Icelanders Volunteer In Mass To Take Syrian Refugees
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More than 11,000 Icelanders have offered to take Syrian refugees into their homes, after their government said it would accept only 50 people this year.
A Facebook event created Sunday by Icelandic author and professor Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir encouraged members of the public to call on the government to increase its intake of refugees, reports Agence France-Presse.
Messages on the event page offered food, housing, clothes and schooling.
“I’m a single mother with a 6-year-old son,” wrote Hekla Stefansdottir. “We can take a child in need. I’m a teacher and would teach the child to speak, read and write Icelandic and adjust to Icelandic society. We have clothes, a bed, toys and everything a child needs. I would of course pay for the airplane ticket.”
The overwhelming response has led the country’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson to appoint a committee of ministers to discuss the possibility of allowing more refugees into the country.
This is so heartwarming. People who are well off willing to help out people who are struggling. Imagine if all developed countries took some refugees....I know each country has its problems but no country is going through what Syria has been going through this decade.
Immersing these people into Icelandic society won't be easy at first but I believe it is more than possible. Lots of immigrants have integrated well into Europe so...
Immersing these people into Icelandic society won't be easy at first but I believe it is more than possible. Lots of immigrants have integrated well into Europe so...
And lots of people haven't, which has caused anti-immigration movements to grow
It's horrible
