It's not all roses in Oz

[Ombud]

www.yahoo.com/news/syrian-refugee-family-meets-rude-welcome-german-home-145719190.html

The five members of the Habashieh family took a taxi to the asylum center assigned to them by a computer in Berlin. It was a former army barracks used by the Soviets and by the Nazis before them, surrounded by towering fences topped with barbed wire.

That's when Raghad lost it and began to cry. "I'm scared, I hate this," she burst out, staring at the forbidding gates.

For the Habashiehs — mother Khawla Kareem, 19-year-old daughter Reem, sons Mohammed, 17, and Yaman, 15, and little Raghad — it was the end of a draining day, the latest in a string of draining days in a terrifying journey to a new life. It has taken them from bombed-out Damascus; over the choppy Mediterranean on a rubber dinghy; across the Balkans at the mercy of human traffickers; and finally through Austria by minibus and into the promised land of Germany.

Beyond the gates, young migrant men lined up in the gloom, dimly illuminated by floodlights, waiting to get plastic bags stuffed with rolls and wrapped cheese, a late dinner. A police officer with a gun in his belt stood nearby, surveying the scene.

The sinister barracks, in a depressed part of Germany that's a far cry from the vibrancy of Berlin, gave the Habashiehs their first inkling that the land of dreams may not be all that they had hoped for.

So what did she expect?? If 'news' of the REAL German experience gets out, will that stem the tide? And it's not even winter yet!!

[billisonboard]

Sounds like a typical reaction by a tired 11 year old to a new experience. 

[Ombud]

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MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Five families of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay last year protested outside the president's offices on Monday, demanding they be allowed to leave the South American country in search of better jobs, even back in the Middle East.

Uruguay accepted the 42 Syrians fleeing civil war in October 2014, but the families said they felt the leftist government had failed to deliver on a promise of good incomes.

"I am not afraid to go back to Lebanon," said 36-year-old Aldees Maher, whose family had initially sought safety in a refugee camp across the border from Syria. "I want a place that guarantees me, my family a life."

Their protests come as Europe struggles to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers escaping conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and illustrate the challenge host nations face integrating the often-destitute refugees.

In Uruguay, a secular country with a tiny Muslim population of about 300, the refugees receive housing, health care, education and financial support from the government. Even so, they have struggled to settle in and relations with locals have been strained.

"I don't have any way of getting a job to earn enough money and look after the family. Before we came, the embassy told us we could earn $1,500 a month," said Maher.

Maher said he would demonstrate in front of President Tabare Vazquez' office until the families' demands were answered.

The refugees hold an identity and travel document that is recognized internationally, but other states can deny them entry.

Maher and his family returned to Uruguay after spending 20 days in Istanbul's airport in August after immigration officials refused them entry to Turkey.

"If they want to go, they can. But it is not up to us whether another country allows them entry," said Javier Miranda, head of the human rights secretariat inside the presidency.

One 22-year-old Syrian who identified herself as Sanaa said she felt deceived by Uruguay's treatment of the refugee group.

"It's not what they said it would be like here. We want to leave," she said.

Another group of 80 Syrian refugees is expected to land in the country before the end of the year.

(Reporting by Malena Castaldi; Editing by Richard Lough and Dan Grebler)

And Uruguay has good weather

[jkapp]

Sept 19, 2015 9:20:13 GMT -5 Ombud said:

mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0R72C720150907

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Five families of Syrian refugees granted asylum in Uruguay last year protested outside the president's offices on Monday, demanding they be allowed to leave the South American country in search of better jobs, even back in the Middle East.

Uruguay accepted the 42 Syrians fleeing civil war in October 2014, but the families said they felt the leftist government had failed to deliver on a promise of good incomes.

"I am not afraid to go back to Lebanon," said 36-year-old Aldees Maher, whose family had initially sought safety in a refugee camp across the border from Syria. "I want a place that guarantees me, my family a life."
"I want a place that guarantees me, my family a life."

Their protests come as Europe struggles to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers escaping conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and illustrate the challenge host nations face integrating the often-destitute refugees.

In Uruguay, a secular country with a tiny Muslim population of about 300, the refugees receive housing, health care, education and financial support from the government. Even so, they have struggled to settle in and relations with locals have been strained.

"I don't have any way of getting a job to earn enough money and look after the family. Before we came, the embassy told us we could earn $1,500 a month," said Maher.

Maher said he would demonstrate in front of President Tabare Vazquez' office until the families' demands were answered.

The refugees hold an identity and travel document that is recognized internationally, but other states can deny them entry.

Maher and his family returned to Uruguay after spending 20 days in Istanbul's airport in August after immigration officials refused them entry to Turkey.

"If they want to go, they can. But it is not up to us whether another country allows them entry," said Javier Miranda, head of the human rights secretariat inside the presidency.

One 22-year-old Syrian who identified herself as Sanaa said she felt deceived by Uruguay's treatment of the refugee group.

"It's not what they said it would be like here. We want to leave," she said.

Another group of 80 Syrian refugees is expected to land in the country before the end of the year.

(Reporting by Malena Castaldi; Editing by Richard Lough and Dan Grebler)

And Uruguay has good weather

Wow - I think that pretty much sums up these refugees doesn't it?  "I want a place that guarantees me, my family a life."   

Not "I want to be able to earn a good life for my family," but that the "place" guarantees them a good life.  Talk about entitlement.

And did you hear some of these refugees keep trying to get to Germany or scandinavian countries?  And why?  Because those countries offer more generous welfare benefits!!  Who would want these freeloading sons of bitches?  They're just looking for the biggest handouts, not the best opportunities.

www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6473/europe-migration-crisis-welfare

IMHO, the days of the hardworking immigrants moving to new countries, trying to improve their lives and get better opportunities for their children, are long gone.  They have been replaced by freeloading whiners who are only looking for the best welfare benefits from whatever sucker country/state will match their feelings of self-pity.

[Tennesseer]

Could 'guarantees' possibly mean an opportunity to earn a living and support his family?

[Ombud]

There are no 'guarantees' in life. Come into a country, don't learn the language, you're not even guaranteed a minimum wage job. IMHO they're upset bc their welfare is ending.

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In Uruguay, a secular country with a tiny Muslim population of about 300, the refugees receive housing, health care, education and financial support from the government. Even so, they have struggled to settle in and relations with locals have been strained.

They get all that and they're b!tching and making demands? It's more than a lot of people get. Boo effing hoo!

Screw 'em.

[Tennesseer]

Sept 19, 2015 10:14:36 GMT -5 Ombud said:

There are no 'guarantees' in life. Come into a country, don't learn the language, you're not even guaranteed a minimum wage job. IMHO they're upset bc their welfare is ending.

Apparently, you don't understand the definition of 'opportunity'.

[Ombud]

op·por·tu·ni·ty: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

"we may see increased opportunities for export"

synonyms: chance, lucky chance, favorable time/occasion/moment, time, right set of circumstances, occasion, moment, opening, option, window (of opportunity), turn, go, possibility;

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a chance for employment or promotion.
"career opportunities in our New York headquarters"

Had they complained during the guaranteed housing period, I would have given them credit. HOWEVER they waited until free housing was running out and adults didn't bother to sufficiently learn the language. A chance isn't a guarantee and they are bitching that they don't get

the families said they felt the leftist government had failed to deliver on a promise of good incomes.

non-governmental businesses aren't obligated.


Tennesseer, I know the difference between chance V opportunity V guarantee. Apparently it didn't translate to them

Chance = you have the chance to win the lottery if you buy a ticket

Opportunity = a set of circumstances when acted upon makes something possible

Guarantee = owed based on a promise

[Ombud]

Rethinking : the only thing guaranteed in life is death & taxes.

[Ombud]

jkapp:

Finland starts checks on refugees at Swedish borderReuters

9 hours ago

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland on Saturday started border checks for asylum seekers arriving from Sweden in the northern town of Tornio, while people there demonstrated against a growing influx of refugees.

"From now on, people crossing border in Tornio will be checked by a procedure led by the police", the interior ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said asylum seekers can no longer continue their journey from Tornio to elsewhere in Finland without registering as asylum seekers.

"The situation up north is uncontrollable. People have continued from there to any police station in Finland," Paivi Nerg from the ministry told the online edition of Helsingin Sanomat daily.

According to public broadcaster YLE, about hundred Finns gathered for a demonstration at Tornio border, with signs saying "Close the borders!"

The government said on Friday that more than 11,000 asylum seekers, most from Iraq, have come to Finland so far this year, compared to just 3,600 in the whole last year.

Last week, Finland agreed to accept its two percent share of 120,000 asylum seekers to be relocated across European Union states, but said it remained opposed to a mandatory quotas.

The government is looking to lower asylum seekers' cash benefit, now 316 euros ($356) a month for a single adult without meals, and aims to cut social integration benefits.

It is also planning to increase capital gains tax and income tax on high earners to help pay for higher immigration costs.

(Reporting by Jussi Rosendahl; Editing by Toby Chopra)

www.yahoo.com/news/finland-starts-border-checks-refugees-north-113805107--finance.html
There'll always be migrants .... just not in the frozen north. 316€ will cover a week of food (Finland is expensive)

[weltschmerz]

Can you blame them?

www.timesofisrael.com/breed-and-conquer-europe-al-aqsa-preacher-exhorts-muslims/