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Where would you flee to if war came to us ?

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wheretogoif · 26/02/2022 20:37

Sorry really not wanting to sound alarmist. But just pondering on the thought of which country we could seek refuge in, should the worst happen?

Our European neighbours would be out, as they'll have their own issues.

So where could we go ? Interesting to think about with all that's going on and how the general public view refugees...

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xfgdhfgnhkk007 · 26/02/2022 21:40

I have nowhere to go, so I would hide under my bed.

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wheretogoif · 26/02/2022 21:40

@Amichelle84 well, I'm generalising. But lots of people don't want to help refugees !

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bumblingbovine49 · 26/02/2022 21:41

If we were directly under threat and being invaded , I' d try to get my son to safety and than ask for weapon, preferably some sort of machine gun and I'd stay put and shoot from my house . I'm too old 57 and fat to run around so I'd probably be killed quite quickly but I'd take a good few invaders with me. I'd feel less guilty about saving my son if I stayed to fight as best I could. I'd much rather I was killed than my 17 year old son. He has years of life left to live

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wheretogoif · 26/02/2022 21:41

@FrothyB

What a stupid fucking comment. "Like we deserve". Why do we all "deserve" to drown in the med? Because a loud minority of the country isn't too keen on people who are largely economic migrants coming to Europe via illegal means?

By your logic of the views of a few determining the fate of everyone, then all Syrians and Afghans should die because a % of them are Jihadists? Or do people only deserve safety if they've voted the "correct" way at every election and have #FBPE in their twitter usernames? You think the folks of Algeria/Tunisia/Egypt would open their arms, or would a decent chunk of their society complain about the thousands and thousands of "Christians" decending apon them who don't follow their values or way of life?

As for us. Living under Russian occupation wouldn't be worse than dying, for us anyway, so if it looked like we were going to lose, just wait it out untill the changeover of power and carry on under the new system.

Oh calm down. You know what I meant. Don't take everything literally.
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Gormless · 26/02/2022 21:42

Back to family in Northern Ireland. Ironically enough.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 26/02/2022 21:42

We could go to my parents in the countryside if there was bombing of the cities, but not sure we’d have anywhere to go abroad. I do have family in Australia and Canada but no right to go there.

Maybe exh would go to his partner’s country of origins but it’s really not somewhere I’d want my dd to grow up if I could help it

bellac11 · 26/02/2022 21:42

Are you seriously asking how the general public in the Uk view Refugees?

They view them badly, disdainfully, as not entitled to being safe, people are suspicious and racist about them.

(generally speaking)

veevee04 · 26/02/2022 21:42

There won't be another large conventional war like world war 2 as the stakes are too high . One finger on a red button and we are all dead I'm not concerned because by the time Russia would have got here the nukes would be unleashed.

WiddlinDiddlin · 26/02/2022 21:43

I'd realistically, be going nowhere - i need a wheelchair accessible building, i need access to electricity for powering the chair, for chilling meds.

In theory, I'd want to escape to somewhere remote and rural in the UK, with the idea that bombings and airstrikes would be aimed at the important areas of big cities, but beyond that... nope, not a clue.

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wheretogoif · 26/02/2022 21:44

@bellac11

Are you seriously asking how the general public in the Uk view Refugees?

They view them badly, disdainfully, as not entitled to being safe, people are suspicious and racist about them.

(generally speaking)

No I wasn't asking as far as I'm aware, I see it exactly how you see it though.
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TheCanyon · 26/02/2022 21:44

We have family in Dubai and Qatar, could try there I guess. I'd go nowhere in reality.

Katya213 · 26/02/2022 21:45

If you fled to other countries instead of fight, id hope the British government would pass a law that you'd never be allowed back again.

Scianel · 26/02/2022 21:45

Back to Africa I guess.

bellac11 · 26/02/2022 21:45

No OP, I was replying to someone else, I find this forum impossible to use at times, sorry

It was someone else who didnt seem to understand what you were saying

nanohana · 26/02/2022 21:46

Ironically, I think the Falkland Islands would be a good bet - remote and probably no visa issues.

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wheretogoif · 26/02/2022 21:46

@Katya213

If you fled to other countries instead of fight, id hope the British government would pass a law that you'd never be allowed back again.
Eh what ? Does that apply to all refugees or just me ?

Because that's what refugees are. So you think they all shouldn't be allowed back into the Ukraine too ?

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mintfuschia · 26/02/2022 21:46

It's all very well deciding to stick it out rather than flee, but if you hit a point where bombs are falling locally (and I'm not saying this is particularly likely in the UK from Russia, but just hypothetically) then you might want to get out of the area being bombed sharpish, even if not to become a refugee elsewhere - even if you want to just sit out in the countryside a bit and then go back when the bombing calms down.

I suppose if you could guarantee you'd survive an initial load of bombing it could then be safer to stay put even if it meant living somewhere occupied or controlled by an aggressor, but you can't really guarantee that you would survive that. Whether there'd then be normal amounts of food and healthcare available after that wouldn't be certain either.

I don't really have anywhere to go as a precaution early on, so I would have to stay here, but I would still want to have a bag packed and would try to be prepared to flee where I live if it it was under fire or about to be, even if I couldn't go to a completely different country.

Nordicmom · 26/02/2022 21:47

Well my family is in Finland and 3/4 of us have that nationality but that’s not a good option now . DD has US citizenship and she’s a minor I don’t know if that would help us to be able to go there although that’s maybe not a good option either . Not worried about this though . I’m not going to start entertaining that kind of scenarios now

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wheretogoif · 26/02/2022 21:47

@bellac11

No OP, I was replying to someone else, I find this forum impossible to use at times, sorry

It was someone else who didnt seem to understand what you were saying

Got you. Yes that was a strange question to ask of that poster! I thought it was common knowledge that we hate refugees ( generally speaking ).
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womaninatightspot · 26/02/2022 21:47

@GeodesicDome

I'm not going anywhere. I'm a born collaborator.
I'm sorry but Grin
BramblyHedge · 26/02/2022 21:48

@ShiftingSands21 ...good call except that almost everything is imported and they are dependent on the UK government for financial survival - might be a sort term solution!

Im2022 · 26/02/2022 21:48

We were talking about this today! We’d just go back to my husband’s home country east of the world. Away from everything. I’m glad we have dual nationality.

Question887 · 26/02/2022 21:48

I'd stay in West Wales in the countryside

bigyellowTpot · 26/02/2022 21:48

my grandparents lived through and survived the blitz their house suffered bomb damage and they were thrown in the force of the blast but luckily survived. suppose I'd have to do the same if it came to it. I'm am working class and let's face it we'd be the last to receive help and the offer of asylum from anywhere as the better off people with money will be helped first just like they were with the life boats on the titanic!

Roundeartheratchriatmas · 26/02/2022 21:48

I’ve come to the conclusion that I might not flee. I don’t have children or family close by but where I live now has been my home for a long time.

I would want to at least try and help protect it in some small way.

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