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Syria Refugees - 'Everyone Wants To Leave' |
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Patricia Doyle |
| The longer the US and west helps ISIS in Syria, the longer the
migration will continue into Europe, US and elsewhere. I am 100% sure
that all of the supplies and cars were courtesy of the US. Of course,
they were 'accidentally' dropped into ISIS camps. Yep, accidents.
ha. The Syrian people think Assad is best leader for Syria. So, why are the elites in the west so intent on fighting him and trying do regime change. Regime change does not work. Just look at Iraq, Libya and Egypt. All regime change does is create a vacuum in which radical Muslims take over a country and ISIS fills in the blanks. The article shows that the people are behind Assad. Russia has the right idea. They are supporting the formal government.. The invasion will continue and many of the original Europeans will die from diseases like Cholera, Polio, H58 Typhoid and TB all strains from TB to XDR and MDR TB to XXDR TB aka TDR TB/ They will be forced to convert to radical Islam and those who do not will be beheaded. The Raping of European women and children will continue and also the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like resistant Syphilis, HIV/Aids, HCV and HBV and, if some rapers are from Africa there is always a chance of Ebola. Time to get with the program and help the Russians. More young men are making plans as we speak to leave Syria and head for Germany or Sweden and of course, the US. Pretty soon there will be no room and jobs for any Germans or Europeans. When that happens, the Europeans will be killed and Europe taken over, I think Mr Putin realizes this and that was what prompted his action and determination to fight Isis and make Syria livable again. Beware, many of the young men coming out of Syria are deserting ISIS and Rebel fighters. These are not the type of people that the West should be taking in. i.e. unless you have you prayer rugs ready and bought your Jilbabs and hijabs. Oh don't forget your prayer beats. Those who do not pray get beat up by radical Islamists. Patty Syria Refugees - 'Everyone Wants To Leave' Death of hope drives young Syrians to Europe In a country where beheadings and barrel-bombs are part of everyday life, few see realistic prospects for change Suheil, a softly spoken 23-year-old, sees no hope for the future in Syria. The video engineer is scraping together around $2,500 (£1,600) to finance a perilous journey to seek a new life in Europe, fleeing what looks like a war without end. In his baseball cap, checked shirt and jeans, Suheil would not stand out in a Damascus crowd or among the hundreds of thousands of his compatriots crossing the border to Lebanon. From there they are scrambling on to planes to Turkey, and then boats, buses and trains to reach Germany or other safe havens in the biggest movement of people the world has seen in 70 years. “I want to do something with my life and there’s no way I can see of doing that here,” he says, detailing his plans to follow the route so many others have taken before him. Suheil was 18 when the uprising against the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, began in March 2011 so his adult life has been dominated by a brutal conflict that has already claimed 250,000 lives. Four million Syrians have left the country and 6.5 million more are internally displaced. In government-controlled Damascus, rebel mortar bombs kill a few civilians every week. In mid-August government forces bombed the souk in nearby Douma, killing 250 people almost two years to the day since a chemical weapons attack killed 1,300 in the same area. People carry the wounded to hospital after the air strike on Douma’s souk in August. In many ways, Damascenes say, the abnormal has become normal. Hollow-eyed children beg outside restaurants and cafes that hum with the chatter of shisha-smoking customers. Just a few miles away, Isis is fighting the army and government militias; typhoid has broken out in the Yarmouk refugee camp. Beheadings and barrel-bombs are part of the landscape of a disintegrating country TYPHOID HAS BROKEN OUT IN YARMOUK REFUGEE CAMP. SO MORE TYPHOID WILL BE HEADING TO EUROPE. ed PD The main thing is the economic pressure,” explains Suheil. “I earn 100,000 Syrian pounds [$315 at the local exchange rate] a month but I need double that to get by. The second factor is that life in Damascus is restricted because of the war. I’m trying to get together a group of five or six friends to get to Germany. Yes it’s frightening. But it’s more frightening here.” Three of his close friends were killed while serving in the army Hassan in Palmyra, and Samir and Salem in Deraa in the south. As an only son, he is exempt from compulsory military service, though he did consider responding to the latest call for volunteers “to save our country” displayed on posters all over the city. Receiving call-up papers is often a trigger for departure and arguments. Nur, a 21-year-old student, wants to leave. But his twin brother wants to stay put. Anas, a nurse, had wanted her children to stay but she relented and sold her gold jewellery when her son Salim found a way to get to Brazil, where he now has asylum after failing to reach the US. “I didn’t want my boy to leave,” she says, “but I heard of my neighbours’ children being killed by mortars or car bombs so I caved in and agreed he could go.” The swelling exodus is the subject of endless conversations and some off-colour jokes. “I’m offering free swimming lessons for any Syrians planning to leave for Europe,” one woman posted on her Facebook page. Another crack talks about friends meeting each other more easily in Germany or on Greek islands than in their Damascus neighbourhoods. Wry humour is an obvious way of staving off depression. “Every week, one of my colleagues leaves,” sighs a middle-aged businesswoman. “They sell their houses, or land, or their cars to finance the trip. This is a country that has lost its youth.” And the pace appears to be accelerating. “This wave of emigration,” argues Anas Judeh, a lawyer who is urging the west to cooperate with Assad to defeat Isis, “is just the beginning.” Advertisement Those leaving are not motivated by their political views, but by a situation in which few see realistic prospects for change. Suheil believes Assad is the best person to lead Syria. Wahib hoping to make it to Germany or Sweden and get his wife and children to join him later blames Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the west for supporting “terrorists” the catch-all term for any opposition to the government. “Everyone wants to leave, and it’s even worse in the areas held by Daesh [Isis],” he adds. “They are fanatics and killers. They will whip you if you don’t pray.” In Damascus there is a new industry of “facilitators” who offer advice to Syrians who want to get out. Adnan, a lawyer, has helped 16 people in the past few months and has 22 on standby waiting to go. The biggest group are 17- to 25-year-olds, including students who are about to graduate but have no job prospects. But he has wealthier clients too: a 30-something head of department living in a safe part of Damascus; another man who sold his car for $5,000 enough for a comfortable trip. Swelling numbers mean more information is available so people are getting less dependent on smugglers. Friends follow each others’ advice. It now costs on average $2,400 to get to Germany: the asking price for a fake ID is ¤500 (£365) but they can be had for ¤200. “The road out of Syria is getting easier,” Adnan says. “The costs have gone down and the factors driving people to go have not changed.” Following clients’ progress is part of the service: his WhatsApp timeline includes Google Maps images and this exchange with a man named Adam sailing to a Greek island: “It won’t sink.” “Go ahead, it only takes half an hour.” “Can you see the lights?” Adnan also has a handwritten diagram detailing the route from Izmir, via Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, along with the cost of trains, buses, cheap hotels, documents and advice on key points. At the end of the journey in Germany a tiny stick figure waves a flag in triumphant celebration. Not everyone is planning to seek refuge in Europe. Mayassa Deeb, an archaeologist at the National Museum, regrets the fact that so many of her colleagues have left. “But I am optimistic,” she says with a brave smile. “And that’s why I haven’t gone.” Adnan, making a living from helping others find a better future, says: “As long as I can afford to stay in Syria, why should I leave?” Syria Refugees Migration European Union Europe Middle East and North Africa http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/08/everyone-wants-to-leave-death-of-hope-drives-young-syrians-to-europe |
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