Reply to: <portentous voice mode> And so it begins.

[meridian]

&amp;lt;portentous voice mode&amp;gt; And so it begins.

Good news!, bringing in thousands of people and paying for housing, medical, food, benefits, schools etc for them is a great thing for the economy...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6722396.html

What a pity we're missing out on all this positive economic impact that Sweden and Germany are getting.

[minestrone]

I nearly travelled to Syria before the war started, the government advice was that you should keep an eye on any females in your company and not let them go off on their own. I got the distinct impression it was a nation of sex attackers.

Doctors, engineers, educators...

Teen girl raped by 5 Syrian migrants

[OwlHoot]

2015-10-29 Tony Abbott is right about immigration - and turning back boats

[Forgotmylogin]

I think Malmo has had 40 grenade attacks this year by Turks, that never gets written about.

A school shooting in the US and the UK's news channels get overloaded for a week.

I hadn't heard about them, but you're right - there seems to have been loads there that just don't get the coverage. I guess it's because of the lower numbers of casualties, and the fact that they're not targeting kids specifically, but still quite shocking. Just did a quick search and didn't find the Turkish angle, however.

I did find speculation that it was linked to the Serbian leader of one of the largest gangs in Malmo.
In a port city, grenade attacks shatter Swedish sense of safety | Reuters

[minestrone]

I think Malmo has had 40 grenade attacks this year by Turks, that never gets written about.

A school shooting in the US and the UK's news channels get overloaded for a week.

[woohoo]

I've met many Syrians over the years working in the ME & have found them to be largely urbane & well educated.

Granted, these were all middle class Syrians though.

Had a Syrian girlfriend for a while. A Christian. Family were from the Golan Heights.

You should have heard her on Israel

Israel, was that her other boyfriend?

[Gumbo Robot]

I've met many Syrians over the years working in the ME & have found them to be largely urbane & well educated.

Granted, these were all middle class Syrians though.

Had a Syrian girlfriend for a while. A Christian. Family were from the Golan Heights.

You should have heard her on Israel

[minestrone]

I nearly travelled to Syria before the war started, the government advice was that you should keep an eye on any females in your company and not let them go off on their own. I got the distinct impression it was a nation of sex attackers.

[SpontaneousOrder]

[Chuck]

...intelligence copper...

Those aren't two words you often associate with each other.

[Eirikur]

German and Dutch asylum seeker centres have also caught flames recently.
Breivik had a point, didn't really know how to make it

[SpontaneousOrder]

I don't, and never said they were. I am not arguing a specific example.

I was using Syria as an example of a source where refugees are currently coming from, and questioning whether it's correct to say that all refugees are low-skilled and uneducated. In fact, I was contrasting it with Eritrea, where education levels ARE low.

The refugees are 2 thirds Africans. According to a pal who's an intelligence copper monitoring Africa & Arabia.

[woohoo]

I don't, and never said they were. I am not arguing a specific example.

I was using Syria as an example of a source where refugees are currently coming from, and questioning whether it's correct to say that all refugees are low-skilled and uneducated. In fact, I was contrasting it with Eritrea, where education levels ARE low.

I mentioned mass immigration and lack of education. I did not refer to Syria nor did I say that all immigrants are uneducated.

[Forgotmylogin]

How do you know the immigrants are Syrians ?

I don't, and never said they were. I am not arguing a specific example.

I was using Syria as an example of a source where refugees are currently coming from, and questioning whether it's correct to say that all refugees are low-skilled and uneducated. In fact, I was contrasting it with Eritrea, where education levels ARE low.

[woohoo]

I guess Google is too difficult for you?

http://www.culturalorientation.net/c...ians+FINAL.pdf

https://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugee...oad.php?id=607

High education levels among Syrian refugees - Gteborg Daily

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pub...cms_240134.pdf

I stopped after the first two links, data from 2012 and the first link again referring to literacy, with some mention of skilled in construction and service industry.