Admitting Gazan refugees would be proof that Britain has a death wish

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Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph today.
The sheer level of hatred in this article horrifies me. Am I wrong to feel so shocked by this?

What about child refugees?

I don’t think any country is considering doing this are they? Not even close by

With the Israeli thing?

Er ok

Why the cryptic post fgs say what you mean stop trying to be all mysterious

The poll is a sample of 1580 adults, so be careful not to assume it represents the entire Palestinian population.

No, there are no refugees to house, it has not been considered by anyone, this is all about one article written in the telegraph to stir up hate and division.

@PeasfullPerson

interesting idea but if you just took in children I am sure there would be complaints of the children weren't placed or cared for by Muslim parents. The optics of child refugees from Gaza being brought up by Christian families might really strike a few nerves.

Toucher

The interesting thing is that we are currently housing refugees from another conflict, at considerable expense, despite being on their "enemy's" side. They're not even our loved ones; we just met them in a shop and offered help. So you can seriously get lost with your moral high ground.

Seriously you need to educate yourself on refugee programmes you post as if this was never ever done before

@MissyB1

I am simply saying that there is considerable support of Hamas in Gaza and obviously they are drawing their fighting force from the make population. Remember these Hamas 'fighters' took part in October 7th. I don't think it is Islamaphobic to point this out...terroristphobic yes. (As we all should be)

Can you find better evidence to the contrary though?

On a more positive note, the reluctance to take refugees from Gaza must surely provide momentum to establishing a viable Palestinian state.

The Israelis elected again and again a far right fascist government, watches silently while Palestinians homes are bulldozed and their land stolen in the West Bank, hears the kind of rhetoric from elected government ministers calling for another Nakba, nuclear weapons and the total destruction of Gaza, and watches on their phones the mass slaughter of thousands of children.

All totally fine according to some.

Meanwhile the majority of Palestinians have lived their entire lives under a brutal dehumanising Israeli apartheid.

The same apartheid regime that propped up Hamas in Gaza in order to maintain the status quo, i.e. to undermine the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and scupper any chance of a Palestinian state.

They’re the bad guys.

Ahh come on, let's not invent scenarios where someone is getting upset about something that hasn't happened. Please don't voice these baseless assumptions.

Someone doesn’t know what apartheid was …

Or, indeed, fascism.
a common failing

What about those who could come and live with extended family or friends? Or seriously unwell children with no living family members? At least they might stand a better chance of living then, and all the other concerns can come after. Couldn’t they be placed with people who would support their right to believe whatever religion they chose to?

That isn't necessary. The point is to remember it is a small sample, not the whole population. Highly concerning, but accuracy is important.

Thats a completely standard polling sample. Do you know how polling works? Pollsters dont interview the whole population.

Mmmm, nope. I’d say that possibility is more remote than at any point during my lifetime.

The poster doesn't have any knowledge of how unaccompanied minors are supported or anything about the foster care system!