Uruguay's president Jose Mujica proposal to shelter Syrian children refugees from the ongoing Middle East conflict has the support of 66% of the population and is rejected by 23%, according to a public opinion poll released this week by a local television channel. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesOut of the frying pan into the fire springs to mind. From abject poverty to basic poverty, got to be a good move for the Syrians.
Jul 26th, 2014 - 07:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0I am disappointed that the opposition were so partisan over what is a humanitarian effort and probably the only good think No Money Pepe has done during all his tenure as El Presidente.
Jul 26th, 2014 - 11:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0I will be helping to pay for their welfare and money well spent too, unlike keeping 6000,000 government workers on the tit just to vote Broad Fraud.
Pity he buckled under Obuma over the raghead scum.
I, too, agree that taking in these Syrian children is the decent thing to do. I'm disappointed by Golfcronie's levity; perhaps he'd like to rethink and apologise.
Jul 26th, 2014 - 10:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Many Uruguayan children are poor, and more must be done for them. The left has done nothing except give their parents handouts which in many cases seem not to be spent on the children. The government controls are a joke.
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Jul 26th, 2014 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You just prooved my point. They will be better off in Uruguay so a good move for the Syrians.
The kids are already messed up physiologically sent off to live on the benefit off a foreign state away from their parents and relatives. Don’t make a habit of this like the Europeans did and look how bad and irreversible things turned out.
Jul 28th, 2014 - 05:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0Always these things start with a good intentions melodramatic idealism and political correctness instead of looking at the facts.
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