The tents, located roughly 2,150 miles from Syria in the city of Mina, are only used a few days a year to house pilgrims on their way to Mecca for the hajj, the news station TeleSUR reported.
The huge tents are also fireproof and equipped with kitchen and bathroom facilities.
But while Europe struggles to find space to take in the millions of asylum seekers making the perilous journey there, Saudi Arabia has been largely unresponsive to the crisis.
According to the to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are about 500,000 Syrians living in Saudi Arabia, but they are not classified as asylum seekers and it is not known when they arrived in the country.
Other reports indicate that Saudi Arabia has not taken in any new refugees; neither have Kuwait, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates.
No Gulf country has signed the U.N. Convention on Refugees, an accord standardizing the level of treatment of people fleeing to new countries.
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We don't want the terrorists here anyway!
ReplyDeleteDon't look to the Saudis for compassion. The Saudis only do what's good for the Saudis.
ReplyDeleteI want to know how many the Vatican are taking? They have plenty of empty space.
ReplyDelete147-They do what makes sense. They don't fall for trojan horses.
ReplyDelete220-Vatican City is about 100 acres. "Plenty of empty space", clearly means you've never been to Rome or Vatican City.
The Saudi's don't need any more Muslims in the country to convert it to Islam so why would they take in these "refugees"?
ReplyDeleteBc there muslim .
DeleteEven the saudis don't want muslim terrorists.
ReplyDeleteThe Saudis take care of the Saudis and that's it. I can not wait until all their oil is dried up and karma will catchup.
ReplyDeleteThe tents are for the Haj. The religious walk thing they do to Mecca. So no refuge.
ReplyDeleteBombs away.
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