Should We Take In Syrian Refugees?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25539843

Anyone care to agree with Nigel Farage over this one?

[emmie]

no,

[emmie]

no we shouldn't, i don;t care what Farage says either.

[bazwillrun]

No...where does it end ?

[Baldric]

No!
Haven't we got enough waifs and strays already?

[bazwillrun]

starts with X amount and then they start multiplying and then they start bringing the rest of the family over and.....same old story

[emmie]

nooo, plenty of rich Arab countries that could take them.

[emmie]

we have so far donated 500 million towards the crisis.

[ichkeria]

Yes I agree with Nigel F on this.
And to his credit he's also given short shrift to Le Pen (for now)

Odd, though, that he's keen on this and yet not so keen on migrants who actually benefit the economy.

[mrsmaveric]

we are already over populated with migrants..

[DaisyNonna]

Far better to take in refugees and give to them than to those people who already have a home.

[sandcastle]

No.

[jim360]

Not the sort of thing I expected from Farage -- but I agree with him. I think we should take in as many as we are able to, given what they are running from, and given the misery that refugees in the camps on the border have to endure.

[ChillDoubt]

I agree, provided each EU member nation takes an equal/similar amount and those countries deemed 'safe' in the ME each take double the amount that the EU countries take.

[DaisyNonna]

Good idea chill, but how many more will die before governments get off their backsides and come to an agreement?

[mrsmaveric]

we have done more than our fair share of helping refugees...i wonder how many holland will be taking...or australia...or canada...

[ChillDoubt]

Thousands I reckon DaisyNonna, if not tens.

I actually blame the Left/Liberals/Pinko's/Tin Foil Hat brigade for the subsequent problems.
Had the US been allowed to deliver its pre-emptive strike instead of all the bed-wetting and hand wringing, Assad may well have decided to jump ship. If not, he could have been forcibly removed with enough pinpoint missile strikes. After that, the Arab League could have got together and at least emplaced some sort of interim government representing all sides with the threat of swift retribution for anyone breaking a ceasefire.
There is no easy solution, but ANYTHING has to be better than what currently prevails there i.e. Assad still in power, hundreds dying daily and tens of thousand heading for borders out of the country.

[Zacs-Master]

Any idea by Mr Farage ain't worth a fart in a spacesuit.

[askyourgran]

Are they up to joining the scrum waiting to come here? There are other countries besides here. It beggars belief that we are the only place in the world that the lame and hopeless can come to, and we can't get rid of the foreign criminals fast enough.

[emmie]

chill, the problem is that if Assad goes what then, this is not one group of stout rebels fighting a common enemy, it's many groups, each with their own agenda, and quite frankly after the debacle of Afghanistan, Iraq, shouldn't we be staying out of their affairs. I don't want to see Britain or the US become embroiled in a conflict like this, we have sent a shed load of money, more than others in the EU to help with humanitarian aid,
why don't rich Arab, Middle Eastern countries do their bit, why is always us opening our doors, the conflict in Syria isn't going to go away even if Assad goes, so the refugees could be homeless for years