Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agowhy doesn't Egypt open its borders to Gaza?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squarewhy doesn't Egypt open its borders to Gaza?Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoAccepting 2 million refugees from Gaza (~2% of Egypt population) would surely crash Egypt economy and cause many unforseen social issues.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoIf Poland can do it…
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year agoPoland isn’t a desert. Poland has farmland. Most of Poland is actually habitable.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe middle east is mostly desert, so that’s not really a reason
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoPoland also have much higher GDP per capita, much lower poverty rate, and a member of EU which increase the economic opportunity for its citizens.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSure, a lot of Ukrainians travelled through Poland to other places though. Why can’t the countries in the region do it with the support of NGOs?
Accepting 2 million refugees from Gaza (~2% of Egypt population) would surely crash Egypt economy and cause many unforseen social issues.
If Poland can do it…
Poland isn’t a desert. Poland has farmland. Most of Poland is actually habitable.
The middle east is mostly desert, so that’s not really a reason
Poland also have much higher GDP per capita, much lower poverty rate, and a member of EU which increase the economic opportunity for its citizens.
Sure, a lot of Ukrainians travelled through Poland to other places though. Why can’t the countries in the region do it with the support of NGOs?