whichphilosophy
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As I've said many times before in this thread, the problem isn't the refugees. It's the hysteria around it. Racist blogs have successfully manage to spread lies about the immigration, that are completely and utterly unsupported by facts. The truth is that crime rates have been unaffected by the refugees coming in. There's been very little problems. The biggest problem is a rise in racists beating up people looking vaguely middle-eastern, or racists trying to burn down refugee shelters.
This is a completely made up and constructed problem. Somewhere along the line the authorities failed in the communication. The racist blogs are trusted more than the people talking the truth.
The beggars in the streets is completely unrelated. Three years ago Romanian gypsies started showing up in large numbers, and are now a common sight on Swedish streets. There is zero connection with the Syrian refugee situation. You'll never find Syrian refugees begging in the streets.
No you won't see Syrians begging in the streets, they're all on government benefits, why would they beg in the streets?
I've worked with Syrians in the UAE. They're nice guys. I'm sure some will be on benefits. Therre are a few recently who were misbehaving. As for the gypsies, some have been breaking into houses and claiming they have rented it and produce some kind of document. Then it takes about six months through the courts to evict them, wherein the place will be trashed.
I haven't seen this in the press recently but there were some incidents a few years ago:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...-gipsy-squatters-targeted-several-houses.html
Also
http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/656553/Roma-gypsy-palaces-quit-EU-benefits-Brexit
Hopefully the BREXIT will follow up with a government who is a bit tougher on such issues as benefits and trespassing