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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 06:53 PM Apr 2016

Soros: European Union In Mortal Danger

Billionaire financier George Soros has warned that the European Union is in mortal danger of collapse if it doesn't agree a massive cash injection to fix the refugee crisis.

In an essay written for the New York Review of Books, Soros also claimed that a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Greece.

"The asylum seekers are desperate. Legitimate refugees must be offered a reasonable chance to reach their destinations in Europe," the investor wrote in the publication.

"EU leaders need to embrace the idea that effectively addressing the crisis will require "surge" funding, rather than scraping together insufficient funds year after year. Spending a large amount at the outset would allow the EU to respond more effectively to some of the most dangerous consequences of the refugee crisis."

Pushed by civil war and terror and pulled by the promise of a better life, more than a million migrants and refugees fled the Middle East and Africa in 2015 and crossed into Europe.

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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/12/soros-european-union-in-mortal-danger.html

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Soros: European Union In Mortal Danger (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2016 OP
Every nation that helped create their suffering needs to contribute billions to polly7 Apr 2016 #1
It's a global problem... ReRe Apr 2016 #2
Do they have any oil? Baobab Apr 2016 #3
Slap me upside the head.... ReRe Apr 2016 #6
I don't understand why anybody pays him attention. When has he been right about anything? bemildred Apr 2016 #4
Then put your money where your mouth is Soros. romanic Apr 2016 #5

polly7

(20,582 posts)
1. Every nation that helped create their suffering needs to contribute billions to
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:01 PM
Apr 2016

relocate them, or take them in themselves. And, fix everything the bombs destroyed so that many who wish to return once the horror dies down can go home - of course the irreplaceable cultural sites and artifacts are long gone - but the infrastructure and homes, etc.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
2. It's a global problem...
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

... not just an EU problem. WTF have we done for the refugees lately? Why isn't Kerry taking pledges as he traverses the world and going up to the Hill and lighting a fire under their butt?

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
6. Slap me upside the head....
Fri Apr 15, 2016, 12:54 AM
Apr 2016

.... because I need some sense knocked into me. I just can not remember that advocating for human beings is not in the best interest of the Corporate States of America.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
4. I don't understand why anybody pays him attention. When has he been right about anything?
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 06:42 AM
Apr 2016

Especially anything that was not obvious?

romanic

(2,841 posts)
5. Then put your money where your mouth is Soros.
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 06:24 PM
Apr 2016

Or better yet, invite some of these refugees to your mansion.

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