AgusPop 4,162 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The Rich Gulf States are Saying No to Syria’s Refugees THESE countries boast an embarrassment of riches. But as European governments struggle to accommodate a mass exodus of refugees from war-torn Syria, What are the rich Gulf nations doing to help? Absolutely nothing Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain have offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees, according to new data from Amnesty International. The apparent indifference of the Gulf States is especially blunt considering they are some of the nearest neighbours to devastated Syria, where civil war and the threat of Islamic State militants have displaced millions of people. Thousands of refugees are risking their lives in desperate hope of finding safety and prosperity in stable nations. Many have died trying to get there. Figures from Amnesty International It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek a safe haven in the rich Arab Persian Gulf states. In Europe, too, internet users are calling out the Gulf states. A Facebook community of Syrians in Denmark recently demanded, "How did we flee from the region of our Muslim brethren, which should take more responsibility for us than a country they describe as infidels?" The rich Arab Gulf states do not offer the same welcome, there seems little likelihood the situation will change. The reason is the Gulf Arab states' aversion to granting refugee status, not just to Syrians but to anybody. The Dubai skyline in the United Arab Emirates, a rich neighbour to Syria that hasn’t taken in a single war refugee. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/12/facts-figures-syria-refugee-crisis-international-resettlement/ http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/why-the-rich-gulf-states-are-saying-no-to-syrias-refugees/story-fn5tas5k-1227518333430 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockPop 7,747 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Won't accept unidentifiable potential terrorists into their country? So surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qualle1 1,385 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Yes, this is extremely disappointing and inhuman... MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagzus 24,818 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 they probably don't want poor people spoiling their upper class image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpe 916 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Won't accept unidentifiable potential terrorists into their country? So surprising.Leave this forum disrespectful racist.Toddlers and their parents are dying out there and you with your phony ass Cinderella avatar dare speak like that. Woah. Leave. MAKE IT WORK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alii 2,039 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Cowards! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The Dubai skyline in the United Arab Emirates, a rich neighbour to Syria that hasn’t taken in a single war refugee. Not a neighbouring country to Syria. (the only neighbouring country with 0 Syrian refugees is Israel btw) they do have Syrians living there since the start of the war 500,000 #Syrians living in #Saudi since the start of the war. Mohammed Khalid Alyahya, Associate Fellow At the Saudi Arabian King Faisal Centre For Research And Islam Studies On why Saudi Arabia hadn't taken in any Syrian refugees : "Zero is a very inaccurate number because Saudi Arabia doesn't have a refugee policy. There are 500,000 Syrians in Saudi Arabia that have been given visas, 3000 of which, based on a recent royal decree, have been given scholarships to attend university inside the kingdom. They are also given healthcare for themselves and their families but they are called visitors, they are not called refugees. Many of them are there to visit their families, who already live in Saudi Arabia. I can't speak to other Gulf countries but the number in Saudi Arabia is 500,000. We can argue that this number is LOW but I would say the entire international community has done very little to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people." He then adds : "This week we have seen a lot of focus on the refugee crisis after there was a spike in the number of refugees coming into Europe and after we saw these heart-breaking photographs of drowned civilian children and civilians but the refugee crisis has been going on for 4 years. It's as if people have forgotten Syria until that one picture of the child surfaced." "25 million refugees, that's where we are headed right now. There is no concreate plan of action to stop the root of the problem which is Bashar Al Assad." The reporter, Lyse Doucet, than asks : "It's not going to end tomorrow, the war, and if there is this growing sense that there's a short-term emergency crisis on the humanitarian side, would Saudi Arabia consider treating some the Syrians as refugees because of course there's a different status if you're a refugee than if you're a student for example. Refugees would imply whole families would come in and would be in certain rights." Mohammed Khalid Alyahya replies "Whole families have come in and they have been given visas and their statuses have been formalised in Saudi Arabia. Just the fact that they're not called refugees doesn't mean that they aren't refugees. Putting the number at zero is extremely misleading. It just ignores the fact that there are 500,000 Syrians in Saudi Arabia as a result of this war that WEREN'T in Saudi Arabia before it." https://m.facebook.com/lifeofanoutlaw/posts/10153430549343673 This is the guy from Outlawz, Tupac's friend. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_(rapper) He lives there now for years. So the information in OP is incorrect. They should take more tho. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgusPop 4,162 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Cowards! and greedy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockPop 7,747 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Leave this forum disrespectful racist.Toddlers and their parents are dying out there and you with your phony ass Cinderella avatar dare speak like that. Woah. Leave.ISIS have vowed to use a refugee crisis to flood the world with extremists.Refugees have zero identiication with them. Thus no real screening.The refugees are 90% working age males. Not the media's tag line "poor children".It's an issue of safety. There is a reason countries have border controls.And just a question, what have these "refugees" been doing for so long before fleeing? ISIS have been killing people for at least 12 months... did they only recently notice? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgusPop 4,162 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Not a neighbouring country to Syria. (the only neighbouring country with 0 Syrian refugees is Israel btw)Stop it with your anti-Israel agenda!You can't compare Israel (20,770 km2 of Area) with Saudi Arabia with 2,149,690 km2 and a GDP of $1.668 trillion!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Stop it with your anti-Israel agenda!You can't compare Israel (20,770 km2 of Area) with Saudi Arabia with 2,149,690 km2 and a GDP of $1.668 trillion!!I'll say it again, they made huge graveyard in Gaza last summer, the space is not an issue.Jews all over the world are invited to live in Israel and get citizenship - there is space.Do opposition politicians in Israel have anti-Israel agenda to you? lolSaudi Arabia has half million Syrians since the start of the war, they're not called refugees.Your article is inaccurate. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I find it interesting, this sudden interest in refugee crisis by the same people who were happy that their neighbouring civilians, women and kids, were intentionally killed last year. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgusPop 4,162 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'll say it again, they made huge graveyard in Gaza last summer, the space is not an issue.Jews all over the world are invited to live in Israel and get citizenship - there is space.Do opposition politicans in Israel have anti-Israel agenda to you? lolSaudi Arabia has half million Syrians since the start of the war, they're not called refugees.Your article is inaccurate. Do not be hypocritical. Israel and Syria are enemies, they have fought three major wars and they have substantial baseline differences: starting for the Religionand how do you expect Israel can receive more than four million Syrian refugees at 20.770 km2!! smaller than Haiti ?!!and about the figures, Tell this to Amnesty International not to me. and I believe more in AI's data.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Do not be hypocritical. Israel and Syria are enemies, they have fought three major wars .and how do you expect Israel can receive more than four million Syrian refugees at 20.770 km2?!!About the figures, Tell this to Amnesty International not to me. and I believe more in AI's data..Israeli government and Syrian government are/were enemies. Ordinary Syrian refugee is fleeing from that same oppressive Syrian government and IS.I did not say they should take 4 million, but they could take certain number of themhttp://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-israel-has-a-duty-to-take-in-syrian-refugees/believe what you want, at least I did some research from people who actually live there. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgusPop 4,162 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 I find it interesting, this sudden interest in refugee crisis by the same people who were happy that their neighbouring civilians, women and kids, were intentionally killed last year. The biased Israel was defending themselves from terrorists who threw rocket fire from houses with their own children inside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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