title: obsessing over europes refugee crisis while ignoring africas is white privilege at work
text: loading posted on november   putin condemns europes handling of migrants and says the child rape in austria shows a dilution of national values jennifer newton daily mail november   
  vladimir putin has waded into the migrant crisis condemning europes handling of asylum seekers and saying a case of child rape in austria dilutes national values 
  the russian president has largely kept quiet over the refugee crisis in europe but has now spoken out of his disbelief over its handling claiming that a continent that cant protect its children has no future 
  his comments come off the back of a case in austria last week which saw an iraqi migrant have his conviction of raping a yearold boy at a swimming pool in vienna overturned 
  he was originally convicted of the crime but it was overturned because a court didnt prove he realised the boy was saying no 
  it came after the migrant identified as yearold amir a claimed that it was a sexual emergency because he had not had sex for four months 
  a second trial for the rape is expected to take place next year but the attacker is likely to remain in custody until then 
  and speaking at a press conference this week putin slammed europes migration policy and cited the case where the victim was from a serbian family living in austria 
  he said in a european country a child is raped by a migrant and the court releases him 
  it doesnt fit into my head what on earth theyre thinking over there 
  i cant even explain the rationaleis it a sense of guilt before the migrants whats going on its not clear 
  he also claimed that the case highlighted the dissolution of traditional national values adding a society that cannot defend its children has no future 
  and putins words appeared to have struck a chord as he is extremely popular with serbs 
  in the rape case the boy had arrived in austria with his serbian mother who paid for him to go to the theresienbad swimming pool where he was violently attacked 
  the boy was so badly injured that he needed hospital treatment but he will be forced to go back to court for the iraqi mans second trial outraging the austrian serbian community 
  austrian media say the case has hardened the communities position against asylum seekers who were previously divided about whether to vote for the leftleaning green party candidate or the far right option nobert hofer in upcoming elections 
  however it is not the first time russia has lashed out at the eus handling of the migrant crisis 
  in march konstantin romodanovsky head of russias federal migration service accused leaders of willfully ignoring cultural differences that have caused such widespread friction and chaos across the continent 
  he also added that multiculturalism has failed because europe never formed a unified strategy to integrate refugees into western society 
  he said the european commission left it up to individual nations to decide how they want to treat asylum seekersdespite the fact the policies and capabilities of member states are very different 
  romodanovsky also accused eu countries of ignoring the differences in culture religious traditions and customs with the refugees the vast majority of whom are islamic