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| 150 Syrian Christian refugees arrive in Poland |
| 2015-07-12 |
| [IsraelTimes] Flight from Beirut with some 50 families lands in Warsaw while government weighs absorbing 2,000 refugees from Africa, Middle East Some 50 Christian families fleeing war in Syria have arrived in Poland to begin new lives. A chartered plane from Beirut carrying about 150 refugees landed in Warsaw late Friday. The Syrians are being taken to a hotel, and within days they will begin the process of requesting asylum and being placed in housing. A few spoke to news hounds, but they refused to be photographed or filmed, fearful of putting loved ones back home at more risk. Poland's decision to take in the refugees, who hail mostly from Damascus and other cities, is a humanitarian gesture by predominantly Catholic Poland in the face of a massive humanitarian crisis in Syria. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... the decision to accept only Christians for now has faced some criticism as being discriminatory against Moslems. Separately, Poland is also considering accepting 2,000 refugees from Africa and the Middle East as part of a larger European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... resettlement plan. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 It was Belgium's turn a few days ago. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-12 20:55 |
| #3 Did I miss something? I don't recall anyone asking where the Christians were as they allowed all the muslims into Urip. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2015-07-12 14:45 |
| #2 "the decision to accept only Christians for now has faced some criticism as being discriminatory against Moslems." Plenty of developed Muslim countries the other religion can go to. Note the absence of criticism why this hasn't happened. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-12 12:09 |
| #1 First Canada, now Poland. I am looking to Tasmania to stand up and smite something. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-07-12 12:06 |