Brussels Zaventem bombing

[d000hg]

What does this bombing have to do with refugees?

The implication that terrorists posed as refugees to get into the country. It was bandied about a lot pre-Paris and generally dismissed as nonsense but I think it's been shown to have been the case in at least one instance.

That said I really don't imagine they'd struggle to find a way in illegally, everybody else manages it without the financial and logistical backing of a powerful terror organisation.

[DodgyAgent]

You realise you're now agreeing with Katie Price:



That said even here there is an idealogical discussion. If you believe in letting in refugees at the cost of some convenience and niceties for the natives (terribly hand-wringing obviously) do you still consider it worth doing so at the slightly increased risk of terror attacks?

I think some people would argue that freedom and morality at a high price is still worth it. For instance it's really up to the peoples of France and Belgium to decide.

Not dissimilar from a parent having to decide whether to let their kid play somewhere a bit overgrown and rough around the edges... there is more risk of an injury but long-term is that worth it?

Does anyone actually stop and ask

1. Where do you house the refugees?
2. Who integrates them into society
3. Does anyone ask their neighbours permission before housing them?
4. Why don't those who support the taking of refugees be made to live next to them and take responsibility for integrating them into society.

[PurpleGorilla]

What does this bombing have to do with refugees?

The 'migrants' comprise a mix of refugees, economic migrants, and terrorists.

Letting them free for all wash over the continent is not a good idea.

[d000hg]

Are refugees supposed to be integrated, or is the whole point they are supposed to return home (and probably want to) after the conflict is resolved?

The 'refugee problem' and the ISIS problem are only tangentially linked though really.

[darmstadt]

The 'migrants' comprise a mix of refugees, economic migrants, and terrorists.

Letting them free for all wash over the continent is not a good idea.

Are you a migrant as you're obviously not a native English writer and speaker

[stek]

Are you implying that the problem is not of Muslim origin?

It's of Western origin, destabilisation Я us.....

[PurpleGorilla]

It's of Western origin, destabilisation Я us.....

[Flashman]

Just arrived and can't be bothered to read the previous pages.

I'm assuming we've already had...

• Only a tiny minority
• Nothing to do with Islam.
• And the classic 'what about the Crusades then'?

Thought so. Pray continue...

[DimPrawn]

Bliar blames "flabby Liberalism"

Tony Blair warns of 'flabby liberalism' - BBC News

But he warns that too often the West can "be made to feel guilty about itself" and fails to make its case.

"We're in a situation where we have to fight back," said Mr Blair.

The former UK prime minister is planning a global project to prevent extremism through education. Kerrrrching!

If you're not sure what "flabby Liberalism" looks like:

[sasguru]

Are refugees supposed to be integrated, or is the whole point they are supposed to return home (and probably want to) after the conflict is resolved?

The 'refugee problem' and the ISIS problem are only tangentially linked though really.

Feck me you're thick as mince.

Refugees are running away from a war that was caused directly by the invasion of Iraq. That led to a power vacuum, which led to ISIS, which led to them destabilising Syria. so they are intimately connected.