News: German military training Syrian migrants

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The German military is training more than 100 Syrian migrants for civilian roles suited to helping the eventual reconstruction of their country, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in remarks released ahead of publication on Sunday.

Von der Leyen specified that the pilot program was focused on training in a variety of areas such as technology, medicine and logistics.

It's not clear if von der Leyen plans to expand the program to include more of the one million migrants who arrived in Germany in 2015.

"The idea is that they will go back to Syria one day and help with the reconstruction" of their war-shattered country, said von der Leyen.

She said Germany could also play a role in training Syrian security forces once it had a responsible government.

http://reut.rs/2ah43nG

KillingYourCareer

Good. They have to do something, with the warm welcome they got from the country

Qudron

Germany is on the edge of a demographic collapse but they'd rather spend the money on foreigners?

alex_katycat

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Germany is on the edge of a demographic collapse but they'd rather spend the money on foreigners?

foreigners are humans too as far as I know

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Good. They have to do something, with the warm welcome they got from the country

Who's funding the training, do you know?

At least they're not offering roles in the armed forces just yet. The rest of the article explains that Leyen wants a diverse military, including immigrants. I think giving them opportunities whilst they're in Europe to better their lives and have the chance to return home and better their country also is a really good idea. I don't think everyone will be happy about it though..

MonsterPaw

That's a good idea

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Asjk; if Germany just trains all the migrants and their army doubles in the next decade.

Wiki says they have 60,000~ soldiers now