RE: When I went to the hair salon I lost my hair and gained a story
When I only try and think what these people have been through and what they have seen, I wonder over how they can still do the job they enjoyed doing back home...
You were saying in a comment “upstairs” that Europe is not doing all it can do to take more and help more... imagine that Romania has a labour force issue right now. We even started bringing Vietnamese in the construction sector. If you would ask one of these managers, that HAVE TO GO to such lengths as Vietnam to bring people in order to be able to satisfy the demand of work, to take in professional syrian workers, at least half of them would turn their back on you.
Europe has a big problem with tollerance especially in this “far East” line. We have to cope with the Russian influence that is fucking with the brains of the society as a whole. If you would only hear the nationalistic speeches of some of the politicians around here...
Wow - that's crazy. To get people from Vietnam but not those 'knocking at the door' so to say. There's a lot of fear and xenofobia going on with Syrian/North-African people, while I read that Syrians in general are quite highly educated - relative big amount speaks English too. It's a shame we can't give them a proper job. I know in the Netherlands it takes a long while before they can start learning the language, but when I had a job where I had to 'test' immigrants on their potential to learn Dutch they all told me they couldn't wait. Most people want to better their lives, it's just up to us to give them a chance...
This is a big fear of mine. Please go vote in the European Elections. I really believe this is one of the most important votes we can give... <3 Thanks for your in-depth comment @vonaurolacu!