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Europe 'close to limit' on refugee numbers, EU president says

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Europe 'close to limit' on refugee numbers, EU president says - CNN.com

(CNN)Europe is "close to limit" on accepting refugees, EU President Donald Tusk said Sunday, as he urged the international community to do more to step up resettlement of those seeking refuge.
A growing number of refugees have fled to Europe to escape instability in Syria, Iraq, Eritrea and Somalia, among other nations.

"The practical capabilities of Europe to host new waves of refugees, not to mention irregular economic migrants, are close to the limits," Tusk said Sunday before the start of the two-day G20 summit in China.
G20 leaders are meeting in Hangzhou, about one hour outside of Shanghai, through Monday to tackle issues including trade, terrorism and climate change.
Has the refugee crisis given Germans Merkel fatigue?
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Thoughts are.
My opinion Germany opened the flood gates and the EU had ignored the problems within Turkey over costs and such.
 
This whole situation is just screwed up beyond comprehension. There's no easy solution to this.
 
Quazimodo said:
I could be naive, but it seems to me that it is about time for all the refugees to go back to their homelands and fix what is broken.
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More is being broken there as we speak - so that is highly unlikely.
 
Quazimodo said:
I could be naive, but it seems to me that it is about time for all the refugees to go back to their homelands and fix what is broken.
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If they west who has contributed to these refugee issues refuses to support camps and such in other countries, guess where they will go.
That and not addressing the human rights issues in these countries also increases refugees.
Look at Rwanda, the so called Golden Child of the West.
 
JANFU said:
If they west who has contributed to these refugee issues refuses to support camps and such in other countries, guess where they will go.
That and not addressing the human rights issues in these countries also increases refugees.
Look at Rwanda, the so called Golden Child of the West.
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So, should I deduce that western leaders like Obama and Clinton and Kerry are feckless, incompetent failures incapable of managing complex worldwide socio-political issues?
 
Quazimodo said:
I could be naive, but it seems to me that it is about time for all the refugees to go back to their homelands and fix what is broken.
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That's racist!!!
 
That interventionism works so well.

Yeah....
 
Quazimodo said:
So, should I deduce that western leaders like Obama and Clinton and Kerry are feckless, incompetent failures incapable of managing complex worldwide socio-political issues?
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Greetings, Quazimodo. :2wave:

Did you get to vote on any of the "Agreements" that have been made? We can't even find out what's in them, let alone how we're going to be affected! :shock:
 
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The situation for the Syrian civilians has been incredibly dire for 5 years. The last update I recall was that slightly more than 10% of the refugees had attempted to or fled to Europe.

Many millions of Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself. UNHCR estimate over 5 million have fled to Syria's immediate neighbours Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. 7.6 million are internally displaced within Syria.

The sheer magnitude of the crisis is enormous and Syrians are now the largest refugee population in the world and we are seeing the worst exodus since the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago.

Just a terrible situation for all involved.
 
polgara said:
Greetings, Quazimodo. :2wave:

Did you get to vote on any of the "Agreements" that have been made? We can't even find out what's in them! :shock:
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Greetings, Polgara,

I must confess that I wasn't consulted re: any of the behind-the-scenes negotiations in ANY of the matters to which you refer. I'm sure they wanted my input but must have assumed I was otherwise engaged.

I couldn't help but smile when I noticed your reference to dropping temps in an earlier post. Florida is perfect. Please consider a visit.

Best regards,

Quaz
 
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Quazimodo said:
Greeting, Polgara,

I must confess that I wasn't consulted re: any of the behind-the-scenes negotiations in ANY of the matters to which you refer. I'm sure they wanted my input but must have assumed I was otherwise engaged.

I couldn't help but smile when I noticed your reference to dropping temps in an earlier post. Florida is perfect. Please consider a visit.

Best regards,

Quaz
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:thumbs: Thanks for the invite! I'm chalking everything that's happened so far to "it's been that kind of a year!" :mrgreen:
 
polgara said:
:thumbs: Thanks for the invite! I'm chalking everything that's happened so far to "it's been that kind of a year!" :mrgreen:
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I suppose the leadership situation in which we currently find ourselves falls into the "With friends like these, who needs enemies" category.

Thanks for reaching out!

Quaz
 
Serenity said:
The situation for the Syrian civilians has been incredibly dire for 5 years. The last update I recall was that slightly more than 10% of the refugees had attempted to or fled to Europe.

Many millions of Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself. UNHCR estimate over 5 million have fled to Syria's immediate neighbours Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. 7.6 million are internally displaced within Syria.

The sheer magnitude of the crisis is enormous and Syrians are now the largest refugee population in the world and we are seeing the worst exodus since the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago.

Just a terrible situation for all involved.
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Oddly enough, 2011 was the second year of Mrs. Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State. I wonder if she proposes doing to us what she did to Syria?
 
Quazimodo said:
I could be naive, but it seems to me that it is about time for all the refugees to go back to their homelands and fix what is broken.
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They won't because they're not done sucking Europe financially dry yet.
 
Quazimodo said:
So, should I deduce that western leaders like Obama and Clinton and Kerry are feckless, incompetent failures incapable of managing complex worldwide socio-political issues?
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They are incompetent to handle the problems within our own country.
 
Serenity said:
The situation for the Syrian civilians has been incredibly dire for 5 years. The last update I recall was that slightly more than 10% of the refugees had attempted to or fled to Europe.

Many millions of Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself. UNHCR estimate over 5 million have fled to Syria's immediate neighbours Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. 7.6 million are internally displaced within Syria.

The sheer magnitude of the crisis is enormous and Syrians are now the largest refugee population in the world and we are seeing the worst exodus since the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago.

Just a terrible situation for all involved.
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The whole world is involved now.
 
Quazimodo said:
So, should I deduce that western leaders like Obama and Clinton and Kerry are feckless, incompetent failures incapable of managing complex worldwide socio-political issues?
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Yes and no
 
Quazimodo said:
Mine was one of those, "Am I pregnant?" questions. Sadly, you can't have it both ways. :cool:
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Of course I can, it depends upon the policy.
 
Quazimodo said:
Greetings, Polgara,

I must confess that I wasn't consulted re: any of the behind-the-scenes negotiations in ANY of the matters to which you refer. I'm sure they wanted my input but must have assumed I was otherwise engaged.

I couldn't help but smile when I noticed your reference to dropping temps in an earlier post. Florida is perfect. Please consider a visit.

Best regards,

Quaz
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That was just funny i dont care what side of the issue your on.

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Serenity said:
The situation for the Syrian civilians has been incredibly dire for 5 years. The last update I recall was that slightly more than 10% of the refugees had attempted to or fled to Europe.

Many millions of Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself. UNHCR estimate over 5 million have fled to Syria's immediate neighbours Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. 7.6 million are internally displaced within Syria.

The sheer magnitude of the crisis is enormous and Syrians are now the largest refugee population in the world and we are seeing the worst exodus since the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago.

Just a terrible situation for all involved.
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So is the world looking at taking in another 8 million refugess ontop of the 5 you already mentioned? The total population of that country is roughly 25 million so thats about 1/2 their population.

Thsn what? We leave syria on it own? Is there any kind of end plan to this?

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I suggest that all keep in mind who precipitated the terror in Syria. The USA spent billions trying to destabilize Assad and funded, armed and trained Islamic Fundamentalists/ISIS/terrorists in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan. The USA is still supporting terrorists al Nusra specifically, but not the only faction. Assad has the support of a majority of Syrians and is the legitimate laeder elected by a Parliamentary democracy. The USA policy and direct actions have created this flood of refugees from both Syria and Libya. USA corporations want to control pipelines and energy flows accross Syria and Assad has been unwilling to deal with these businessmen/thieves/monopolists who want to control Oil/Gas routes into the EU. The driving force is the usual money and greed thing, don't ya' know?
 
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