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Old 12-18-2015, 11:12 AM   #10
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by Big Sarge View Post
Moving and thought provoking. Unfortunately, less than a quarter of the refugees are Syrian refugees. So many seem to be from other countries seeking economic opportunities.
How many, what %, depends on the time frame. The Brit tabloids make that claim based on April/May/June arrivals before the Syrian influx starting in July. Does it matter which war torn country they are escaping from? Economic opportunity? You make it sound like they quit their $2 a day job to come here and be rich by working at walmart. When years of drought have made food scarce and ducking bullets hard to forage, I guess the chance to earn money and use it to feed the family could be called economic opportunity.
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