• IronCorgi@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I get it though. Israel has in the past expelled Palestinians and not allowed them to return leaving them stateless wherever they took shelter. Egypt doesn’t want a million people to suddenly become their problem permanently.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      They already are their problem permanently.: “Estimates of the size of the Palestinian population in Egypt range from 50,245 to 110,000.” The ‘not allowed to return’ thing is a bullshit excuse to deny them citizenship because it doesn’t give them the opportunity if they want it, keeping them as a second class, and Egypt knows it. What about the Palestinians that don’t want to return? The ones who want to live in Egypt? Egypt says fuck them.

      • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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        1 year ago

        Eh, accepting 2 millions refugees is an enormous feat. No western countries would be willing to accept 2 millions refugees at once, so we realistically can’t expect Egypt, with significantly worse economy than western countries, could accept 2 million refugees without massive assistance from other countries.