We’re all in despair witnessing from our western homes what’s happening there. I’d rather take a few thousands Afghans who have actually worked and helped US and NATO than leave them to their fate.
Yeah, IF they actually helped. In less than two weeks time the Dutch government has received e-mails from over 13,000 Afghans*1 claiming they worked for the Dutch armed forces. Our main deployment lasted four years and consisted between 1-2,000 troops at any given time. No way in hell did 13,000 Afghans ever work for us even indirectly during that time unless you count shopkeepers in towns, people sweeping the street etc.
And the worst thing is that if they manage to travel to the EU they'll get to stay even if their story is complete rubbish and their behaviour criminal and abhorrent. During the Syrian refugee crisis the immigrations dept. was completely swamped and they didn't get around to doing even a basic examination of whether or not these people actually came from where they claimed or what their background was (including known war criminals!). Political interference ensured that the process was curtailed and frustrated even further because of the "refugees welcome" crowd overlapping flawlessly with leftist political parties in power wanting every single future voter to feel indebted to them.
I have no problem with Afghans that actually helped, but unless people that were there can vouch for them on an individual basis they should, as a group, imo not be welcomed with open arms.
Around 2,400 people were evacuated that made claims about having worked for the Dutch government and had paperwork processed either at the embassy or at KBL meaning it's fairly safe to say they at some point worked for us and are at actual risk. A lot of those 2,400 are helpers along with their families.That might be what 1,200 helpers to 240 depending on if they have children and if so how many. Just the spouses to spouse + 9 children. Either way that is miles and miles off of 13,000 claiming to be helpers along with tens of thousands of dependents.
This crisis like all those before it will be used to bring in people that do not deserve to be here because we do not owe them anything since they had no connection to the Dutch government and/or to the country they claim to be from.
*1 A lot of Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian economic migrants have tried to obtain refugee status by claiming to be Syrian. Because their parent nations refuse to take them back we're stuck with them. These are virtually all young men who commit (violent) crimes at an exorbitantly high rate. Scum of the earth. A child can figure out that the same trick will be played by people pretending to be Afghan.
Tell them it's "vintage" and that's it's all about "fashion".
If you hang onto something for long enough it's bound to make a comeback sooner or later ...
