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Old 11-12-2015, 11:15 AM   #67
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Originally Posted by Slava View Post
So lets pretend for a second that you had to flee a country, but still had some choice in where you were heading. It's going to be terrible no matter what because you are leaving a war zone where your government has been killing its own citizens. So why wouldn't you head to the countries where there appear to be the best opportunities? I can guarantee you that is exactly what I would want to do.
I think the vast majority go to neighboring countries.

Turkey is hosting like 2.1 million Syrian Refugees.
Ethiopia/Kenya are hosting combined 1.2 million African refugees.

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=224
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e483986.html
http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e483a16.html

Hopefully those refugees who come to Canada are not abusing the system and work hard once they arrive.
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