Syrian refugees are often Islamists
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This argument is used in the debates Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration? and Should we accept immigration?.
This argument is an objection to It's not true, most migrants are fleeing war.
This argument is used in the debates Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration? and Should we accept immigration?.This argument is an objection to It's not true, most migrants are fleeing war.Keywords: none
Summary
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“"If you stick to the criteria for asylum, you have to be persecuted by the government in place. Those who are currently being fought by the government in power are the Islamist fundamentalists", judged Marine Le Pen in 2015 on ITélé. "The Syrians who were bombed, it was the Islamists", judged the candidate again in Face à BFM this Tuesday evening, evoking a situation "fundamentally different" from Ukraine.”
Marine Le Pen, “Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria... Have the candidates changed their minds about accepting refugees?”, Bfmtv, 3/03/2022.
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The systematic equation of Middle Eastern immigrants with Islamists is fake news fuelled by the far right.