No I don’t have to take them into my home. I have to provide an environment in which the needy can get a job and provide for their families. That is true charity.We must take care of the needy, but we must also take care of our own families. Bringing a potentially dangerous person into the house to endanger the family is not taking care of our family.
Of course, if said person can be proven to be harmless, we should take them in without second thought. But that’s usually impossible.
And too many over-estimate the number of middle class economic migrants vs. real refugees, allowing them to ignore them all.Arkansan:![]()
100%.Refugees must be assisted but in such a way that the cultural and economic integrity of the aiding country is not threatened. Ideally, refugees should be helped to return to their native land.
Note, since many are confused on this point, that middle class Africans paying large amounts of money to be smuggled to Europe are not refugees and should not be treated as such.
Too many confuse these economic migrants with real refugees.
On the contrary, we as individuals cannot welcome the refugee if the country we are in does not allow them to enter. Once that is done there are plenty of people who are ready to do their part in making them welcome.As a country we can provide no help. If you as a Catholic want to help them. by all means do so.
If the 50 trillion is to our own people, then it is not a national debt. So let’s look at the 20 trillion in debt. Since the net worth of US households is 95 trillion, so the amount we owe is not as big as one might think. Looking at other countries we see that average net worth (per person) is the most in Switzerland, followed by Australia, Norway, and the US. Below the US we have Sweden, France, Singapore, Denmark, Canada, the UK, Italy, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Finland, Taiwan, Israel, and Spain, in that order. Below that we have all the other 170+ nations of the world. We are far from being a pauper nation.No we are not a nation of wealth. You can’t be a nation of wealth and owe 20 trillion dollars and have 50 trillion in unfunded debt on promises made to people for future payments.
There is no amount of financial support we could offer refugees “where they are” that can protect them from the physical threats they face. If someone is fleeing for his life, a can of beans where he was is of no help.It was in the news some weeks ago that for every one refugee we bring here, we could support 12 refugees in the area where they are.
How many refugees can afford to pay smugglers to take them across the Mediterranean?NickyMaz:![]()
And too many over-estimate the number of middle class economic migrants vs. real refugees, allowing them to ignore them all.Arkansan:![]()
100%.Refugees must be assisted but in such a way that the cultural and economic integrity of the aiding country is not threatened. Ideally, refugees should be helped to return to their native land.
Note, since many are confused on this point, that middle class Africans paying large amounts of money to be smuggled to Europe are not refugees and should not be treated as such.
Too many confuse these economic migrants with real refugees.
Some children have sold their bodies to get passage (sexual exploitation). Some refugees with modest means sell all their property along with funds from family members so that they arrive totally destitute. Some think they are getting passage only to find that they are victims of human trafficking. And even refugees with substantial means (what you might call middle class) can be real refugees when they are fleeing persecution.LeafByNiggle:![]()
How many refugees can afford to pay smugglers to take them across the Mediterranean?NickyMaz:![]()
And too many over-estimate the number of middle class economic migrants vs. real refugees, allowing them to ignore them all.Arkansan:![]()
100%.Refugees must be assisted but in such a way that the cultural and economic integrity of the aiding country is not threatened. Ideally, refugees should be helped to return to their native land.
Note, since many are confused on this point, that middle class Africans paying large amounts of money to be smuggled to Europe are not refugees and should not be treated as such.
Too many confuse these economic migrants with real refugees.
And whose fault is that?Some refugees with modest means sell all their property along with funds from family members so that they arrive totally destitute.
Which African countries are people having to flee due to persecution right now?And even refugees with substantial means (what you might call middle class) can be real refugees when they are fleeing persecution.
Certainly not the refugee’s fault.LeafByNiggle:![]()
And whose fault is that?Some refugees with modest means sell all their property along with funds from family members so that they arrive totally destitute.
Many of them do flee to other nations in Africa if they can.Which African countries are people having to flee due to persecution right now?And even refugees with substantial means (what you might call middle class) can be real refugees when they are fleeing persecution.
And when the priest and the Levite passed by the man beaten by robbers, they each said to themselves “Why do I have to be the one to stop and help this man? There are plenty of other people on the road to Jerichco who could help him.”And why are these people incapable of applying from other countries in Africa? Why do they need to illegally enter Europe? Is the whole African continent unsafe for them?
If someone voluntarily sells all their property to become an economic migrant, they are certainly responsible for their resulting situation.Arkansan:![]()
Certainly not the refugee’s fault.LeafByNiggle:![]()
And whose fault is that?Some refugees with modest means sell all their property along with funds from family members so that they arrive totally destitute.
You did not understand what I wrote. Suppose that it is necessary that these people be given asylum in Europe, why can they not apply for admission from another part of Africa? Why must they illegally cross the Mediterranean?Many of them do flee to other nations in Africa if they can.Which African countries are people having to flee due to persecution right now?And even refugees with substantial means (what you might call middle class) can be real refugees when they are fleeing persecution.
And when the priest and the Levite passed by the man beaten by robbers, they each said to themselves “Why do I have to be the one to stop and help this man? There are plenty of other people on the road to Jerichco who could help him.”And why are these people incapable of applying from other countries in Africa? Why do they need to illegally enter Europe? Is the whole African continent unsafe for them?
Boko Haram again kidnapped 110 girls from a school in Nigeria last week…Aside from the over 200 girls four years ago.Which African countries are people having to flee due to persecution right now?
Gotta be kidding…what compares to waking up with all of your children the following morning? What would one not sell for that?If someone voluntarily sells all their property to become an economic migrant, they are certainly responsible for their resulting situation.