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How 20,000 migrants have found themselves trapped on Lesbos mired in chaos, filth and clashes [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | September 8, 2015 | Simon Tomlinson

Posted on 09/08/2015 6:34:17 AM PDT by C19fan

It was supposed to be the first step on their journey to Western Europe. But now thousands of migrants are mired in despair, anger and frustration on the scenic Greek island of Lesbos. After perilous sea voyages from neighbouring Turkey, they have been stranded here for days, some for nearly two weeks, running out of money and desperate to get to mainland Greece and continue their route. The island of some 100,000 residents has been transformed by the sudden new population of some 20,000 refugees, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan – and the strain is pushing everyone to the limit. Fights break out among the migrants as they wait in long lines for hours in the summer heat and humidity after days without showers.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greece; migrants; syria
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What a bunch of ungrateful scum. The one thing I notice is how overwhelmingly young and male these so called refugees are. I guess they do not give a rats arse about fighting for their homeland. They would rather collect their checks from the tax payers of the EU.
1 posted on 09/08/2015 6:34:18 AM PDT by C19fan
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Refugees are traditionally women and children, and are intensely grateful for the kindness of strangers.

Not these ones though. Overwhelmingly young, male, fighting age, able-bodied, and incredibly arrogant.

They seem more like soldiers than refugees.


2 posted on 09/08/2015 6:37:20 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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Ok, I’ll be the first to say it.. I saw Lesbos and thought... well, you know.


3 posted on 09/08/2015 6:37:48 AM PDT by gibsosa
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To: gibsosa

I think Hilary has plans to build a retirement home there.


4 posted on 09/08/2015 6:39:47 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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All those Muslims must be seething with anger at being placed on an island that named a lifestyle hated by Muhammed.


5 posted on 09/08/2015 6:43:07 AM PDT by struggle
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Greece should just turn over the deed to Lesbos to Angela Merkel. Then the refugees can stay there and serve cocktails to the topless German women. And Greece pays down its debt.


6 posted on 09/08/2015 6:43:19 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: left that other site

Mostly dressed nicely and carrying iPhone.


7 posted on 09/08/2015 6:44:19 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: gibsosa

Lesbos. Hee hee.


8 posted on 09/08/2015 6:44:46 AM PDT by Ultima
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To: gibsosa

Hillary and Huma?


9 posted on 09/08/2015 6:45:15 AM PDT by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a fire"arm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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The money quote

'I did not come here to make money,' he said. 'I came here so I can later bring my children and have them live in safety.'

On Saturday, two elderly men walked among the overwhelmingly Muslim migrants handing out copies of the Bible in Arabic.

Bless these men...

10 posted on 09/08/2015 6:46:06 AM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Lisbon1940

An Egyptian billionaire wants to buy an island for the refugees and take care of them. He says he is going to ask Italy and Greece if they will sell him one. I bet no one would want to stay.


11 posted on 09/08/2015 6:46:48 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: gibsosa

The word lesbian comes from the Greek Island of Lesbos, where the poet Sappho wrote many love poems to other women.


12 posted on 09/08/2015 6:47:35 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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It isn’t about ‘safety’ or ‘jobs’. It’s about establishing the Ummah.

http://www.jrbooksonline.com/pdfs/camp_of_the_saints.pdf


13 posted on 09/08/2015 6:48:51 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: gibsosa

I often thought all lesbians ought to be sent back to Lesbos!


14 posted on 09/08/2015 6:49:57 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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To: Rusty0604

Those islands can generate a lot of tourism income.


15 posted on 09/08/2015 6:50:36 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: C19fan; left that other site

Yes, military age men seem to make up the majority of the “refugees” while isis is openly claiming that they are sending jihadis among the refugees and the politicians still ignore the truth.


16 posted on 09/08/2015 6:54:06 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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This is somewhat a glimpse of what it’ll look like when the land is filled with those who seek handouts in a place that can no longer afford them.


17 posted on 09/08/2015 6:54:50 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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the poet Sappho wrote many love poems to other women

Luv me somma dat sap.

18 posted on 09/08/2015 7:00:10 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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“The one thing I notice is how overwhelmingly young and male these so called refugees are. “

Soldiers.


19 posted on 09/08/2015 7:21:18 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Mears

bfl


20 posted on 09/08/2015 7:47:50 AM PDT by Mears
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