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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know, but I can't help but think that the current European war refugees would assimilate better into Western Europe than the currently favored refugee group.  Why is Europe ignoring the misery and agony of the war refugees in Ukraine?  Why is that out of the news now?

I live in Ukraine, and I am shocked on a daily basis by the horror of the situation of (Ukrainian) refugees who have come to Kiev because their town/city/home was destroyed in the past year.  There is no money to help these people, who make their way to Kiev and then live horrific lives, often on the streets.  There is increased prostitution and crime because of homeless refugees who have no other options.  Worst of all, there are hugely understaffed Dickensian orphanages packed full of children from Eastern Ukraine who are newly orphaned, or who were former orphans whose orphanages were destroyed in the war: children are routinely sedated to keep them quit because there are not enough staff/resources to care for them in orphanages here.

So, why THOSE refugees and not THESE refugees?  Why are the war refugees I see wandering homeless in the parks, and the babies who don't even have clothing, other than the long-in-need of changing filthy diaper they are wearing in their hellhole "orphanage" not being invited to make a new life in Germany?

I'm so angry now that my hands are shaking.  That is all.  [/quote]

Do you propose that we deport people from their own country?[/quote]

I don't understand what you mean by "deport people from their own country"?  I know many, many Ukrainians who would jump at the chance to move to Western Europe and have a chance for a job and life for their families if they were invited.  Who is talking about "deporting" anyone?  I propose that Germany and Europe should offer Ukrainian refugees the same open invitation and aid support that they are giving to Middle Eastern migrants.  There are many, many suffering, homeless, jobless Ukrainians whose towns/homes/cities were leveled recently, and these people would jump at the chance to start over in Western Europe.  But no.  They aren't even covered by Western media.  Instead, the EU ignores the Ukrainian refugees next door in favor of importing more refugees from another continent/culture.

In 1994, Bill Clinton signed the Budapest Memorandum, which was a commitment by the US and UK to protect Ukraine's borders if Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons (which it did).  The US and UK did not honor this commitment when Russia decided to slice off pieces of Ukraine, and in fact, there is STILL fighting in Eastern Ukraine, even though the Western media--for reasons I don't understand--is not covering this issue AT ALL.  So I also think the US should, at the very least, be helping the Ukrainian refugees to some extent as well.

But no.  Ukrainian refugees who lost everything in the war are out of luck.  Ukraine and Kiev can't help them because there is no money.  Germany and Western Europe are ignoring them in favor of Middle Eastern refugees.  The Western media block on Ukrainian refugees and the ongoing  situation here chills me because it is actually happening.

Incidentally, Ukrainian refugees share enough cultural values and customs with Western Europe that they would integrate easily.  I don't understand why they are being ignored.[/quote]

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