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Refugees

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InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 06:20

Am I wrong to feel the people of this country are using the "Cost of Living" narrative to justify not helping migrants and refugees who seek refuge for themselves? Neglecting our British values, passing the buck to Rwanda and European countries. The attitude towards those fleeing war zones and risking everything to come to this country on harsh waters is outrageous!

I was in the corner shop today and over heard a couple of women making digs about foreigners. To make unjustified claims such as "it makes us unsafe", "we don't have jobs" or my personal favourite - "they don't integrate into society." What on earth has happened to our British values? To make others feel welcome and to help others in need of help!

Every human has a right to safety, affordable housing, food, water, education and a healthcare system. Those are all things our wonderful country can provide and quite frankly has a moral obligation to provide for those coming from other parts of the world that aren't as fortunate as us.

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Spectre8 · 04/02/2024 09:51

A Muslim who isn't willing to help fellow Muslims out...wow now I've seen it all...some Muslim you are

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:51

Maireas · 04/02/2024 09:50

Right. Nephews.
Anyway, I'm still waiting for your evidence of the generous refugee policies of Saudi Arabia and Dubai, which you claimed upthread.

“Right. Nephews.” Meaning? I found two articles.

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InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:52

Spectre8 · 04/02/2024 09:51

A Muslim who isn't willing to help fellow Muslims out...wow now I've seen it all...some Muslim you are

How aren’t I helping? I always fight their corner.

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Maireas · 04/02/2024 09:52

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:51

“Right. Nephews.” Meaning? I found two articles.

Meaning why move nations because of nephews?
Anyway, please link your evidence.

Grannysmithsfrisbee · 04/02/2024 09:52

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:47

As a Muslim I won’t debate with someone that clearly has skewed view already. I’m not trying to debate Islam, it’s about refugees.

The majority of refugees to UK are Muslims from Albania/Iran/Afghanistan/Iraq/Syria.

And 87% are male.

januaryjan · 04/02/2024 09:52

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 08:55

Should we be a nation that refuses to help refugees?

You mean like you are refusing to help by not allowing a refugee into your house?

marshmallowburn · 04/02/2024 09:53

Maireas · 04/02/2024 09:47

Why come to such a racist country?
Why not go to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Australia? Japan?

Oi!!!
Leave Australia out of those racist countries please.
Moving on to the nutter OP

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:53

januaryjan · 04/02/2024 09:52

You mean like you are refusing to help by not allowing a refugee into your house?

I am from refugees.

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Sometimeswinning · 04/02/2024 09:53

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:46

I am absolutely against dictatorships. I believe all is equal, I believe that we should all have warm homes.

Who is paying for these warm homes? No one can afford warm homes at the moment. You’re saying that people will be forced to have people live with them, laws will prevent them from avoiding this. What happens when people want to move/downsize? Do the new buyers inherit the lodgers? Schools, do classrooms need to be bigger? You think people are angry now? Your idea would cause mass unrest!!

Maireas · 04/02/2024 09:54

marshmallowburn · 04/02/2024 09:53

Oi!!!
Leave Australia out of those racist countries please.
Moving on to the nutter OP

Nooo! I didn't mean that 😮!
I just meant - good luck with finding somewhere that would have those kind of open borders! 😉

januaryjan · 04/02/2024 09:54

Spectre8 · 04/02/2024 09:03

So you do have space.......

Space for a pony

but apparently not for a refugee

Grannysmithsfrisbee · 04/02/2024 09:55

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:52

How aren’t I helping? I always fight their corner.

How?

You're not outside the Iranian Embassy with a placard though are you?

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:55

Sometimeswinning · 04/02/2024 09:53

Who is paying for these warm homes? No one can afford warm homes at the moment. You’re saying that people will be forced to have people live with them, laws will prevent them from avoiding this. What happens when people want to move/downsize? Do the new buyers inherit the lodgers? Schools, do classrooms need to be bigger? You think people are angry now? Your idea would cause mass unrest!!

The same people who pay for the warm homes most citizens live in now in this country. Laws are always passed that people aren’t happy with and we all get on just fine after! Such as Brexit, etc.

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Grannysmithsfrisbee · 04/02/2024 09:56

januaryjan · 04/02/2024 09:54

Space for a pony

but apparently not for a refugee

Priceless !

😂😂

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:56

Grannysmithsfrisbee · 04/02/2024 09:55

How?

You're not outside the Iranian Embassy with a placard though are you?

I have no problem with Iranians.

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lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 04/02/2024 09:57

The last few responses from the delusional OP show me that it's clearly a lonely 19 year old, sitting in daddy's house winding everyone up! No one can be this stupid.

Bululu · 04/02/2024 09:58

@InayaWoo Far left is also evil and you are putting yourself in evidence with your ideas.

ArticWillow · 04/02/2024 09:59

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:51

I have no plan. The far right is vile, do you support them?

The far right does exist for a reason.

The same as the far left.
It's called democracy and freedom of speech. We need both to achieve an acceptable middle ground.

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:59

lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 04/02/2024 09:57

The last few responses from the delusional OP show me that it's clearly a lonely 19 year old, sitting in daddy's house winding everyone up! No one can be this stupid.

Goodness, third time. Helping people is so odd now? Keep repeating.

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InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 09:59

Bululu · 04/02/2024 09:58

@InayaWoo Far left is also evil and you are putting yourself in evidence with your ideas.

I’m neither.

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marshmallowburn · 04/02/2024 10:00

Everytime I ask I get shouted down as a racist but it is very obvious that most of the asylum seekers turning up in Western countries are young men. Apparently the women and children are all good at home.
And nobody will ever answer the question "why are some countries exempt from taking in asylum seekers?"
This includes most of the middle east ( still calling bullshit on Saudi Arabia and Dubai accepting refugees until proved wrong) and several Asian countries.
Always a deafening silence.

Bululu · 04/02/2024 10:00

In reality it may be a wind up. However, just in case Venezuelans are not laughing anymore.

See below this innocent soul with a mind alike to learn something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tareck_El_Aissami

Tareck El Aissami - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tareck_El_Aissami

InayaWoo · 04/02/2024 10:01

Grannysmithsfrisbee · 04/02/2024 09:52

The majority of refugees to UK are Muslims from Albania/Iran/Afghanistan/Iraq/Syria.

And 87% are male.

Refugees are refugees. It doesn’t matter is it’s Ukraine, Afghanistan or whatever.

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