[–] Diggit 2 points 8 points 10 points (+10|-2) ago
Because a lot of them are "rebels" hired by other countries that are leaving the war zone. A lot said rebels aren't Syrian. Mesh-up video of what's happening in Germany
[–] aileron_ron 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago
Welfare and many other free shit the illegals can leach off us.
[–] PsychoChomp 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That just doesn't make any sense. 3 times as many migrants to Europe this year compared to last. No significant changes to welfare at all, many places have been cutting their welfare budgets since 2008. European Welfare hasn't just appeared.
[–] aileron_ron ago
Well then you explain why the illegals are going to UK,Germany (good because their economy)and not any other country's. because the other country's economy is not as good.
[–] hyperoperation 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I imagine the rise of ISIS has had something to do with it.
[–] CarlosShyamalan 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Mass emigration started together with the arab spring. At least for people from Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt and Syria - before that most refugees came from Somalia I believe - but has been accelerated when the civil war in Syria turned into what it is now also affecting Iraq and Kurdish regions in Turkey.
[–] PsychoChomp 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I think it's a mixture of things mainly geo political. I will try to keep this as factual as possible. Arab spring has affected countries in Northern Africa reducing their ability or will to secure their borders from people traffickers. The rise of ISIS is making vast areas of Iraq and Syria unlivable for anyone apart from those they fairly randomly choose is a good muslim. Basically you must be a Salafi Extremist or maybe just useful to them. Even if you're considered a good muslim you have to pay enourmous "taxes" without complaint or be branded a heretic. Turkey is playing fast and loose with the international community, they're using any help to fight ISIS to try to defeat the Kurdish instead, maybe possibly even funneling arms to ISIS to help them fight the kurds. This is because the Kurdish political party is a direct threat to the ruling party of Turkey. Turkey doesn't seem to give a single fuck about people crossing their border to syria, westerners going to fight for ISIS or refugees coming the other way.
In terms of the boats, last year the EU stopped or significantly reduced the Mare Nostrum programme. Which was run by the Italian navy with other partners to find and take refugees in the middle of the Med to holding centers. They would scuttle the ships and arrest anyone on board who was found to be trafficking. They cut that back a lot, because some argued including UK Prime minister that it was encouraging migrants. It wasn't, and now traffickers don't get caught as much, and a whole bunch of people drown now.
[–] EdSnowden 8 points 20 points 28 points (+28|-8) ago
Because the losing side is realizing they can get a free ride from all the guilty white people.
[–] zambeezy 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
What are the white people guilty of, exactly?
[–] atheist101 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I think he means guilt in the "white guilt" way, where white people are supposed to feel bad for colonialism and racism