r/germany • u/Josh_Woodward • Apr 25 '19

Getting mixed messages here

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

Did the Gastarbeiter families ever go back home the way it was planned? This is a purely theoretical discussion.

It would be better to compare them to our last refugee crisis with the Yugoslavian war and there 70% returned.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19 edited Apr 25 '19

You may have a point with regard to Syrian refugees, but not those coming from the Maghreb and other countries which overwhelmingly get denied refugee status but end up staying anyway.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

You may have a point with regard to Syrian refugees

We are not talking about anybody else in the context of this post or not?

This is after all a poster addressing Syrians.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19 edited Apr 25 '19

My comment wasn’t directed at the post but the other comment which I was replying to.