Serious Question: Can the Refugee Crises spill over to India?

[Kamikaze Pilot]

Serious Question: Can the Arab Refugee Crises spill over to India?

 

[JanjaWeed]

No...not until Europe closes its doors! Even then..fellow Arab countries & Muslim ummah will rise up to the challenge & give refuge these refugees. India is far cry at the moment.

 

[IndoUS]

No, since there are many countries in between and secondly they will just create problem. We already have enough issues to deal with.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

We can transfer some Afghan refugees 2-3 million if you are feeling left out

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

No, since there are many countries in between and secondly they will just create problem. We already have enough issues to deal with.

But there are many countries in between Europe and Arab countries also, if I am not wrong. I don't remember those details in map.

 

[RazorMC]

S.Asia is not in the picture.
It's a middle-eastern crisis with GCC and the US closing their doors while Europe is flooded.

 

[That Guy]

Unless it spills over to Pakistan, no.

 

[Schutz]

No, they are trying to get a better life.

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

No, they are trying to get a better life.

Ha! Ha! Ha! But do they know India may not be any better than their home country? What if CIA spreads a misinformation campaign?

 

[Styx]

Serious Question: Can the Arab Refugee Crises spill over to India?

no, why would anyone want to come to piss poor India when their options are western Europe where they'll get free stuff from EU taxpayers.

 

[Secret Service]

They are looking for better life standards and india isnt in counting.

 

[Ragnar]

No chance in hell..

If Irfan learns of Firdous' experience, he'd probably lose all hope for the future. A trained anaesthetist with over eight years of experience, Irfan now works as the manager of a small guest house in New Delhi. His hopes are pinned on his recently-acquired UNHCR refugee card. "I approached many hospitals when I came to Delhi to even work as a language interpreter for Arabic-language patients but didn't find a job because I didn't have the relevant papers. With a refugee card and a stay visa I hope to find a hospital job," says Irfan, who had to take up the guest house job after his wallet with all his money and some documents were stolen on a bus. "I work 10 hours a day and get paid Rs 14,000. I have no off days. If I don't work on any day, it gets deducted from my salary. I am forced to stay in this area because it is cheap. But it is so dirty and congested that I can't even breathe properly. I have been troubled by a lung disorder ever since I came here," says Irfan whose Indian experience has proved to be a far cry from what he had expected. "I had read much about Indian culture online, but people here are not like that. They think I am rich because I am a foreigner. They don't understand that I am a refugee. I am overcharged for everything. Sometimes shops here even refuse to sell me things," he says. A friend and his wife, who arrived in India after Irfan, soon left for Turkey as they were unable to support themselves here.

Those with children worry about their future. "My sons don't go to school. My refugee card provides for them to study in government schools till they are 13 but they don't understand either English or any Indian language," says one. With families scattered across Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Europe and the US, most of the Syrians here are hoping the UNHCR will help them resettle in the West. "I just want to get out of India. I am hoping that my brother in Canada will be able to help me," says Irfan, as another refugee informs of his impending meeting with the UNHCR high commissioner. "We are hoping for resettlement and don't want to speak to the media before the meeting. It might impact our case negatively," he says as he disconnects the call.

Syrian refugees in India: Struggle of the ones who got away

 

[Maira La]

Hope not. India is not a safe place for Syrian women and children!

 

[dray]

Hope not. India is not a safe place for Syrian women and children!

True, too many criminal illegal Bangladeshis are roaming around here.

 

[IndoCarib]

Vast majority of mideastern refugees know India is a far worse country, spilling over to india is equivalent of saying spilling over to sub-Sahara Africa, not a chance.

They are looking for better life standards and india isnt in counting.

“There are 39 Syrian refugees and 20 asylum seekers currently registered with the UNHCR in India. Most of them are living in south Delhi,”

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