What are your thoughts on the refugees crisis in Europe?

[Burek]

Lawlight said:

Burek said:
I am from Croatia, and even though we are not on their direct route, we are expecting some refugees, and are ready to assist them as much as we can.
These unfortunate people are just trying to find peace and happiness some place, and not having to worry about getting killed any minute. Most of them are decent, hard working people, and have a goid chance to become useful members of society.

I need to add that Croatia has a decent sized Muslim population, and my city has a huge Muslim community. And we have never had any problems with them, as they are all nice and civilized people who are no different than any other person except in name.
And be sure, those people are not terrorists, they would not be drowning and dying, terrorists come to Europe on airplanes and in cars.

These poor people need all our help, and I am ready to help them myself as much as possible.

Sorry, you're wrong. Croatia has a very minuscule Muslim population - 1.47%. If it was any bigger they'd be claiming for Sharia law. And wasn't it this year that Muslims caused trouble because of a theatre performance in your country?

Those poor people need to be screened to make sure they're not criminals.

Sorry, but you are wrong to call me wrong from your couch surfing wikipedia wherever you are since you hid your profile.

The very fact is that many Muslims are well integrated into society and are perhaps not even religious to declare as such, and that many of them declare themselves as Croats. My city has about 8-10% of Muslims, and they are exactly the same as any other person. To even imply that they would even consider Sharia law if they reached a certain percentage is naive, stupid and insulting to them and to our entire society.

As for the theatrical performance, it was not the Muslims complaining at all. It was a show in my city, and Croats including myself protested that the County was supposed to give €100.000 (it's a public theater event) to put on the play written by a declared racist and chauvinist (Houllebecq). We did not want to financially support such people, just as we wouldn't support any hatred towards any other color, culture, creed or religion. The play itself had nothing to do with religion at all, it was just the playwright that was unacceptable.

Theater found funding elsewhere, the plays were shown, nothing happened because nothing was ever going to happen anyway. (Oh, and the play sucked after all).

And of course those people need to be screened to see if they are criminals, but that's nothing different than is done today where at the border crossings customs officials screen Swiss, Norwegian Japanese, American or Peruvian tourists to see whether they are criminals.