Posted on 03/11/2017 3:28:59 PM PST by John Semmens
A United Kingdom proposal to send refugees back to their home countries if conditions there improve was assailed by UN Secretary General António Guterres as "contrary to basic human rights."
"The Earth belongs to all people," Guterres asserted. "No government, no person has the right to block any other person from choosing which portion of our common inheritance he wishes to occupy."
UK Prime Minister Theresa May defended her proposal, saying "we took these people in as a humanitarian gesture because their homelands are wracked by war. Their insistence on maintaining the culture from which they came implies a desire to return rather than adapt to our culture. If the wars they were fleeing are brought to an end and it is safe for them to be repatriated I see no reason why they shouldn't be sent home."
"Humanity began in Africa," Guterres observed. "All the rest of the world is populated by migrants. Ms. May is in no position to assume ownership of the British Isles and has no right to evict anyone against his will. Even if the place the refugees departed is declared safe it may not be an adequate condition from the refugees' perspective. None of their home countries provide the social benefits for which they qualify in the United Kingdom. Forcing them to leave a situation where housing, food, and income are provided at no cost to them robs these migrants of their human entitlements. Every enlightened human being must condemn this planned anti-social and oppressive act."
Guterres was undeterred by a report from the Center for Immigration Studies that found that resettling a refugee from the Middle East in the US costs 12 times as much as housing them in a neighboring Middle Eastern country, saying that it supports his position that "the desire to send these refugees back to their home countries stems from greed. Ousting a person because it would cost too much to keep him is pure selfishness."
In related news, Guterres rejected criticism of Pakistan's treatment of women—93% of Pakistani women have experienced sexual violence—saying that "as I understand it, Islam's Quran instructs men to discipline their wives, daughters, sisters, and mothers, including beating them when necessary. If we are to respect religious freedom we must not judge nor interfere with their beliefs no matter how much they may differ from own own."
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She is an idiot about allowing them to use religion as an excuse to beat women. Yes, she is the UK PM. Bush, Clinton, Bush 2, and Obama allowed Muslims in this country. I say our founding fathers damn sure never would have as Jefferson new their BS lies well.
The UN hates that the West is Peaceful ,you have to bring in a little war
I’m not sure it was the U.K. PM saying that, did I read it wrong?
She’s a he.
Get out of the UN, quit funding this crap and those Commie idiots.
I read it wrong. The He is the whacko. The PM gets it with send them back.
Guterres’ ideas would turn every place into a mess like the Middle East sooner or later. Our experience with them here tells us that they(most of them) don’t plan to assimilate.
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