Aren't they assuming food.and shelter will be waiting for them? I know some leaders have the humanitarian view, and I've felt awful watching them drown trying to find a better life, but I really hope their children don't grow up feeling lost in a foreign society. Having to learn a second language and automatically becoming a second or third class citizen (we all hope prejudice doesn't effect us - but be real) , I wonder what the long term will be like for those countries.Why do Fleeing Arabs Not Migrate to Other Arab Countries?
Why do the people of Islamic faith leave Islamic countries of their origin and migrate to Christian countries? Why not go to other Islamic countries to live?
When you're a refugee your priority is survival ---- not "do they have my religion in country X".
A given citizen of Syria --- or anywhere --- isn't automatically a religious person.
Think about it for a moment --- if you had to emigrate somewhere to survive, would the place's main religion even be a consideration? You go wherever you CAN go. Your first priority is food and shelter, and your second priority is a means to sustain continued food and shelter. Religion is something you can take with you -- it's not like you need to hook up to a grid.
but I really hope their children don't grow up feeling lost in a foreign society.
Only one way to prevent that, send them back to Syria in a few months.