Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Saudi Arabia Has 100,000 Air-conditioned Tents Sitting Empty

As Saudi Arabia faces mounting criticism for refusing to take in any of the millions of Syrians fleeing conflict in their homeland, it was revealed this weekend that the country has over 100,000 empty, air-conditioned tents that could house up to 3 million refugees.

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.

More

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

We don't want the terrorists here anyway!

Anonymous said...

Don't look to the Saudis for compassion. The Saudis only do what's good for the Saudis.

Anonymous said...

I want to know how many the Vatican are taking? They have plenty of empty space.

Anonymous said...

147-They do what makes sense. They don't fall for trojan horses.


220-Vatican City is about 100 acres. "Plenty of empty space", clearly means you've never been to Rome or Vatican City.

Anonymous said...

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"?

Anonymous said...

Even the saudis don't want muslim terrorists.

Anonymous said...

The 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.

Anonymous said...

The tents are for the Haj. The religious walk thing they do to Mecca. So no refuge.

Anonymous said...

Bc there muslim .

Anonymous said...

Bombs away.