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Originally posted by Pandora
It's really hard to stay true to my feelings on the influx of refugees coming into Europe while trying remain open-minded and avoid being Islamophobic.
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I don't necessarily think being opposed to the refugees is the same as being Islamophobic. It's a fact that these people snuck in with genuine refugees (in a "best" case scenario) assuming the one man was not lying about Syrian. That's an issue of security, and a country's primary responsibility is to its own citizens first. The mass influx of refugees does does a security risk, regardless of who they are, where they are from, what their races and religious beliefs are, etc.
I also have a genuine question about them: is it true that a majority of these refugees are single men in the 20-30 or so range? Because if so.... looking through history, most refugees are women and children (sometimes fathers, the occasional few single guys, but) Single men from 20-30 are, statistically speaking, amongst the lowest amount of refugees you see in any historical scenario. They're usually the ones staying behind to fight. Thus why I ask if what I heard is true since I'd question the legitimacy of the refugees since, honestly, it doesn't make sense that the age/gender statistic in this one situation would be completely backwards from how it is in almost any other refugee scenario throughout history.