Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees remain stranded at Turkish border

As long as they have arrived in Turkey they are safe. Any attempts to travel further into Europe is simply for economic reasons, not safety. So they should stay in turkey and Syria if they age safe. In Europe the problem with the recent influx of refugees, is that most of them simply aren't refugees. They believe that they will be given a home, a job, and a good life in Europe. What they don't understand is that the reason these European have good lives, their own homes etc, is because they WORKED for it. They spent years upon years supporting their country, living in their country, and are now reaping the benefits that they truly deserve. Now, the average Iraqi man looks at this from the side and he knows he wants this. He's even counting on finding himself a nice blonde European wife. When they come they receive free housing and free food’, but this is not up to their standards. But most importantly they get frustrated when within a few months they aren't living what they painted for themselves as the European dream… They are in the same refugee center, nothing's changed, and they aren't living like their Finnish neighbor like they'd hoped. They need to wake up, this is not a new Exodus from the Middle East to Europe, and they will not have the same lives as someone who spent his whole life in that country. Wake up. Be realistic. Maybe if they are aware that this dream they are creating for themselves, that it's complete bull, maybe then they'll stop coming. ““Our dream was to leave the country,” said Haitham Abdulatif, 48, who sold his Mercedes for $8,000 to pay for the trip he took with his 10-year-old daughter. “It was the talk everywhere — on TV, on social media.”... He arrived in Belgium with this in mind: “I was expecting them to give me a house, a good job, so I could have a better life. This is what I was dreaming about.”The reality, he said, was much different. He quickly spent the $8,000 he brought, mostly paying smugglers, and found himself almost broke. He hated the food (milk and toast for breakfast, he said, and cheese sandwiches for lunch). And obtaining residency and finding a decent job would take months, he said. Finally, he went to the authorities and said, “I want to go to Iraq.”... Many Iraqis, too, did not count on the difficulty of landing in a liberal, European society from a conservative Arab culture… Some Iraqis who returned had fond memories of their brush with European culture, and few regrets for trying a new life...He added: “I now consider the journey as something that was fun. I don’t regret it.””

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