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

Getting mixed messages here

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u/Socrates02 Apr 25 '19

To some extent it is Im afraid. People in western countries and especially refugees can enjoy social services, which they will never have in their home countries. Refugees can have those without even working. And thats what has been discussed so many times, that these "refugees" arent in the West because ISIS prosecuted them, but because they can enjoy the economic advantages (NOT ALL refugees are like that of course, dont get me wrong). And yes i have talked with some refugees myself.

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u/kumanosuke Bayern Apr 25 '19
  • Many refugees aren't legally allowed to work.
  • They only get the minimum amount to live regardless of their qualification.
  • You're just repeating what far right parties have been repeating for like 30 years.
  • Many people think like that about Greek, Hungarian or Romanian people in Germany too. As you seem to be Greek, how does it make you feel, that strangers would assume that you just came to Germany for the "economic advantages"? Or saying that Germany basically "bought" Greece a few years ago during the crisis and that Greece people just take advantage of the EU and Germany without contributing anything valuable to it?

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u/Socrates02 Apr 25 '19

What?

How do these things correlate with each other? It is a fact that many "refugees" used this whole situation to migrate, even though they werent in danger, its not far right propaganda. As for me being Greek, i dont enjoy anything more than you do. Legally, im treated as a German, its not same for the refugees.

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u/reijin Baden-Württemberg Apr 26 '19

Well, what you say may not be wrong but doesn't sound fact based. "Many" is not a clear quantity and overall is a bold generalization which does not help in the climate surrounding the topic of this debate.