Thanks for taking the time to write those examples of the horrifying language used on this thread tangerine. I think it is terrifying what is going on in Europe right now. The refugees are constantly dehumanised and 'othered' by politicians and in the press. I share your fears. The dehumanisation process in WW2 and the Bosnian war led to many deaths to expel the 'danger' of the 'other.' I keep thinking about when ITV found the emaciated people in the camp during the Bosnian war and I worry similar scenes in Europe are to come.
Juneau, Turkey isn't safe for refugees and it offersmany a very miserable existence that has meant many Syrian children having to work. For a country to be considered safe by the EU, it has to fulfill the Copenhagen criteria at a basic level, including guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities. Turkey is quite a violent place right now, not to mention the problems of no work or schooling for Syrians and the beating of Syrian refugees back to Syria. So, it is comparatively safe to Syria, but the Geneva Convention states people have a right to safety, not just a bit of safety.
'I imagine these children will be classed as SEN when speaking of unaccompanied children being brought to the UK. It is more than likely that children with English as an additional language (or without any English at all), traumatised by their experiences and who have been out of school for some considerable period of time WILL have additional needs'.
A lot of Slovakian Roma immigrants come to the UK and the kids pick up English really fast and only perform slightly below other kids, so there is no reason they will be SEN. I worked with a Polish boy that was a recent immigrant and he never had additional support. Slovakian Roma kids often come from 'special' schools in Slovakia where they are placed simply because of ethnicity which you would think would be a massive setback, but in the UK they catch up and do uk, so I think Syrian kids would be ok too. They may need support for trauma, but why can't that be provided
'Accepting millions of the sort of savages who were in Cologne
It's not language I'd use, but it's clearly referring to the men who carried out the Cologne attacks, not to ALL refugees, nor even to ALL migrants'.
Lumela, this statement clearly suggests that MILLIONS of reugees will be like the people that attacked women in Cologne, which is scaremongering crap really. 'Millions' is raher a lot isn't it? To transer such negative characteristics onto a group of people IS dehumanising and isn't just talking about a sub group, it's trying to infer those characteristics are widespread and innate.
There is DEFINITE evidence of people in Europe behaving like Nazis. A refugee was shot. In Bulgaria, authorities and locals beat and rob them. The injuries the police give refugees are horrific. People go missing. In Hungary a child was born dead because Viktor Orban refused medical care. Recently, refugees were made to sleep outside a petrol sation instead of in Medicine Sans Frontieres warm tents. Boats full of desperate people have been shot at. Bulgaria advised Greece to push refugees back into the sea. This video in particular will stay with me forever and really put fear in the pit of my stomach. I cried so much after seeing this. Noone can tell me this isn't like the Nazis. This kind of treatment has been happening all over Europe.