I read an article somewhere yesterday that said it would cost X amount of dollars to resettle refugees here while it would cost a fraction of that in refugee camps through the UNHCR. I can't find the story now.

 

I understand what it's like to live in fear of your neighbors/neighborhood. To constantly be afraid of drive-by shootings, possible armed burglary, rape, etc. It's not the same as a war zone, but in context it was as bad for me in those conditions as it is for the true refugees in their situations. But there are refugee camps over there that, if funded properly, would meet the needs of these folks until they could be resettled in their own or nearby countries. They would not be forced to stay in their homes/towns/villages, they would be sheltered and fed. But apparently we have to bring a butt ton of folks here. To a country that is trillions of dollars in debt and can't even (or are unwilling) to help the people in need here (and I don't mean the cling-ons). That's not mentioning all of them going to Europe.

 

If we're going to spend money we don't have I don't see why we can't spend smartly by partnering with the UNHCR more that we already do and help more people with less money. I am so tired of politicians making decisions for the People that don't impact them at all. The infrastructure of the states to support all of these people is going to implode. But the politicians don't care because it doesn't affect them. 

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