andyt
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:42 am
Oh, if only the letter had asked for refugee status for Abdullah. Alexander would have go right on that one and approved it, unlike rejecting the one for Mohammed, so there would have been no reason for Abdullah to try to make it to Turkey, he could have just sat snug as a bug in Syria waiting for the 4 years it takes to process refugee applications.
Or maybe, Abdullah, seeing that Muhammed was rejected, figured it was time to get the fuck out of dodge to anywhere, in this case Turkey.
The govt has been very slow and reluctant to take in Syrian refugees. Can't say I blame them, but for them to all of a sudden develop a conscience, or claim they would have allowed Abdullah and his family in if only an application had been made, and all of a sudden commit to taking in more refugees, just smacks of opportunism. Not that what the other parties have to say on this matter doesn't.