There's an opinion article which came up today....via the publication WELT, and it centers on the other members of the EU (neighbors of Germany) and why they aren't that hyped up or eager to take on more refugees from the Moria crisis on the isle of Lesbos, Greece.
It's a legit article, and puts the question.....is Germany going to accept more refugees out of the situation, while everyone else stands there quietly and does nothing?
So, let me offer three simple observations here.
1. The neighbors of Germany don't have to take any action because the vast majority of refugees assembled at Moria....have the destination written down....Germany, period. They aren't accepting of any deal to send them to Croatia, Portugal, Poland or Hungary.
The neighbors know this. They can remain quiet and just grin because Germany hasn't grasped this fact since 2013. You basically have three countries that get on the refugee list: Germany, Sweden, and the UK.
You can laugh about this notion of Germany or nothing, but that's part of the big story here.
2. If you were a neighbor of Germany, and already have six-plus percent (even before Covid-19), why would you go and add 2k or 8k refugees to your country?
It's a serious question, and no one ever sits there to think over this. Just by taking in 3k refugees, you have to go and figure two entire years of language training and job qualification classes....to get the person to some basic level of survival and working. The idea of keeping half the 3k on some form of welfare for three years....maybe five years? For most countries, that's unacceptable.
3. Finally, there is this thing that countries would like to know who it is....coming in, and ask a dozen questions before resettling them into their country. If this guy spent a year or two in prison....why? If the guy claims he's 14 years old, but there's no proof of the age....why accept that? If the guy has been a trouble-maker in the refugee camp for a full-year....why resettle him to be a trouble-maker in their country?
The EU reaction to this question business....you can't do that, and hinder the process of resettlement. If they hand 3k refugees, and sixty of them are full-time trouble-makers....how many thousands of man-hours will you donate via the police or legal system....to force them back to their country? The sad thing....the sixty bad-boys end up making the entire group look bad.
I don't have a problem in admitting there are two mindsets here....the typical intellectual mindset, and the 'other'. Neither can resolve the mess, and there can be no real end-point.
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