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| Palestinians find welcome far from home | ||
| 2008-04-07 | ||
LA CALERA, Chile - Chile on Sunday greeted 39 Palestinians from a refugee camp in Syria for permanent resettlement, and local residents turned out to give them a rousing welcome. “Leave your suffering in the past and let Chile be the fountain of your newfound happiness,” deputy Interior Secretary Felipe Harboe told the tired newcomers, who spent 40 hours traveling to this farming community north of Santiago.
“Through you we relive the adventure of being an immigrant,” La Calera Mayor Roberto Chahuan, the grandchild of Palestinians, told the exhausted refugees who were to be settled in apartment buildings in the town. After the ceremony, the Palestinian families were escorted to their apartments. Local authorities will provide education, health care and Spanish classes.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #13 maybe they just need tunnels dug, and couldn't get visas for North Koreans? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-07 19:49 |
| #12 Welcome to La Calera. Soon to be the 2,789,345,789th Most Holy Place in Islam... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-07 17:08 |
| #11 actually Chile is farther along on social security privatization than almost anywhere else, and is cited as example by US conservatives, IIUC. was not is. Chile is now govverned by socialist party. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-04-07 12:14 |
| #10 cf: Danegeld. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-04-07 11:30 |
| #9 actually Chile is farther along on social security privatization than almost anywhere else, and is cited as example by US conservatives, IIUC. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-04-07 11:22 |
| #8 Serpent, meet breast. |
| Posted by: charger 2008-04-07 10:57 |
| #7 Will they get their Hamas-TV too? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-04-07 08:21 |
| #6 Leave your suffering in the past and let Chile be the fountain of your newfound happiness It's against their religion. Before you know it, Chileans will be occupiers. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-04-07 08:10 |
| #5 I didn't realize they had welfare in chile. Most of South America has strong socialist stripes. Which would explain why most of South America is in soul crushing poverty. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-07 07:55 |
| #4 I didn't realize they had welfare in chile. |
| Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Shavirt5970 2008-04-07 07:50 |
| #3 The "sufferings" of the Palestininas. The international aid per head to the Palestinians amounts to more than an Egyptain earns through work. Wouldn't it be more logical to settle Egyptians instead? And if we talk of suffering what about the victims of Arab fascism in Sudan. Take a look at Darfur children: you can count their ribs. Take a look at Palestinian children: they tend to be overweight. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-04-07 06:51 |
| #2 “Leave your suffering in the past and let Chile be the fountain of your newfound happiness,” deputy Interior Secretary Felipe Harboe told the tired newcomers, who spent 40 hours traveling to this farming community north of Santiago. Steve White: Don't worry, the Paleos will find a way to 'repay' your generosity ... hear hear Steve-o, Chileans will rue the fucking day.. Why is it that the Suicide Gene always finds a home. Immigration bureaucrats, State Dept. apparatchiks, and UN Lemmings are all infested. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-04-07 00:50 |
| #1 Local authorities will provide education, health care and Spanish classes. And I'll bet they think that'll be it, right? Enjoy em. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-07 00:10 |