Posted on 05/30/2016 2:56:30 PM PDT by Kaslin
A village in Switzerland has decided to pay a fine of £200,000 rather than accept 10 refugees. The village, Oberwil-Lieli, has a population of about 2,200 people and is an alpine resort town. The residents of the village voted against accepting any refugees in a close 52 to 48 percent vote.
The village is home to 300 millionaires, meaning that the fine probably won't have any real effect on the villagers.
The mayor the village denied that there was a racial motive behind the vote, and expressed concerns that accepting the refugees would send the "wrong message" and encourage people to make the dangerous journey trying to reach Europe. Additionally, there were concerns that the area's schools would have difficulty accommodating any children of the refugees given that they do not speak the same language.
Andreas Glarner, Oberwil-Lieli’s right wing mayor, denied that by refusing to accept refugees they were being racist.
“We were not to be told if the 10 were from Syria or if they are economic migrants from other countries," he said.
“Yes, the refugees from Syria have to be helped and they are better served by being helped in the camps nearer their home.
“Money could be sent to help them, but if we are housing them here it sends out the wrong message. Others will come and risk their lives crossing the ocean and paying people smugglers to bring them.
A small price to pay to insure your safety.
Can I pay some money and ship a few out of Canada? I could start of “movement”.
They should REFUSE to pay the fine !
ISIS for thee but not for me.
They are voluntarily paying the fine and have to be admired for it.
They will be surrounded by the vulgarians
‘Nice village you got here. Shame if anything happened to it.’
Pay the fine to whom may I ask?
Seems to me the finger is what they should purvey their provocateurs. (Yes I know what provocateur means. I’m playing the word for what I can.)
There is a huge difference between ISIS and Freedom
But the key thing is, I would ANNOUNCE our willingness to accept refugees, and that quota is tied to the quota currently deemed acceptable by Saudi Arabia. It would get many PC heads spinning. Because of that act of generosity, I would not expect our village to be signalled out for a fine.
Ya, OK .. check’s in the mail
Be patient ... the check’s in the mail ....
Charged with attempted national pollution, yer honah ...
That reminds me of an old joke involving a bear and a Czech.
A faggot, a Moslem, a communist and an illegal alien walks into a bar.
The bartender says,” Hello Mr. President!”.
Beat me to it.
So the Swiss government has started to collect jizya? These are not refugees.
What’s black and white and red all over?
Commie Obama.
Wake me when they’re ready to shoot someone rather than take in “refugees.”
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