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    Tour de force. Even better than Part 1 ... Archived Message

    Posted by Tomski on April 30, 2019, 8:58 pm, in reply to "Sharmine Narwani - part 2..."

    Interesting point about the refugees and NGOs:

    I don’t want to sound completely cynical, but there is a recognized problem in the “NGO industry,” where to justify ever-larger amounts of funding, NGOs tend to inflate crises. Don’t take it from me — there is a lot written about this issue. Syrian refugees meant money and programs, so where was the incentive to reverse this trend? The default NGO position was, “We are not allowed to encourage refugees to return. It is their perception of security that must dictate that.” Of course, we heard this in reference to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan — and not so much when European states were shouting about sending refugees back to Syria.

    Cheers

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