Statistic on the news said that 50% of the population there are under 18…

  • neptune@dmv.social
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    1 year ago

    Remember when the US caused million is refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan, filling up all the Muslim countries with refugees? And then after the starvation and war in Syria those refugees were forces to go to Europe?

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but what’s your definition of filled up?

      UK has 280 people per km2

      Egypt has 113 people per km2

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        1 year ago

        Egypt is literally a desert. Most of the country is uninhabitable. Do you propose they just start shoving refugees into the desert?

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        1 year ago

        I mean generally able to absorb refugees. It’s less a matter of current density, and more a matter of having resources, infrastructure and critically time to absorb them. Yes, I agree Europe and the US could do more.