a racist, fascist or something like that please keep in mind that one of my best teachers is a muslim woman, my supporter for computers comes from Serbia, some friends of mine are Jewish, Palestine, Czech.
It is just that the situation should be seen in total . . . .
Persej said:naorma said:Another point about that Video: Before closing the boarders Hungary announced some days before that they will do so. So why did those people go there? Shouldn't they respect the decision and find a different way, as they are doing now? And what kind of husband is it to bring a pregnant woman in such a situation? Why did they throw stones?
They threw stones because 'evil' Hungarians are standing in their way to better life which is promised to them by Germany and Sweden.
anka said:It really appears that the whole process of igniting a war between Muslim and Christian worlds in Europe can't be stopped. I can't myself imagine what kind of action could stop this. We know that at some point the hell will break loose, somewhere. This might well be that point of no return. I hope the European governments will somehow realize that to stop the war on their continent, they must quickly join Russia in Syria and stop the war in the Middle East. But I would not bet on it.
Odyssey said:And I think that at this point, at least for the Syrians and other displaced peoples from the Middle East and Africa, that hell has already broken loose. There are just varying degrees of it depending on where you are in the world.
http://www.sott.net/article/301915-Syrian-refugees-in-Europe-regime-change-in-Damascus-and-the-mass-migrations-still-to-come said:What if, with one eye on the climate chaos to come, those 'Secret Government' types "across the pond in the US who feel like they're in a lab running all sorts of experiments on the rats" - as Putin aptly described them last year - are taking advantage of the 'resource war' they created in the Middle East to effect some sort of drill in which they test control methods, responses in the population and system capacities to sudden migrations of really large numbers of people caused by 'mother nature', who appears to be mirroring the planetary chaos created by psychopaths in positions of power?
naorma said:Konstantin said:.... They don't have cloth for winter, they don't have anything. They are not adapted to very cold winters , but even if they are their chances are low because of their resources.
And as the situation is developing i don't think that all of them will find some temporary shelter during the winter, or the winter will be excuse to put them in some kind of camps .
Very dark times are coming for all those suffered souls out there.
I often have to pass railwaystations where migrants are kept safe. I cannot agree with "they don't have anything". Most of the migrants I have seen until now have warm clothes, warm shoes and even more technical stuff than just a smartphone. And obviously their clothes are not from some refugee organisations. Some of them have clothes from helping organisations, thats true, but they are not too much - you see that i.e. of the imprint of a jacket. And most of them dont look like they were on the run . . . I am not judging, just wondering.
The other day I was talking to a railway officer. I asked him about the refugees and the situation here. Because there is something strange: You see and feel no desparate people, on the contrary you see very often laughing and joking folks. Which of course is good, because nevertheless they are on the move and it is better to laugh than to cry . . . But it is strange.
Another point: There is something a lot of people dont understand: Why give a lot of money to people smugglers when you can buy with the same or less money a flight ticket or even a ticket for a regular ship? Or even buy a boat by yourself? It is only a few miles from Turkey to Greece by boat. I learned that if you are a refugee and will not be accepted in the country of your destination the airline has to bring you back to your country. Does that mean that all the people do not have passports? Otherwise why can't they take the regular more cheaper and safer way?