The tiny Greek island sinking under Europe’s migrant crisis
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Leros is a tiny Greek island seven miles from the Turkish coast where 2,500 migrants have arrived illegally by boat in the last three weeks. Without support from Athens or Europe, overstretched local authorities rely on a committed team of local volunteers to prevent chaos and humanitarian crisis. But as increasing numbers of migrants arrive at Leros, the island is at breaking point, as Phoebe Greenwood reports
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why aren't saudi arabia, UAE, doing more to help their fellow muslims?
+Ronald Po You'd think natural that if you're a muslim, and your religion being so important to you, you'd want to go to a muslim country. Most importantly: why are these people not trying to enter the Gulf states? I think there is more to this than poor refugees.
Philip Keys Behaved correctly? The Nazi's raped and murdered hundreds of thousands of Russians and executed Jews in the streets. WTF are you talking about? Muslims will do much the same but don't talk up the Nazi's mate. You will fall down on the argument every time.
Philip Keys Look to outbreak of riots and ethnic cleanising. Europe will look like a more disturbing version of Henry 8th persecution of Catholics but against non EU citizens and Muslims.
If our countries aren't smart enough or strong enough to stand up and say we have freedom of expression if you dislike the whole concept 'FUCK OFF BACK TO AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY OR AFRICAN FAILED STATE' Then we deserve the chaos that will inevitably happen.
***** Is that aimed at anyone in particular?
+Ronald Po More to the point.. why does'nt the european leaders mention it ? oh i forgot OIL..
WHERE ARE THE MUSLIMS COUNTRIES IN ALL THIS???!!! SO MUCH FOR THERE RELIGION!!
Holy S@#$,all that??! :O
So because they are from ME everyone is muslim?
Read...please.
Its part of the return of the caliphate. Infiltration. Take over.
@@shaskins15 What? Lol
@@BrianKabonyowe must prepare for the next crusade
So if Greeks go to Germany, do they get free housing and free food?
That one migrant was complaining how "Greece is a poor country". He definitely has high standards for a refugee.
I have a feeling most of these are not really refugees. They don't want Greece or Eastern Europe. Germany is where it's at.
they only care about money
@@bramb1966 they're opportunistic economic migrants that are using politics to their advantage.
Well this is the beginning of the End for Europe as we know it.
...and the start of WWIII too.
Wyles Malibiran
I hope not, but its a possibility.
+Ruben Botelho I hope so. The world needs another world war to put all this shit into proper lighting so even the stupidest of 'liberals' will understand.
Saito Touhara
Shure, destroy half of the population in the world just to make a point ? Reveal the truth ?
I think its not the best way. And in my country we are very liberal with others, in my country everyone could practice their religion, everyone, for many many years until now.
And my country was one of the champions in driven the muslims out of europe so many centuries ago, but mind sets must change with the times, and we are not a Templar country anymore.
But remember something, Europe has 600 million europeans, and iam one of them, but the refugees are 250.000, its not even 0.01 per cent, the problem is the radicals that could take the ride.
Those are the dangerous ones.
I have no problem in helping people looking for help. Im not a monster.
Ruben Botelho Everything comes at a price. It's horrifying to think people don't understand that. If half the world has to die to get that point across, then so be it. I'd rather have half of humanity die and learn from their mistakes than have the entire planet become inhospitable and perish before space colonization is made possible.
If you're going to bring up those statistics, I may as well tell you to look up birth rate statistics. The UK is a great example. Sneaking your people into nations, legally or illegal, and destroying them from within is not a new concept.
I like how they stick to showing woman and children. Nice try ;-)
Wonder how many is alive today & how their lower body parts are doing.. 😳😳
Arabian men isn't famous for sensitivity to personal rights or integrity of an unprotected body 😕
And of course the crying babies
Meanwhile most of the migrants are young men.
I'll say it, I don't have any sympathy for these people simply because they don't need any help.
I'm from Turkey. We have about two millions of immigrants from Syria and Iraq and all of them receive more than monthly minimum wage without actually working, no questions asked. They can just walk up to any university and be admitted to any program they want with no proof of their previous education or an exam. They can also work legally without any restriction. And they still try to leave the country so they can be paid even more by someone else who has no responsibility to do so.
These people have more than enough money to repeatedly pay for their illegal attempts of crossing the border (which is not really a cheap thing to do). So, it's not about fear of death or survival, it's about abusing the welfare system in Europe.
NightWatch707 Or maybe they just want to get as far away as possible, seeing as Turkey shares a large land border with Syria and Iraq
Noelio Emerald-Isle Why? Because there's a danger of ISIS attacking Turkey directly? It's not gonna happen, ever. Yes, there's an elevated threat of terrorist attacks but this is also true for every other country in Europe.
NightWatch707 8 Turkish soldiers killed at Dolmabahce Palaceby by PKK
+Noelio Emerald-Isle 8 people died while trying to cross the border illegally in the past 4 days only. Not all of them make it to the other side you know? They are not trying to flee with a luxurious cruise ship. The risk of dying is a lot higher this way.
+Noelio Emerald-Isle Also this definitely not happened in the palace. It was in an already conflicted area and far away from being anywhere near to the refugee camps.
Why can't they put all of the migrants to work cleaning up these areas for their own housing?
pocogirl - Exactly..... They can help rebuild like they do in Italy.
Looks to me like most just have their hands out. Going to the country with the best welfare system.
This is exactly what we have suggested. WE have the technology and they've got the money $1.5BN but nobody replies....I am going over there this week.
The problem is that they bring their way of thinking to Europe
yes . if they would be willing to integrate and get on with everyone like everyone else it would be fine but this is going to lead to civil war
True, Terrorist attacks in France, Germany, UK show that in 2020.
That's the plan. It's why Obama helped destabilize the Mideast
@Zander Montgomery that is exactly why not even one should be let in. Because he may be ok but he will have children and they may actually become the problem as they do not fit in. And never will. DNA
They are NOT "refugees"....they are there for the handouts.....the word is TAQIYA.
Uruguay ,a beautiful country, beautiful people, nice weather, an ocean, accepted, reticently 300 Syrian refugees .
A few months passed, they Syrians started manifesting, hunger strike because they don't make money in Uruguay, they want to be sent to a richer country. i would send them back right in middle to the war in Syria.
+Alberto Humova not Syrian actually he's is Lebanese ,Salma Hayek is from Lebanese decent to and Shakira from Colombia . They went to LatinAmerica in a time were immigrants tried hard to assimilate to Society in many cases they became Christians or just stopped practicing any religion and adopted the local traditions . Now immigrants expect the host country to accommodate them and the natives to change their traditions for them .
Same happened with "refugees" offered house, money & all in Lithuania..
Short after they all left for Germany, Holland or Belgium!
Why?
Higher welfare payment & lax restrictions to integrate & work for their subventions!
Discussing this topic with Lefties such facts is discrimination & Nazi speech..🙈🙉🙊
All they want is welfare; to live for free.
12:29 i don't even have an iPhone, but the poor Syrians have...
+nikos margioris dont get wrong,they may have i phone but they certainly dont have place to charge those batteries.
+nikos margioris omg i am so glad you said this! there is no food or work but everyone can afford an iPhone and everyone has access to electricity?
and i find the visibly overweight people complaining of how bare the cupboards were utterly ridiculous...
OBVIOUSLY there was nothing left to eat, you f*cking ate it all!!!
+katy johnnymarr you as well nikos margioris are here just to spill poison have you both fail to see, acknowledged or even accept the moment when they spoke about having and losing they're own businesses? they mentioned having a home & bussines as they also mentioned losing it too, they never said that they was broke or didn't have food or the bear nesecities to suvive back home
they are not poor, they are refugees. do you understand the meaning?
Misso Productions they are illegal migrants
We are all focused now in helping the migrants, but I don't see questions being asked enough. Everyone is trying to play the good Samaritan, but I see so many images of young men in their early 20's coming into Europe. Who are these men? Why are they not staying in their country to fight for it? There are so many others staying to fight. Why are there so many people coming to Europe? Why Europe? Why now? Why are they not going to the Gulf states? Refugees usually do not cross so many countries to get to one they like. Refugees are just trying to survive with the hope they can one day return to their land. Most of these so called refugees seem to be coming to Europe to stay. I find Europe to be too naive under the circumstances and I add my dose of skepticism.
+Caramelo I guess they are the people who come from different countries than Syria, just like the syrian family said.
+Caramelo the answer is so simple my friend. only time will tell the answer when in near future these introverts all breed and start asking for sharia,to ban pubs and to take back the right from women to vote.
+Caramelo I fear you are correct there. Just being safe wont be enough, they will want everything the average European has, and they will want it straight away. If they dont get it, there will be riots, robberies and probably worse. Young, healthy men with nothing to do and not able to work - recipe for disaster.
+Caramelo you're just racist
+Monica Mac I agree. I saw Afghanistan women demonstrating in Sweden because they wanted free rent.
Now why should they have free rent? Already they are on social welfare.
Instead they should remove their head scarves so they could get a job.
Take Samos. a great touristic hot spot before 2015. Since 2015 : Tourists dropped to 0. Inhabitants dropped to 5000. Refugees increased to 10000. This has nothing to do with asylum. It's a proper ethnical cleanessing of the greek populations of the islands.
Why are not the media reporting about it?
it's an invasion. It's sad but true. Otherwise why wouldn't these people seek refuge in Other Arab counties?
+alberto carrasquillo the most refugees are in Turkey AL most 2 million , second is Jordan million people their third Egypt over 100 thousands refugees after that is coming European countries
@Sheila Feng hmmm, how long did it take you to come up with that???
They are looking for democracy. Isn't that the best system in the world?
Louis John who did? You need to get your history correct.
@Stef
They must stop having so many kids
Less kids..better life in their own country
We are permitted an opinion also
The EU has just failed to agree on a plan to accept only 160,000 refugees across Europe. Meanwhile Greece alone receives roughly 160,000 refugees every twenty days. How much longer can this go on.
James Sheather until white countries are destroyed
As long as Greece say NO to all this.
It's still going on.
EURABIA loading 99%..............
lol
Mostly thay will go to germanistan 👈 🐴
Thumbs ups for Greeks, it takes a really noble people to share very little they have with complete outsiders.
Aleksandras Rimdžius -Has anyone asked us?
Aleksandras Rimdžius - Exactly....God bless the Greeks!
Madness.
Stop giving them food and such and they will stop coming. You giving people are the problem not the solution.
And here I am a European trying to migrate to central america. Guess how that is going? One clue, 10 Years without citizenship or workpermit. -.-
just take a million people and roll up on their beaches
Gryphon Word Wouldnt help, the Latin American way of dealing with shit like that is shooting People. Seriously, just last month tensions rose with a neighboring Country, because People who crossed the border illegally got shot.
Lol!!! true!!! lol!!! omg, at this point,we just have to laugh,people.Everything is upside down.
maximumrisk2004 that is because you are an honest descent person who is trying to do things by the rules . throw your passport away and tell everyone your from a war zone. better still a Muslim. im sure things will improve for you . i wish you well brother .
Majority of those migrants especially young males are shipped by human smugglers.
Europeans, awake! Your continent is seriously menaced. I transmit you my best desires, but react now. Greetings from Peru :)
Bless you
I work for Red Cross and have received military medic training. I'm trying to get people to understand that there is only so much Europeans can do. Even the Red Cross as organization is mostly living in a dream. Soon or later even these types of organizations have to get real. The resources we work with are limited. The thing I'm amazed is that there are tons of young healthy men who are running away from "war". They don't fight for their families nor their country? If they don't respect what we hold the most dear, why should we help them?
Sincerely European taxpayer
Every single man between the ages 16-50 should have stayed and fought like men
War for six years and he's still making her have babies.
Without the ngos and volunteers they would not be coming. No food, no help, amd no aid. They would stay in their home countries.
You have shown the world what great humanitarians you are !
Wonder what you think now ... three yrs. later ?
Until we block up the entrances, and start sending them out through the exits, they're just going to keep on coming. This isn't going to end.
The issue is that you sometimes can't differ between asylum seekers from Syria and whatnot and economic migrants
Funny, I haven't seen anything like this on CBS, NBC
its because your country is creating refugees all over the area
Or the BBC.
They only report what they need to.
how can these refugees have Iphones? and they look Well fed!
They don't came from Medieval age,they came from Middle East and they left because of war. What would you take first thing with you during a disaster scenario?
They are not really a poor migrant that affected of war. The poor migrant are only stucked in the border of turkey, Jordan, Lebanon.
The Guardian thinks it is racist to have national borders or a nation state.
respect to the greek ppl where they helps those refugees
Muslims have got a nickname for Europe.....Eurabia.
R.i.p. Germany
But they seem to have mobile phones and always cigarettes
ikr
Education before Immigration!
Teach them to respect women.
Why are they all mostly young men?
If you are being Invaded, you must defend your borders.
That is a job for the Army, not the Police!
send them back please
The guy at the bar near the end has the right idea, that's exactly what's going to happen to Europe and what's worse, it's highly likely that the people "running" the EU are well-aware of it and bargained on this from the start. Germany already offers 650 euros per month, for 5 months for every refugee that comes into the country, making the prospect of being a "Syrian" refugee even more alluring.
What would they want to accomplish with this I wonder? For one thing, I pity the ACTUAL Syrian refugees that believe that coming into Europe will be an opportunity for them, when in fact, they're going to be used much like slaves, or much like the WWI and WWII refugees; cheap hands for hard labor. Adding all of the refugees to a country's demographic and by assigning to all of them jobs that will be payed next to nothing, you effectively make the actual unemployment issue of your own people, seem less. This will raise the EU's credibility. Check.
Much like someone mentioned in the comments, this is a Trojan Horse. Amongst all those refugees that "just forgot their passport", extremists are hidden with more than likely a hidden agenda to cause chaos around Europe and also having their religion effectively infiltrate (finally) Europe. What would this cause, I wonder? People dying, mostly innocent bystanders. Europe rebelling against anyone and anything refugee-oriented, causing said people taking it as an act of violence against their religion (because of course that's where it's going to wind up to), effectively causing the Middle East's wrath and starting a new war, perhaps WWIII? Ofc America will jump the gun too.
Conclusion; all of this is pre-arranged. Everyone knows what the other's hidden agenda is and the future is (possibly) predestined. I feel bad for the actual Syrian refugees; they escaped one war, to land head-first into another.
I hope I'm wrong on this, I really do.
DISCLAIMER: This is not a biased post against anyone's religion btw. I don't believe in anything/anyone, I know I'm a minority, but seeing innocent people die to satisfy another nation's religious beliefs, whichever religion that may be, should make every human sad and appauled. Have a good one, people.
*appalled
👍👏👍
SAVE EUROPE! SAVE GREECE!!!
Nostradamos told us about this, he saw it as an invasion
My question is...I am a white South African, one of a nation who is also these days been haunt and slaughtered in my own country. Will Europe be so kind to accept me if I only arrive at one of their EU countries and tell them I am fleeing South Africa in fear for my life? Noooooo...they will put me on the first flight back where I am coming from...even if I possibly might have a Europe ancestor....????? What is going on in this crazy world????
+Riekie Nel If you haven't seen it, please consider checking out Stefan Molyneux's video The Truth About South Africa.
We Europeans support you, and we recognise the ongoing genocide against you (one of my uncles is living in a camp in South Africa). When we have the power of state those who ruined your country will be brought to justice.
"whats the difference between tourists and Syrian girls and boys?" ummm all I see are men in the mid to late 20s and a few women
Tourists pay
The Vatican in Rome has its own money. Why can't they give money to Greece and italy to have housing n food or offer to send them to Egypt Saudi Arabia . Greece n italy have internal problems
Make sure they get halal pork sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We have a whole continent the "refugees" can have. It's called Antarctica. Ship em all there.
An abandoned mental institution for migrants ? Wow the nights are going to get pretty exciting !
Why...??
According to the all knowing Lefties these young men are very peaceful muslims, proudly representing the religion of Peace!
Only very positive experiences all over Europe..!
1:20 this family doesn't seem genuine to me.
Enjoy your invasion.
wtf
Enjoy your stupidity
7:26 " I dont need any help"
You already been helped. Also you still need help
Humanity as a whole, all states, countries, communities have the duty of compassion to fellow-people in dire need. No-one is excused for turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to cries for help from those less fortunate. Countries that are not on the front line ought to wake up, educate their inhabitants not to be bigoted and offer immediate and substantive help.
MARTHA K Says who?? And why doesn't this alleged 'duty' apply to Africans themselves???
***** who says it doesn't? And who says that those Africans and others who can do not do all they can? But how would you feel yourself if your home had been flattened by bombing, family members killed and you were trying to save yourself and your children or anyone beloved still living? Who says these people do not deserve a chance to rebuild their lives?
Very easy to shut one's eyes and turn our back and pretend trouble does not exist, but it does and the West has had a big part in some of those nasty developments.
I hope you and others see this.
MARTHA K
YOU made your bullshit claim..........I asked where it comes from.........YOU can't answer!!
ERGO, you pulled it out of your arse, Lmfao!!!
And WHERE in Africa are any of of us bombing?????????
*****
Firstly, why can you not be civil? Is the tactic that you use foul language to bully people to your viewpoint or to silence? Racism and xenophobia and "superior" arrogant attitude is what gives rise to reaction and extremism.
Secondly, you asked no such thing and
Finally, your first response was ignorant because the video refers to Syrians, Iraqis and Afghanis (no Africans! would have been if we were talking about the Libyans perhaps) - Where/what the West's involvement has been in these countries? Go read about it.
MARTHA K
Why can't you just answer the question????
I dislike bullshitters and wannabee preachers, and will call out any as such, and you're just another............
What we are seeing is the end of Europe for ever.Not just the Greek islands.
those in control of all this mess should hang their heads in shame.
What did the Greeks do to deserve this?
Im greek and proud that we at least help us much as we can. Anyone of us now in safe Europe could be in their position in the future.
Keep them out.
13:40 He said it exactly right
i wonder who is funding for the boats
Well Greece will learn the hard way.
Fast forward two years since this video was made. It didn't take a crystal ball to see how this was going to turn out! And, sadly, the worst is yet to come.
i dont have a home.. i take yours ok?
Key term being migrant, not refugee. The majority of these people aren't Syrian or from the war torn parts of Syria.
They don't need to 'give' food. These people have money... they are not poor - they are escaping a war zone.
Congratulations to Greece and the choice they made helping people, despite the problems they currently have. Congratulations to the civilians that help as much as they can. I cannot say the same for the rest of EU.
They are refusing to integrate or abide by western values(the rule of law, democracy, woman's rights). Also, they have no education and are all on welfare! Whose going to pay for this? Wake up to what's really happening here!
thats the usual non argument.
Andries Pretorious Cancer to your family nazi
+George A what do you mean "congratulation to Greece" ? we don't want them and you know it ! our goverment wants them and helping them , the Greeks don't want them ! at the beginning of all this, when they said to us that their gonna leave for Germany it was ok, but know... no one Greek wants them ! don't say lies !!!
4:11 - Wrong mentality bro.
How about a good in-depth interview with some of the migrants?
What kind of life they have been having, that has forced them
to do this.
Just take a look at the news. Wouldn't you want to go if this happened here?
God bless Greek and the Orthodox Church I feel so emotional 😭 to see the priest to bless them. The young girl Who praise the Christians that blessed them. I understand that some of them comes to abuse the system but also that happens in USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 that thousands comes to take everything for free. At this time Greeks and Turks are not along. They are not along.😭💒😡😔😰
Atsilat nazat
Sanchez even you aren't from USA
ENOUGH
That is touching with the disabled brother. So sad some of these stories.
They should make it a crime, with huge fines, for NGO's to transport illigal migrants to Greece and other countries. Young men sent back home.
Thank the elites!
Go home!
Thank you to the people of Greece for doing all they do with the very very little that they have!
Can someone please tell me who is the journalist?
now be ready for some mosque and praying on street .
Waw God bless these Greek people. Wish the refugees all well
Lmfao your a true blind idiot !!
Phoebe, I would like to congratulate you, praise your efforts in highlighting the story from all the angles available to you. It is a true sign of your commitment to your work as a journalist. It's first time I've heard of you, but you have shown to be a remarkable investigator. All people have the right to live without being in constant danger from war-this is truly understandable-the fact remains that the EU, AND the middle East countries, will have to cooperate as a global humanitarian effort is needed to help refugees, migrants and the people in Greece that are struggling in their own issues exacerbated by policies implemented by the EU.!
oh man that is tough
2019...wonder what it's like now?
Check their Facebook accounts to see where they're from, if they try to hide their identity
They could always lie about that on any social media platform though.
"We have nothing". Later the Syrian girl appeared with an Iphone...
The Germans are kind hearted. GOD bless them as they help these poor folks
...SAVE THE SHARKS. ...PLEASE DO YOUR PART!!
NO MORE SEND THEM BACK HOME
13:42 -> THIS
1:26 she saying she has no nothing when she have a nice looking watch and sunglasses
.....E-N-J-O-Y!! YOU ARE IN FOR A REAL TREAT! ....YOU ASK ...YOU LIVE WITH IT!
they have cell phones
What I find disturbing is how many are lying about being Syrian! The family that said on their boat of 29 only 4 were Syrian is the problem..these people have got to be processed w/ papers in Turkey.
“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.”
deportation 😁
THERE ARE STILL GOOD PEOPLE ON EARTH.
I have a co-worker who was telling me the other day that Canada and other European countries (the wealthiest ones) should do a lot more to help the fleeing migrants. She argued that these countries can't turn a blind eye on people dying.
Of course, on humanitarian grounds, it's hard not to agree with her.
Yet can Canada and Europe's wealthiest afford to do it? Don't these countries already have enough economic worries (let's call it what it is - a recession) ? What about the fact that people are fleeing countries with dysfuncional societies and governments. What about the responsibility of those governments? They do the damage and then other countries have to clean up the mess?
I agree that the European Union and Canada should address the problem in a more effective way.
And letting those people die might mean that now we have different valuations for people of different origins. If one comes from a stable country one stands the chance of being labeled more valuable a human being than someone fleeing a war zone or abject poverty.
Unfortunately, the way I see it, in the near future (put it 5 or 10 years) most wealthy countries will be governed by extreme right parties and the migrant crisis will nothing but get worse.
Let's brace ourselves for darker days to come.
My deep love from India. I have suffered extreme poverty myself
DO NOT LET ANY MUSLIMS INTO YOUR COUNTRIES> Make them return to where they came from.
Thank you Matina Katsiveli, your husband, and the other volunteers for your basic human decency, selfless generosity, and tireless humanitarian work.
having been an American visiting a Greek island you can see the hatred in the Syrians hearts first hand
EUROPE. IS. DOOMED.
0:09
Over 9000 refugees.
Άλλη κυρά Τασία από δω... Ψηφίστε ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, θα περάσετε καλά...
They are like cats, if you feed them they will come. Stop feeding them and they will go away.
There are almost no refugees from Syria. These are predominately migrants from Africa and the ME attracted by the Northern countries generous refugee support. Of course, the Guardian can't be honest about the facts.