Poland under pressure of EU to accept more asylum seeking refugees

Has the label "refugee" ever had a more conflicting image or stature? [Roman Empire?] And more importantly will this growing caution or even resentment towards refugees be sustainable - I.E. people of adult age will forever be cautious of the "refugee/migrant scam"?

If so then this recent circus will have been worth it and Western Europe will survive. Or in 15+ years will we see regular folks again put their guard down.

Mark: actually leftist West and Islam is a perfect match. The left plays the role of naive host and slowly but surely integrates to the Muslims norms. Ultimately the left might want Muslims to integrate on some serious issues such as inbreeding and physical harm of Jews/gays BUT the rest is negotiable and in their mind "exotic diversity". Most of the left is okay with parallel societies so in that regard the relationship does work

How true !

Odd isn't it that the left are the guardians of minorities and tolerance for all yet the muslim "minority" that they so actively pander to are so intolerant of pretty much anyone who isn't a muslim (or female).

You've got it backwards. The left assumes that Muslims in the west really, really, really want to integrate but it's the mean non-leftists that are preventing it. The fact that muslim communities are mostly apathetic and uninteresed in western culture and more interested in getting people to adopt their standards rather than vice versa is thoughtcrime that they don't allow themselves

Interesting how all media sources use the term "migrant"

I still see "refugee" being used by many but even when they use "migrant" they mean "refugee" !

Non-EU migrants are illegal aliens and have to be dealt with appropriately otherwise we may as well have open borders at all airports and ports.

Refugees aka migrants should be divided up only among the former colonial powers who had exploited and mistreated their ancestors for ages.
Poland has given to various war-torn nations including Chechens, Greeks, Ukrainians and Vietnamese.

Very very wise words. I concur.

No. I wouldn't force my way into a millionaire's home just because I wanted and felt I deserved a better life for my family. We are all products of our environment but we should operate within the law if we want to change our future and not impose ourselves on a host that did not invite us.

Life is tough. Life is not fair. If you happened to be born in the middle east or Africa then deal with it. I wasn't born to a rich family but that doesn't mean I will resort to crime to have a life that I feel I deserve.

It won't end there. Migrants come to Europe. We allow them to stay. Then what ? They fail to get jobs because they're not qualified. Some may be employed by other migrants but probably on the black market. After a few years these migrants become disenchanted with life in a European country as they realise the grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence. Then they expect and demand more from the host nation and become angry when they see more prosperous Europeans all around them.

Then you end up with a sizeable proportion of the population who hate Western ideals but still prefer the West to their home country. I wonder what happens when western countries eventually become reflections of Islamic countries in the middle east, countries that muslims were so eager to leave.

Prime candidates for radicalisation.....

So the logical conclusion from that was if you were born in an impoverished town in Galicia then you should deal with it, stay there and wait for an autocracy to fix itself - you would have no right to try your luck in Chicago, Dortmund or London.

If you were born in Galicia then you'd have a legal right to try your luck in Dortmund or London as you would be an EU national. As a Pole I don't think you would be able to fly into Chicago and expect to have the right to stay. Do you get what I am saying ??

Everyone has the right to make a better life for themselves but that does not mean you do so illegally which is what the migrants are doing. It seems that if one or two people break the law then it's a crime but if you get thousands of others to do it with you then it's a "political/humanitarian crisis".

Precisely what some people are doing.

@spiritus
There have been numerous attacks on Chinese people esp in France because the Muslims are jealous of them that they're successful. If you Google attacks on chinese, muslim attacks Chinese there's a variety of articles.

I can tell you from my visits to London is that there are tons of young muslim men just walking around aimlessly living off the dole. Many of them don't want to work and are totally fine with just receiving welfare.

Macron was asked by a journalist whether a sort of Marshall plan should be given to Africa. The modern equivalent of the Marshall plan for Europe would equal some 150 bil. The problem is this won't fix sub Saharan Africa. You'd have to invest probably like a trillion but then there's still the cultural and social issues of extremely high birth rates, low education levels, high levels of hiv aids, totally different culture, rampant theft and corruption, etc etc. I don't think any amount of money would change this unless the West basically pays a sort of welfare directly to Africans so that they don't come to Europe for it.