In Surprisingly Bold Move, Sweden Offers a Home to All Syrian Refugees

Re:In Surprisingly Bold Move, Sweden Offers a Home to All Sy... by Mithaldu on Monday September 16, 2013 @08:29AM (#6392893)

The title is misleading as it's abbreviated from:

"In Surprisingly Bold Move, Sweden Offers a Home to All Syrian Refugees who already fled to sweden"

I'd also think that this helps only the upper layer of syrian society, those who could afford to travel to sweden.

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Re:In Surprisingly Bold Move, Sweden Offers a Home to All Sy... by jpatokal on Monday September 16, 2013 @08:38AM (#6392934)

Plus their families, and they're not closing the door to new migrants either.

Also, the vast majority of the refugees did not travel to Sweden on their own: they staggered across the border to camps in Turkey/Lebanon/wherever, applied for asylum somewhere/anywhere, and were accepted and flown over by Sweden.

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Re:In Surprisingly Bold Move, Sweden Offers a Home to All Sy... by Mithaldu on Monday September 16, 2013 @09:01AM (#6393005)

Ah, thanks for providing the extra perspective. That sounds more useful. :)

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