I'm with Merkel on this one. Damn right the refugees come with problems. It costs a ton of money, it asks for a lot from german citizens and it will continue to bring problems for decades to come. But I for once do not want to be remembered by future generations as an asshole who doesn't care about other people. The sacrifices we have to make are little in the big picture. All day long people here are yelling about how they would love to help people who live under bad conditions but they are just not able to. Then they pay their 5 € a month to save the children and feel like a better human. Now, right now, when they actually have the chance to do something, they do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Instead, they want people out of their country, they are afraid they couldn't be as rich as they are tomorrow and whatnot. Nationalism on the rise because of fear and hate. It makes me sick.

Ok, that's just some people, I also know many guys and lads who are doing everything they can. We are helping out in a local refugee camp. We don't get paid, we do it just to help these people. There are 12 families here form Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. All good people, my son loves to play with the other children. We help them maintain their houses, explain them how everything works in germany (the waste seperation is a real problem for them ^^), we translate their documents and really do all we can to help them integrate. But then we also get up in the middle of the night to fight some goddamn nazis who are throwing rocks at the camp for no reason at all. They don't know these people, they just hate them for no reason at all. It makes me so fucking sick.

Anyway, people are fast with prejudices. Of course there are bound to be some assholes in such a big refugee crisis, but I am absolutely convinced that the majority really needs help. Countless refugees told me how they didn't want to leave their country but they had no choice. They are also not uneducated as you hear it from certain groups. In our refugee camps, there is a high school teacher, a doctor and even a physics professor! All they need to do is learn our language and they could help our economy in a great way. Germany is dying for educated workers for crying out loud!

I beg you, if you want to make any judge in this topic, first go out there and really deal with what's up. Talk to the people, see for yourself how "bad" they really are. Don't just jump to conclusions because of overdramatized stories in the news. Don't judge a whole group if people just because two or three assholes decided to go postal. It's not fair in any way.

These people have nowhere else to go. It's not our duty to help them, but it is a big fat giant test of history. Think very closely about how you and your generation should be remembered in future history books. That's all I have to say.

They are kept temporarely until they can go safely back to the country.

They are asking for asylum, but the process takes very much time. One fellow here is waiting since 9 months just to get interviewed. If they are granted asylum, they may stay in germany and work here. If not, they have to leave. Right now many many people here are just waiting and have nothing to do all day. They aren't allowed to work and they only get 25 € a week to live.

Oh that doesn't sound so bad, that is if the EU has a plan to deal with this situation permanently. That 9 month wait sounds ridiculous though. How is their interaction with the locals?

The 9 month wait is what is the biggest problem in this entire refugee crisis. It completely ruins integration. Anyone that don't have a job for 9 months are unlikely to get back into the workforce without some serious help, regardless of their nationality. And it's not like these people have anything against working - they aren't allowed to! And getting a job is crucial for integration, because your workplace is your most important social arena, and it will drastically increase the speed of which a refugee will he able to learn the language and culture.

Like I said, anyone will struggle in getting badk into the workforce after being unemployed for a longer period if time. The stats prove this. Which makes it all the more ridiculous how so many governments ignore this issue. Treatment times for asylum applications need to be drastically reduced. It will cost money, but it will pay off exponentially in long term effects from higher employment amongst refugees.

I'm with Merkel on this one. Damn right the refugees come with problems. It costs a ton of money, it asks for a lot from german citizens and it will continue to bring problems for decades to come. But I for once do not want to be remembered by future generations as an asshole who doesn't care about other people. 

The 9 month wait is what is the biggest problem in this entire refugee crisis. It completely ruins integration. Anyone that don't have a job for 9 months are unlikely to get back into the workforce without some serious help, regardless of their nationality. And it's not like these people have anything against working - they aren't allowed to! And getting a job is crucial for integration, because your workplace is your most important social arena, and it will drastically increase the speed of which a refugee will he able to learn the language and culture.

Like I said, anyone will struggle in getting badk into the workforce after being unemployed for a longer period if time. The stats prove this. Which makes it all the more ridiculous how so many governments ignore this issue. Treatment times for asylum applications need to be drastically reduced. It will cost money, but it will pay off exponentially in long term effects from higher employment amongst refugees.