# Should the US agree to take a share of the refugees trying to seek asylum in Europe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-agree-to-take-a-share-of-the-refugees-trying-to-seek-asylum-in-europe/729864>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 3, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-agree-to-take-a-share-of-the-refugees-trying-to-seek-asylum-in-europe/729864 "2015-09-03T23:04:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-agree-to-take-a-share-of-the-refugees-trying-to-seek-asylum-in-europe/729864/141 "2015-09-16T16:18:43Z")

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> [@even\_sven](#):
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> …After decades of rule by a dictator, I’d imagine many people feel no more attached to the idea of “Syria” than you do. A strong national identity- one based on the kinds of shared values that people are willing to risk their lives for- doesn’t just come automatically from happening to live somewhere. People aren’t going to fight for a line on the map.

People are currently fighting for a line on the map, both in the Middle East and in Europe.

The refugees aren’t willing to risk their lives fighting for their country in the ME. You should invite these refugees into your home and feed them.

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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-agree-to-take-a-share-of-the-refugees-trying-to-seek-asylum-in-europe/729864/142 "2015-09-16T16:24:23Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I think it’s rather telling about how blinkered you are, that you are reflexively calling brown people crossing a border “illegal aliens.”

I think it rather racist of you to assume that “brown people” = “illegal aliens”. To each their own, I guess.

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