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Marrah_G

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5. There are a lot of europeans helping refugees

Reply to AngryAmish (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 12:13 AM

Sep 2015

It's a difficult situation and Europe has had a difficult time figuring out how to deal with such a huge influx of people who need housing, food, clothing, who don't speak the language, etc. Many of the countries are in huge financial difficulty already.

The world was not ready or prepared for it all.

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