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September 18, 2015

The Many Ironies of the Migrant Crisis

Israel does more to help refugees than Saudi Arabia.

As refugees from the Middle East and North Africa try desperately to get into Europe, the nearby and wealthy Arab states of the Persian Gulf refuse to absorb any of them, claiming, among other things, that “it is not right for us to accept a people that are different from us.” It is only the poorest Arab states, Denis MacEoin notes, that have taken in refugees—“and there are other ironies” as well:

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