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Oh No!! Not the 'I' Word again.

Maybe they'll stop when in Turkey? Or Greece? Or Albania? Or Romania? Or Bulgaria?
 
Amir Khan taking a convoy of food and equipment to Lesbos. Why can't he use his head and just go to Lesbos with money instead of goods and buy everything there.

Help the Greeks, help the refugees and save a fortune on fuel and transport.
 
Old Skier said:
Amir Khan taking a convoy of food and equipment to Lesbos. Why can't he use his head and just go to Lesbos with money instead of goods and buy everything there.

Help the Greeks, help the refugees and save a fortune on fuel and transport.
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Because as much as what you say makes sense, he's taking donated stuff from the public, he's not purchased it all. Simply the figurehead
 
pauldj42 said:
Because as much as what you say makes sense, he's taking donated stuff from the public, he's not purchased it all. Simply the figurehead
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And there lies the problem when people set up their own charity/welfare help. Main established charities will prefer cash or items that they can sell.

Cash ensures the correct and needed food and equipment can be purchased.
 
Old Skier said:
And there lies the problem when people set up their own charity/welfare help. Main established charities will prefer cash or items that they can sell.

Cash ensures the correct and needed food and equipment can be purchased.
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Probably correct, but still credit to him and the people who donated, not sure the main charities can cope.
 
And so in my i newspaper this morning I read a letter (from John in Woking) in which he finishes up with the question

Why do the "refugees" include a high proportion of young, able-bodied men?

Oh dear.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
And so in my i newspaper this morning I read a letter (from John in Woking) in which he finishes up with the question

Why do the "refugees" include a high proportion of young, able-bodied men?

Oh dear.
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If a huge civil war broke out in the UK, I'd be screwed with that mentality. I'm 32, so I like to consider myself to be young. I'd also like to consider myself to be able-bodied. And I am definitely male.
 
I'd like to think I'd lay down my life fighting for what I believe to be right if civil war broke out in the UK. Not flee to a foreign country. Some things in life are, or should be, bigger than the individual.



You never know until it happens though.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I don't think the refugees are going to stop. Europe is going to have to accommodate them somehow - and it's going to be painful.
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Why, this is a world problem, not a Europe one. Seems very strange that those fleeing from places to protect their families are so selective on where they go. Why do they put their families in further danger by continuing to move once they are in a safe country.
 
Old Skier said:
Why, this is a world problem, not a Europe one. Seems very strange that those fleeing from places to protect their families are so selective on where they go. Why do they put their families in further danger by continuing to move once they are in a safe country.
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It may be a world problem and we may not understand why 'they' should keep coming and move from one country to another. But I have little doubt that they will continue to come, and Europe will have to deal with it. And I am convinced that no matter what the UK gov might think and what the UK public might deem 'acceptable' - we will have to take a LOT more than 4,000 refugees a year for the next 5 yrs. And so we (in the UK) might as well get used to the idea and start working and planning with the rest of the EU to accommodate greater numbers. Or we can stick our head in the sand and be in denial and try and cope with chaos.
 
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on the beeb this morning saying 4/5ths of refugees are not from Syria after all.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
And I am convinced that no matter what the UK gov might think and what the UK public might deem 'acceptable' - we will have to take a LOT more than 4,000 refugees a year for the next 5 yrs.
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And who is it that's going to force the UK and its people to take a LOT more than they feel the country can cope with. Feel free to clarify your statement.
 
Interesting that the first major issue to confront the EU since it's inception and it's in chaos, with every nation for themselves. What happened to the big happy family? Regarding where the refugees would be settled in the UK, it will be all the usual places. I'm in Ipswich, which has obviously been designated a resettlement area. All this does is create pockets of different nationalities and very limited integration. The refugees ( and immigrants) should definitely be more evenly distributed but it won't happen.
 
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