You can’t make this up!
First we have Sweden welcoming any Syrians to their country who can get there—-thousands have arrived so far.
Then Sweden whines that they can’t carry the whole load and other European countries must step up and share the burden.
And, now we have Newsweek doing a photo spread showcasing 12 unhappy Syrians in Sweden! What happened to being grateful they are alive!
And, what is the use of being “welcoming” then?
Newsweek thanks to ‘pungentpeppers’ for spotting it:
Once they were respected and successful, they had money and power. Now they’re broke, roaming like ghosts in a foreign land.
These are the stories of 12 young Syrian men who used to be rich businessmen, global professionals and members of prominent families. They sacrificed everything to escape war and reach Sweden, the only country granting them permanent residence.
Far from discovering the paradise they dreamed about, some now lead an invisible life in bleak suburbs and remote villages, isolated and unable to find work. Cut off from their loved ones, they are stuck in a limbo between a comfortable life they cannot forget and a tough, new reality.
Check out the photos and sob stories (are they all true?).
It would be cheaper for the Swedish taxpayer to buy a plane ticket back to Syria for those who ‘found their way to Sweden’ only to discover there is no “paradise.”
As a matter of fact, the US State Department never mentions it, but some refugees to the US find there are no streets paved with gold here either. The most unhappy ones scrape together the money needed to fly ‘home.’ I’ve recommended that it would be less costly for the US taxpayer to fly them home for free (at our expense) and save us the even greater welfare costs involved with keeping them.
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