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Solutions to the Refugee Problem

The tide of refugees boiling out of Syria and the Middle East in general is fueled by several factors; war and terror ostensibly being the primary factor, but there are other things going on.  {The suspicious observer might well ponder whether the recent surge of refugees from Central America into Texas was but a trial run.)

No doubt there are many displaced persons who are literally fleeing towns and homes where the Islamic wars of terror have driven them out.  These people need help, and it is the humanitarian thing to do to provide some kind of safety from terror, without regard to race or religion.  Can any nation refuse to help people in emergencies like this?  Obviously, most can.  Americans should feel a moral obligation to help. 

That does not mean that we have an obligation to feed them and care for them and put them on our welfare rolls forever. 

Millions in the Middle East have apparently been told that if they can just get themselves to The Promised Land, life will be better, and the West is just waiting to take care of them.

The socialistic welfare systems of Germany, Scandinavia, Great Britain and the USA are a magnet, encouraging people to get to a land “flowing with milk and honey.” 

These people have friends who have already made it, who are living on the dole and straining already over-burdened budgets, happy to live off the taxpayers of those countries.  These people are largely parasites.  Something for nothing always has great appeal, to the parasite, if not to the host.

Then there is another group, and not a small percentage, those who have every intention of carrying jihad against the Demon West.  This group does not consist of “refugees”.  These people are better described as “invaders” with an agenda of war.  Several shipments of weapons have already been caught, but how many have escaped detection?

No doubt, among the throng are some hoping to find a place where they can work and either ply their trade or learn a trade, and feed their family and live in peace.  Every nation, were they to employ common sense, should welcome these particular refugees.  They will strengthen the economy and the fabric of society.

So… how do you tell the difference?

Identification  

At every checkpoint it is essential that there is a standardized identification process for every individual.  This is for at least three reasons:

  • Their safety,
  • To return family members where possible, and
  • For security for Europe and the West. 

A large database of known terrorists and criminals already exists.  Those who show up in the refugee camps must be isolated and placed in maximum-security camps for decisions to be made later.  This database needs to be extended, and shared with all nations.  Guantanamo Bay and other facilities like it should do nicely, while the courts then decide what to do with them.  (If the United Nations or the World Court wants to take them, they should have zero jurisdiction over US funding of anything.)

Many families are separated and efforts need to be take to reunite them as soon as possible.

ID cards should be issued, which will function much as passports do, and each country in the West can deal with one individual in a unified method.  DNA should be collected along with fingerprints and photos and other personal information.  A Refugee Passport can be issued to each person.

Some will complain that this will be expensive.  Of course it will, but it will cost only a fraction of what letting them go in our country will cost. 

Settlements

Three types of settlements should be established. 

  • Maximum Security Camps for those who are known to be criminals, terrorists, or security risks.  These camps would best be on islands where security is better maintained and escapes do put the general population at risk.  Guantanamo Bay comes to mind.
  • Humanitarian Camps for genuine refugees, with particular attention paid to reuniting families; helping the aged and the infirm; feeding them and protecting them from harm in the process.  When it is safe to go home, they must go home.  If it is never safe, then they need to be able to apply for resident visas to any country they choose.  Each country can decide on a case by case basis whether to accept them, and at what rate.  Learning English seems to me to be a reasonable requirement, in the meantime, and they may as well study American history and culture while they’re at it.
  • Labor Camps for those who want to earn the right to be admitted to a foreign country on a path to citizenship. Using a combination of schooling (in our history, our culture, and a trade), these refugees can look forward to a new life after working for a few years toward an obtainable goal.   
    The labor from these camps can actually pay for the cost of running the camps.  They don’t have to be paid in cash, but in food and essentials, and a portion of their earnings charged against the costs of caring for them.

Indentured Servitude – Voluntary indentured servitude is an idea whose time may well have returned.  We are not speaking here of involuntary servitude or slavery, so don’t go there.  We are talking of people who are so desperate for a chance to experience peace and a chance to get ahead and make a new life for themselves that they are willing to trade seven years of their lives working as an indentured servant, or employee, for an employer.  Can such a system be abused?  Absolutely, but then, these people are coming from a situation so fearsome that abuse would be a comfort zone by comparison. 

Today we have the technology and the infrastructure to protect people from serious abuse, and they can always blow the whistle themselves if they are not happy, whereupon another arrangement can be made (such as sending them home, or finding a new contractor).

The path to citizenship may well be done this way, where the immigrant family spends part of their time over seven years learning the history and the culture of their new country.  Because if they are not willing to assimilate and become Americans, we simply must not allow them to live here. 

Canada has just taken a positive step in cancelling relations with Iran, declaring it a renegade state, and sending home its ambassadors.  The USA should follow suit.  But individuals with skills and with families should be considered eligible to come and live as refugees, for a limited period, until they can pass tests for citizenship, or decide to go somewhere else. 

The government should give equal opportunity to refugees of all faiths, but the fact is that Christian refugees are being denied entry in the country.  This kind of discrimination, from our own country, should tell us that this administration is the most anti-Christian one in our history. 

What has happened to us?  Are we going to put up with this?

© Daniel D. New, Permission to copy, with credits, is hereby granted.-

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