Here’s a bit of not unexpected but nonetheless distressing news from Deutsche-Welle:
There are no official statistics, but aid organizations, social workers and volunteers note that ethnic, social, cultural and religious tensions are on the rise in Germany’s overcrowded refugee shelters.
Separating refugees according to religion is now being mentioned as an interim solution to help alleviate the problems.
Who could possibly have predicted it? This is the quote that caught my eye:
Overcrowding isn’t the main issue anyway, Jacob argued – it’s merely the trigger: “People bring with them the conflicts that exist in their native countries, Christians and Muslims, Kurds and extremists, Shiites and Sunnis – they don’t leave them behind at the border.” These conflicts erupt when the refugees – often traumatized – are forced to live close together, he added.
Another question raised in the article: how does Germany accept Muslims without accepting Islamists? I’ll answer it for them: they can’t.
“Who could possibly have predicted it?”
Anyone over the age of thirty who was both honest and did NOT have their head stuck up their fundament. But besides that, no one.
In essence, the refugee “migrants” are people who could not live peacefully with their neighbors. At some point you have to wonder if they’re part of the problem.
Also liked the reports I was reading earlier this week that some towns near camps in Germany are telling their citizens to not let children out alone, that women need to dress much more modestly and that women shouldn’t travel alone either. Great job, Merkie!
But, doesn’t much of the migrant chaos stem from the mixed signals, followed by walking back threats or inaction on the part of the U.S. government? It’s like not applying a tourniquet when bleeding starts, and only when someone is bleeding out do you hastily open up the first aid kit.
IMO, our country has acted the JV team in meeting many of the challenges of the last 7 years!
Subsequent to the invasions of Afghanistan and then Iraq (the Qaddafi’s overthrow in Libya at which we connived) and the removals of their respective governments, I don’t think what the U. S. has done or not done has mattered very much. The characteristics and internal dynamics of the various countries are more important than anything we do.
If I had to pick a single factor that has spurred the most recent spurt of migrants, I’d say Ch. Merkel’s announcement about Germany’s willingness to accept Syrian refugees, no questions asked. It’s certainly created a booming business in fake Syrian identification papers.