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[–] [email protected] 56 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Refugees are a financial and societal strain on any country taking them. That is not to say that no one should take in refugees at all. We as humans should take care of other people running away from death. At the same time I can definitely see why a developing country like Egypt isn't willing to take any refugees due to the immense implications that comes with.

Having said that, what I find very interesting as a European is that we, and our allies are poruing money and weapons into Israel, weapons which they use to carpet bomb and level Gaza to the ground, leaving over a MILLION people without homes in an already empoverished country where 70% of the population are refugees. Why aren't we as Europeans saying anything to our "allies" over the pond pouring weapons into Israel? At the end of the day, if Israel continues with this campaign of ethnic cleansing these people will have to run somewhere, and some of them will end up here.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Because international law is enforced to help powerful counties.