&gt; It &quot;amazes&quot; me why these &quot;refugees&quot; flock to Germany or Great Britain and not to their very wealthy brethren in countries such as Kuwaii, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Arab Emirates, etc...<p>Out of these countries, only Egypt is even a signatory to the Refugee Convention and its Protocol. All of these countries range from &quot;questionable human rights status&quot; to &quot;fascist theocracy&quot;.<p>More importantly, most Syrian refugees are in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq, all of which are already overflowing (Turkey alone has close to two million refugees). They are fleeing to closer countries, but these countries are already operating beyond capacity.<p>&gt; Same culture, same religion and they are much closer!<p>Watch this video of Damascus college students before the war: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=NbM4trP42NY&amp;sns=em" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=NbM4trP42NY&amp;sns=em</a><p>How much do you think they have in common with the culture of Saudi Arabia?<p>&gt; It also amazes me why the EU leaders insist for other European countries to accept these &quot;refugees&quot; when the majority of EU countries is not responsible for this situation at all.<p>The underlying reason here is Dublin III. According to the Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers are to be processed in the country where they enter the EU [1]. Right now, this means that Greece, Hungary, Italy, and Spain. You see the problem?<p>Now, Sweden, Austria, and Germany are helping out <i>despite</i> Dublin.<p>Finally, it doesn&#x27;t matter who is responsible. The EU member states are bound by treaty and customary international law to deal with refugees on its territory; the principle of non-refoulement prevents them from sending refugees back into danger.<p>And yes, it would still be nice if the countries that helped create that mess also helped out with the refugees. As it pertains to Syria and Iraq, that would be in particular the members of the &quot;coalition of the willing&quot;; Daesh arose out of the ashes of Saddam&#x27;s military [2].<p>&gt; Luckily there are some leaders out there that are not afraid of this stupid political correctness and they build fences on their borders because they know what this might lead to.<p>It&#x27;s pretty hard to build a fence in the middle of the sea.<p>[1] The Dublin Regulation also is intended to support the countries of entry through various means, but was designed for a much smaller number of asylum seekers.<p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pbs.org&#x2F;wgbh&#x2F;pages&#x2F;frontline&#x2F;iraq-war-on-terror&#x2F;rise-of-isis&#x2F;how-saddams-former-soldiers-are-fueling-the-rise-of-isis&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pbs.org&#x2F;wgbh&#x2F;pages&#x2F;frontline&#x2F;iraq-war-on-terror&#x2F;r...</a>