The editor:
The current refugee crisis begs for scrutiny. The feasibility of terrorists manoeuvring entry amongst them is very real. Here is why.
On February 18, various Internet reports and The Daily Mail News recorded that ISIS threatened to flood Europe with 500,000 migrants and force half a million Libyan migrants as a 鈥減sychological weapon鈥� against Europe and the West. No one paid much attention at that time.
One can still check these threats on the Internet. Studying the latest re-ports, there seem to be two types of migrants streaming in at an unbelievable pace. There are those who have lost all they had, who were persecuted, tortured and abused, and the economic refugees who escape with all their money for their own financial reasons.
This particular refugee explosion is very different from migration challenges in the past. There are many hidden dangers that cannot be solved with goodwill alone.
The ISIS statements that it would flood Europe with 鈥渞adicalized refugees鈥� truly hits a raw nerve. When you see the many healthy-appearing assertive young men claiming refugee status, you start to wonder are all of them true refugees. Why did these young men not stay in their homeland to try help free their country from the ISIS regime, as they should? Could the ISIS threat have come to fruition already? It is a mighty scary thought indeed.
We need to do all we can to help the first type of refugees the sooner the better. The ones fleeing for economic reasons undeniably need a good second look. The cautious approach of our federal government to screen refugees is commendable indeed.
Thank you Prime Minister Harper. We truly do appreciate that. Let鈥檚 hope it will stay that way.
Gertie Pool
Abbotsford, B.C.
