Comments on: Don’t believe the hype – we can take more refugees

By: John L

John L — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:06:18 +0000

Most refugees are victims of the wars that NZ troops actively participates in. Most are genuine refugees but some are not.
Apparently though many are not refugees and are being used to create chaos https://www.intellihub.com/videoblogger-runs-math-finds-11600-muslims-currently-invading-u-s-via-bus/
And then in Germany the paid mercenaries creating trouble..

Best thing to do is to stop destroying other nations, stop the invasions/wars. Make the banksters fund a rebuild of their bombed infrastructure.

By: Frank Macskasy

Frank Macskasy — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 06:58:40 +0000

My parents were refugees from Europe…

I will always side with those who, like my folks, were forced from their homes by violent events beyond their control.

Always.

By: Helena

Helena — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:21:04 +0000

Angela Merkel has found housing for many of the refugees: they are being sent to all the former WWII concentration camps. I often wondered why they were not bulldozed:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dachau-holocaust-concentration-camp-houses-homeless-people-and-refugees_560aeefbe4b0af3706de47d4

By: ALH84001

ALH84001 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:19:56 +0000

Agreed. We can take more refugees from Syria, as well as climate refugees from slowly sinking pacific islands.

If we can’t, there’s something seriously wrong with us as a nation.

By: saveNZ

saveNZ — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:31:48 +0000

If we can take 30,000 migrants many of whom seem to have NZ ‘essential skills’ like tiling and cookery to get citizenship here and not to mention the NZ uni finishing school system with free residency leading to citizenship, I for one would love to welcome more refugees who in my view actually will hopefully be grateful to live here, (not as a passport stepping stone to OZ) and want to work and contribute in the future.

In my view refugees will become better citizens and are far more needy, than many of the migrants who the NZ government welcomes with open arms and pitifully few conditions.

By: George Hendry

George Hendry — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:34:38 +0000

Greetings, Efeso. And thanks for this reflection.

Some of your Facebook friends may have been deceived into believing we don’t have enough for all Pasifika refugees plus many more. It’s pleasing to see so clearly stated that we would have more than enough for all in need were we to deport the current PM, our highest profile overstayer who comes with such expensive friends, who want not only all the wealth we have here but also all power over it and us.

By: Donna Miles-Mojab

Donna Miles-Mojab — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:33:19 +0000

Thanks Efeso for this article and for reminding us that ignorance and fear breed bigotry and prejudice.

By: Rae

Rae — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 18:06:31 +0000

I think our first responsibility where migrants go, must be to climate change refugees in the Pacific. If we don’t, no-one will. After that we can discuss refugees from other areas.