and yet ISIS/terrorists get through, so perhaps not rigorous enough?
Out hearts might go out but that sympathy could well lead to hundreds or more being killed. Security was paramount more than 5000 yrs ago and it still is today. Fences, travel permits and screening, or quarantine of some sort for a probationary period where they can get help, safety and education, either to help them return or to assimilate apply for immigration.
Every nation has said that a safety zone within syria where they can be returned to is the preferred place for them. Cost, chaos and security for other nations is too high to let them roam free and vanish.
Ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. How many lives, how many acts of terrorism, and attempted acts before we realize that?
If most of the conflict is in the northern and central syria, find an area in the south near jordan where a safety zone can be set up and where supplies can more easily be brought in. Create a no fly zone to keep syrian and russian planes out. Create a perimeter to keep ISIS and other fighters out. Teach them skills needed to rebuild their country when the mess is resolved. Help them to stay syrians and be prepared to remain syrian, stronger that before the war. Help them establish areas to farm and raise sheep to feed the refugee community. Teach them to care for the medical and educational needs. Help them to establish small businesses and trades to help fund the safety zones and later to have a source of income to help help them support themselves.
Letting them live in europe or america makes it harder for them to return and puts undue burden on the western countries.
A billionaire has offered to buy an island and to build housing for refugees. Greece needs money. Win win for them both. When the refugees return to syria, the island can be returned to greece.
Establish a safe zone among the kurds where there is already a force to protect the land from both ISIS and Assad forces. Minorities especially would be protected by the kurds.
There are many things that can be done rather than have refugees live and travel anywhere in the west. I'm sure many on this forum and within western governments have other ideas that can more easily be implemented instead of refugees being in the west. There might be real needs for sanctuary of those more in danger and persecuted for religious, racial and other reasons. Those are the once that can begin the process of vetting and immigration. It might take years and they can be "quarantined" while the processing is being done. The vast majority should be kept as close to home as possible not scattered to the four corners.
From mega billion dollar corporations to local churches can help. Preachers don't need new million dollar homes and corporations can wait to buy a new plane while billionaires can live without gold plated car and a fifth house for the moment, and CEO's can wait for those billion dollar bonuses and retirement packages. Maybe we have to make choices between saving a dog or cat and saving a human life in our charity. In the end we might also be saving our own lives from terrorism at home.
How conveeeinient.
