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Syrian refugees settled on the remote Scottish island of Bute complain they are now depressed
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3706625/Syrian-refugees-settled-remote-Scottish-island-complain-depressed-area-old-people-people-come-die.html ^ | By Maureen Sugden

Posted on 07/26/2016 5:42:56 PM PDT by Eurotwit

It was a scheme designed to offer Syrian refugees a new life in Scotland, away from the horrors of their war-ravaged homeland.

But some of the first to be given sanctuary in Rothesay eight months ago have spoken of their unhappiness on Bute, saying it is ‘full of old people’ and a place ‘where people come to die’.

Argyll and Bute Council was among 16 Scottish local authorities to sign up for the initiative, with the first 100 Syrian refugees flown to the UK and on to Scotland in November last year. But Abd, who had been making trips to Glasgow to find work, said: ‘I didn’t expect to come to this island. We thought we were going to London or Manchester. But whenever we say anything about moving off the island, we are told “We had to pay a lot of money to bring you here”. ‘I feel like it’s an obligatory residence. I feel humiliated. I didn’t come here for anyone to control me.

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TOPICS: Syria; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bute; depressed; hijrah; scotland; syrianscotland; tough
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To: 2banana

When depressed, do what I do, hang yourself.


61 posted on 07/26/2016 6:37:03 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: 2banana
Syrian refugees settled on the remote Scottish island of Bute complain they are now depressed



"The people of Bute were a lot happier before you got here, too!"
62 posted on 07/26/2016 6:39:16 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: 2banana

Dear Scotland,
SEND THEM HOME !!!!! AND THEN SLAM YOUR DOOR SHUT TO ANY MORE OF THEM GETTING IN!


63 posted on 07/26/2016 6:45:36 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: 2banana

Go to Greenland, Land of Opportunity!


64 posted on 07/26/2016 6:47:44 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: 2banana
But some of the first to be given sanctuary in Rothesay eight months ago have spoken of their unhappiness on Bute

And some people said these refugees would never assimilate, Eight months and they are becoming Scottish.

65 posted on 07/26/2016 6:47:57 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (I shot a man in Falcon Heights, just to watch him die)
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To: bgill
A true refugee would appreciate living anywhere

A true refugee would appreciate living anywhere

66 posted on 07/26/2016 6:50:00 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Paladin2

67 posted on 07/26/2016 7:04:01 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: leaning conservative

Nah man I feel a bit of sympathy for the Arkies.

Since she loves the moslem money so much maybe
Libya would be a good spot for her.


68 posted on 07/26/2016 7:05:27 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: 2banana; ConorMacNessa; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska

69 posted on 07/26/2016 7:12:41 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: freedom6178

Sounds heavenly. Until the undesirables were dropped off on the island, I would have said the perfect place for me to be as God intended: a hermit.

If these pieces of filth don’t like this beautiful slice of heaven, they can just go back to the hellhole from whence they came.


70 posted on 07/26/2016 7:27:49 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: 2banana

A red-blooded American might think of joining the Army and kicking the shit out of those who had invaded. But, a supremacist Muslim thinks, what me worry? And why aren’t you dogs treating me better.

Obviously, between the radical Muslims and the supremacist Muslims, the killers are worse than the moochers. So, thank God for the supremacists.


71 posted on 07/26/2016 7:49:44 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: 2banana

So unfair that they don’t have young women to rape.


72 posted on 07/26/2016 8:20:30 PM PDT by Bigg Red (You're on fire, stupid!)
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To: Chgogal

LOL

Poor spoiled brats.

Maybe the Brits need to do some bombing so they feel more at home.


73 posted on 07/26/2016 8:23:35 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: JoeProBono

I love bagpipes!


74 posted on 07/26/2016 8:24:44 PM PDT by Bigg Red (You're on fire, stupid!)
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To: All
I think they got lots of money... from the article -

The refugees have been given five years’ Humanitarian Protection status, permission to work and access to public funds. Twelve months of costs, excluding economic integration, are met by the UK’s overseas aid budget.

It also sounds like the local council will be forking out some of that money after 12 months.

75 posted on 07/26/2016 9:33:04 PM PDT by az_gila
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Looking at Google Maps, it’s hard to say that Bute is “remote,” being about 20 mi. from Glasgow, and at the same latitude, although it does appear to be rustic. I think Scotland itself is “remote”, or would certainly seem so to anyone of the Syrian ilk.


76 posted on 07/26/2016 11:49:14 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew
This is referring to James Clerk Maxwell, originator and namesake of "Maxwell's Equations" - the foundation of classical Electromagnetic Theory, still extant, even if formally superseded by Quantum Theory: ( CAPS added )

The ten-year-old Maxwell, having been raised in ISOLATION on his father's countryside estate, did not fit in well at school.[25] The first year had been full, obliging him to join the second year with classmates a year his senior.[25] His mannerisms and Galloway accent struck the other boys as RUSTIC. Having arrived on his first day of school wearing a pair of homemade shoes and a tunic, he earned the unkind nickname of "Daftie".[26] He never seemed to resent the epithet, bearing it without complaint for many years.[27] Social ISOLATION at the Academy ended when he met Lewis Campbell and Peter Guthrie Tait, two boys of a similar age who were to become notable scholars later in life. They remained lifelong friends.[10]

77 posted on 07/27/2016 12:12:35 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Eurotwit

Weird web page. It scrolls “sideways”!


78 posted on 07/27/2016 2:17:20 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: 2banana

I am beyond sick to death of whiny ingrate beggars.....


79 posted on 07/27/2016 2:38:08 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: az_gila

send these whiny beggars back to Syria, FAST


80 posted on 07/27/2016 2:43:34 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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