I thought Saudi Arabia had taken a little over 500 with other Arab states taking less than that number. I read another report that claims Saudi Arabia has taken 0 - the same as the other Arab states. Either is unacceptable.
It's also not true.
In fact, MOST of the people being displaced by the Syrian Civil War have ended up in Islamic countries.
100,000 to 500,000 Syrians have ended up in Saudi Arabia. the Saudis don't call them "Refugees", but "Arab Brothers in distress". 1.4 Million are in Jordan, 2 million are in Turkey, and there are six figure numbers in Kuwait, the UAR, and Egypt.
BY COMPARISON- as much as you are hearing European whining about it, they really haven't taken in that many. Germany has taken the most- anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000. The next biggest recipiant is Sweden with 78,000.
And despite JewRoids hysterical ranting, France has only taken in 500. Most of their unhappy Muslims are people they brought over from Algeria and MOrroco decades ago as cheap labor and they can't find jobs for them now.
Refugees of the Syrian Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the bottom of your link are the actual countries listed and again - it is possible the numbers are not right because anyone can alter a free Wikipedia page as I understand it. I wouldn't count your link as the most reliable source for fact checking, Joe.
Qatar – Qatar is sponsoring 42 Syrian refugees as 'guests of the Emir'.
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Romania – The
European Commission asked Romania to accept 6,351 refugees under an EU quota scheme.
[243] The
Bloomberg reported that "Romania’s government will call on the European Union to grant its citizens equal access to the visa-free
Schengen area if the bloc’s leaders impose mandatory quotas on its members to shelter refugees."
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Russia – gave $24 million for Syrian refugees.
[245] Russia also granted over 1,000 Syrian refugees asylum.
[246][247][248] About 5,000 Syrian refugees have settled in Russia since 2012.
[249] Five hundred Christian refugees arrived in Sochi and settled there.
Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia has offered resettlement only to for Syrian migrants that had a family in the kingdom, and has an estimated number of Syrian migrants and
foreign workers that reaches 100,000 living with their families
[8] and has sent aid worth $280 million to help Syrian refugees.
[250] Saudi Arabia, like all of the
Gulf states, is not a signatory to the
1951 United Nations Refugee Convention.
[9] According to the Saudi official, Saudi Arabia had issued residency permits to 100,000 Syrians.
[8] The BBC reported that "most successful cases are Syrians already in Gulf states extending their stays, or those entering because they have family there."
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I do have two questions for you, Joe. Why isn't Saudi Arabia and all of the Gulf States a signatory to the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention? Why did they all opt out? And why does the BBC report conflict with Saudi Arabia's claims?