Report: Sweden to Deport Tens of Lebanese Families
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Swedish authorities decided to deport tens of Lebanese families that have already resorted to Sweden many years ago after it refused to give them the necessary accommodation to settle on its territory, media reports said on Saturday.
Despite the fact that these families have settled in Sweden for more than ten years and have founded private businesses and paid the taxes, they did not get the accommodation required, the reports stated.
With the aggravation of the Syrian migrants crisis to Europe, the Lebanese expats were surprised with the decision to expel them.
Some of the Lebanese families who are listed for deportation from Sweden face several humanitarian and economic problems, most notably the children who were born there and got adapted with the Swedish educational curricula and the families who have started their own business, it added.
A delegations from the listed families are expected to meet with Lebanon's Ambassador to Sweden and Scandinavia Ali Ajami to ask for help.
The step will take place in parallel with moves that include peaceful marches and sit-ins in front of the Swedish official quarters with the participation of Swedish citizens supporting the case.
07 November 2015, 13:56
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Fair to who? You make this sound like an optimization problem. It's not the primary goal to integrate, although integration is a good thing. All you're doing is blurting idiotic comments underneath every article.
07 November 2015, 14:45
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If they have been there for ten years or more and have settled, have jobs and paid taxes while being law abiding migrants then they should be given a fair opportunity to integrate unless they are proven to be trouble makers which no one wants anyway. I hope that we're not dealing with discriminatory practices here...Europe is not a kind place as it used to be for immigration because of difficult economic conditions.
07 November 2015, 16:04
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Well, it may give Lebanese a taste of what they do to Palestinians living in Lebanon. Palestinians in Lebanon are born in Lebanon, with children in Lebanon, yet they haven't a tenth of the rights Lebanese enjoy in Sweden.
07 November 2015, 19:54
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Lebanon cannot accept Palestinian or Syrian refuges to become nationalised! Lebanon is unique in the sensitive sectarian make up. There is plenty of room in the rich Gulf States and Saudi Arabia.
08 November 2015, 20:56
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So why Western countries should accept Lebanese (with a different culture, religion and language) if Lebanon can't accept people with the same culture, religions and language ?
10 November 2015, 17:10
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i will say what everyone thinks but some are afraid to say... Lebanon is a christian bastion... Foreign muslims are invasive to Lebanon. Christians can't complain against population growth and emigration but foreign invasion that disrupts the Lebanese sectarian balance is unacceptable! Lebanon has weekends on Saturday and Sunday. We are both equally christian and muslim Lebanese under the law! We respect each others religions and sects! The whole civil war was about the Islamisation of Lebanon... together the Lebanese are unique in the world! We are a message to the world! Lets not dilute this message by playing sectarian games
08 November 2015, 20:55
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And those who want to be granted basic rights or become Lebanese ? Why can't they ?
This "special status" as you describe is just inhumane, unfair and racist. Like the special status black people had in the Apartheid regime.
07 November 2015, 18:36
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I am reading what you wrote @southern_ but I can't understand anything... Maybe you should stick to Arabic
08 November 2015, 07:58
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No one wants more Muslims in their countries, not even the Muslim countries. That's the bigotry in all this; that even Muslims don't want Muslims! How can you blame the non Muslim countries then? Who wants a higher risk of terrorism and fanaticism? You guessed it no one
08 November 2015, 20:59
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I am not sectarian, I advocate absolutely the contrary: no more sects, only one country, a civil State for all its citizens, one sole army, no more shias, sunnis, maronites, palestinians, etc. only Lebanese. Same right and same citizenship to all people born in Lebanon, like in any sane country. You call that sectarianism ?
