Mob mentality from both sides at its finest. A side stops being in the right when they commit the same crimes as the other.
By the way, what does the Syrian government say about these events?
Fascists gonna fasciare. Το ερώτημα είναι γιατί αναφερόμαστε σε αυτούς τους ανθρώπους ως “δικούς μας”.
I told it long time ago…syrians are big problem for Cyprus..lot of them are burglars thieves drug dealers… Cyprus had a lot of criminals before 10 years..but since syrian so called refugees came here as thousands crime percentage become massive..not all syrians are bad people but…
When the war started many Syrians came over and found work, usually in construction. These people lived here for more than 10 years and established a life here. These people are not the problem.
The problem is the illegal refugees and migrants that come here by boats and expect us to give them shelter, money and food. Doesn’t matter their nationality, they can be syrians, somalians, congolese etc. The issue is the same. We don’t know who they are, we don’t know what they expect to get here. Most of them don’t want to work and expect the hand outs the government gives them. If the government stops giving them anything, they won’t come here anymore.
All this escalates when you hear legal residents and cypriot nationalities struggling to feed their family and find shelter but they receive no help from the government. Even if they do work, after paying all the bills they don’t have enough money to feed themselves or their kids. Some ask help through facebook groups to give them a little rice or bread to be fed.
The government needs to take care of their own and then see if there’s anything left to look after anybody else.
Nobody wants to hear the truth which is…the government’s approach to refugees is godawful. If people are left in limbo and not able to have the right to work then obviously they will find illegal ways to survive.
What does that take? Investment in integration policy, access to the labour market, vocational/language training. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the refugees have high English skills and are trained in a useful vocation but just aren’t allowed to work.
I am saddened to see the comments speculating that people in search of better life are the problem.
Off topic, is this common that the press calls the locals “”Greek Cypriot” (E/K) in articles that are not about the Cyprus problem? I mean in this case, it’s clear that it won’t be any Turkish Cypriots around so why do they specifically emphasise “Greek”?
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Mob mentality from both sides at its finest. A side stops being in the right when they commit the same crimes as the other.
By the way, what does the Syrian government say about these events?
Fascists gonna fasciare. Το ερώτημα είναι γιατί αναφερόμαστε σε αυτούς τους ανθρώπους ως “δικούς μας”.
I told it long time ago…syrians are big problem for Cyprus..lot of them are burglars thieves drug dealers… Cyprus had a lot of criminals before 10 years..but since syrian so called refugees came here as thousands crime percentage become massive..not all syrians are bad people but…
When the war started many Syrians came over and found work, usually in construction. These people lived here for more than 10 years and established a life here. These people are not the problem.
The problem is the illegal refugees and migrants that come here by boats and expect us to give them shelter, money and food. Doesn’t matter their nationality, they can be syrians, somalians, congolese etc. The issue is the same. We don’t know who they are, we don’t know what they expect to get here. Most of them don’t want to work and expect the hand outs the government gives them. If the government stops giving them anything, they won’t come here anymore.
All this escalates when you hear legal residents and cypriot nationalities struggling to feed their family and find shelter but they receive no help from the government. Even if they do work, after paying all the bills they don’t have enough money to feed themselves or their kids. Some ask help through facebook groups to give them a little rice or bread to be fed.
The government needs to take care of their own and then see if there’s anything left to look after anybody else.
Nobody wants to hear the truth which is…the government’s approach to refugees is godawful. If people are left in limbo and not able to have the right to work then obviously they will find illegal ways to survive.
What does that take? Investment in integration policy, access to the labour market, vocational/language training. I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the refugees have high English skills and are trained in a useful vocation but just aren’t allowed to work.
Here is a retrospective of how [Germany handled it](https://www.cgdev.org/blog/five-years-later-one-million-refugees-are-thriving-germany) with some highlights: 50% of refugees are in work, 44% speak German, 1.5 million people are employed in refugee founded businesses.
I am saddened to see the comments speculating that people in search of better life are the problem.
Off topic, is this common that the press calls the locals “”Greek Cypriot” (E/K) in articles that are not about the Cyprus problem? I mean in this case, it’s clear that it won’t be any Turkish Cypriots around so why do they specifically emphasise “Greek”?
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ELAM is worst and more dangerous than this angry refugees