It is good that the press has announced that they are children because otherwise someone might think that they are adult age Arab terrorists.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-conflict-REFUSE-carry-intrusive-checks.html
All the refugees I have seen in pictures here in the states of the refugees we took have been men
According to the State Department
Fact: Most of the "refugees" are young men.
Shouldn't they mostly be women and children?
I think it's important enough to point out some nuances here especially since you always claim the media are misleading us. Yet this "fact" is a fine example of the media not doing their homework.
In a historical context refugees have always been more male than female due to the dangers of the trip. Not only do they have to escape a war zone and travel hundreds of miles without lodgings or protection - which is very hard for the older people - but many families do not have the money to finance a trip to a safe country including the high prices for smugglers for all family members. Smugglers who can't be trusted by the way and might sell young women and children who travel alone as prostitutes or slaves. They might also be victim of assault or rape.
Arab countries like Syria also have a male dominated society; man are considered more important then women, usually have a better education etc, something that will benefit them once they reach Europe to get a job. But it also means that in this war with many fighting groups wanting them as soldiers, many young male refugees are trying to flee compulsory military service. They wouldn't be able to support or protect their families.
So it's no surprise families try to reach a refugee camp or border and send younger males on a dangerous trip to reach Europe. These younger males might be able to support their families financially with a job or in case they get asylum they can reunify their family. It's their best chance.
That being said, it all comes down to the numbers. The Asylum Statistics by Eurostat are numbers that pretty much always show up in an argument about why Syrian refugees seem to be young men. However, these statistics focusses on applications from citizens of non-member countries without differentiating the countries. These numbers also include economical refugees from all kind of countries. And therefore are misleading.
Statistics show the numbers are pretty even between men and women according to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. It's when you look at the numbers for refugees who travelled by sea throught the Mediterranean when you can spot the difference: 55% male, 18% female; 27% children (Refugees/Migrants Emergency Response - Mediterranean).
In other words, while the majority seeking asylum in Europe might be adult males (for reasons given earlier), the statistics from the UNHCR show that of the total refugees coming out of the Syrian conflict (this includes refugees in the camps), the split is pretty even. In fact it would be very weird and fucked up if women and children were the majority trying the dangerous trip.
And within all of that is an explanation why Europe and The United States must take them in and their neighbor Saudi Arabia doesn't have to?
Thought so.
And where do I state that Europe and the United States must take them in and Saoudi Arabia not?
Rock a bye baby...
I feel sorry for England. I have relatives there and many personal friends. From what I've been told England ain't too far from being a muslim country. All the refugees I have seen in pictures here in the states of the refugees we took have been men. Where are the women and children? I wouldn't take any men if I had a say.
Fact: Almost all the refugees from Arab and African countries are refugees because the US and Nato destroyed their countries.
You probably know there are a lot of pictures circulating that claim to show refugees in America that are actually pictures of refugees in other nations.
According to the State Department, of the 10,000 Syrian refugees who were admitted to the U.S. this last year approximately 80% are women or children, 60% are under age 18, and only half of 1% are adult men unattached to families.
It certainly seems to be a justification of why millions of Syrian males are migrating to the west. Tell me that you are not in favor of Syrian men flooding Europe and I will retract my comment.
The expenses would certainly be less if their next door neighbor would allow them in.
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:1orglaugh Are you on drugs or something? Or forgot to take your pills? Explain to me why my explanation of refugees being mostly men because of a dangerous trip suddenly becomes a justification for Syrian males to migrate to the West and an explanation why Saoudi Arabia shouldn't take refugees.
Perhaps you would have a point, if you didn't have a track record of defending Muslims, mass migration and constantly criticizing conservative ideas and Christians.
Yeah, these people shouldn't be allowed to leave their country.
Still waiting for an explanation.
assari, I don't know if you are just for what you think is the fun cross over slowly into racist bullshit
Yeah, these people shouldn't be allowed to leave their country.
It is not racist to oppose the Arab invasion.
They have their own countries where they can live.
The Syrians have taken up arms so they reaped now what they have sown.