Syrian Refugee Update: Germany Forking Out $6.8 Billion For 800,000 Refugees
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that it will be spending about $6.6 billion on the refugees and migrants that are pouring into the country.
The nation's magnanimity in the Syrian refugee crisis stands in stark contrast to how other European countries and England have been behaving. Austria has also been taking a great share of the burden along with Germany by opening its borders to the refugees.
German Secretary-General Yasmin Fahimi spoke to NBC about how important it was for them to show compassion in this great hour of need for a embattled community.
"We had to give a strong signal of humanity to show that Europe's values are valid also in difficult times. Hungary's handling of the crisis is unbearable," she said.
Although Merkel is tyring to build solidarity and encouraging other nations to take in more refugees, other countries haven't been as forthcoming. David Cameron recently revealed that he would be willing to take in 20,000 refugees over the next five years. France has agreed to giving shelter to 24,000.
Then there have been countries like Hungary which have been standing on the polar extreme, actually fortifying their boundaries to keep refugees out.
Even Middle Eastern countries are showing little compassion. Recently news of the Saudi government actually taking action to ensure that such help cannot be extended has been a bit shocking. The Saudi Arabian government has banned its citizens from adopting Syrian orphans..
Two recent reports about the Syrian refugee crisis sent shock waves around the world -- one about a driverless truck, with the dead bodies of migrants found in the carriage, and the drowning of a child en route to Europe. The refugee crisis has not only stunned the world but everybody has been looking to Europe and England to see how they deal with the situation.
