I just came over the report about riot in the Australian detention centre/refugee camp. They managed to set fire to the facilities, and when the firefighters came (because they tend to show up when there's a fire):
They had had roof tiles and other pieces of furniture being hurled at them by some of the detainees, so it was impossible for them to extinguish the blaze.
"But with the riot squad protection they were able to do that."
via BBC News - Rioters torch Australia asylum seeker detention centre.
Now that's something. More and more it looks like the refugees feel that Western countries must provide them with asylum, food and everything else. Oh, and surely there's no need for due process – Western governments must feel guilty that these people were displaced (especially if it's due to the tribal infighting – everybody knows that West is to blame for that!) and immediately provide them with citizenship and piles of cash.
I fail to see any logic. I can understand that their life in their home country sucked to the point that it was better to flee than to try to cope with that (civil wars and dictatorships do that to people – just open any of the history books and the proof is there). What I fail to understand is, why these people feel entitled to anything when they show up on your doorstep uninvited and proceed to riot? Quite often they fail to integrate with the society of the country they came to and start demanding special treatment. It's like if that bum from the sewers came to your house, crapped in the kitchen and demanded that you give him booze. You'd call the police the very moment he squatted in the kitchen, right? But if the same guy came to your door and asked you to call an ambulance because he's really ill, you'd do it right away, wouldn't you? Now, the asylum seekers tend to behave like that bum in the kitchen and act surprised when they are treated accordingly. Did you know that there's entire breed of politicians of Turkish origin in Germany who were elected under the slogan "Stop Turkish immigration!"? The thing is, those are from the first wave of immigrants who chose to integrate into the German society and culture and they are against the second-wave immigrants, who do not want to integrate and demand special treatment – while at the same time hurting the image of Turkish immigrants in general (honour killings anyone?). Now it all makes sense, doesn't it?
And all that's needed to (somewhat) ease the tension is for refugees remember the old saying: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." Because when you're not behaving like drunken bum who thinks that everybody owes him, but like a person who wants to find a new home... well, I'd think they would look at you differently. And throwing things at firefighters – who are there to save you from burning to death in the fire you started yourself – definitely is not helping...
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