Thread: Refugees from ex Soviet Countries, to Western Europe

Originally Posted by Hanna

The people who come are refugees. They say that "if you send me home, then I will be put in prison by my government, and perhaps tortured". That is what the Uzbeks say.
Then, according to the Geneva convention about refugees, if their claim can be verified they get to stay. Most of the countries in Western Europe have the same laws. That is why there are so many people from the Middle East and Africa in Germany and Scandinavia. .

so what they basically do is blackmail europeans, why they're allowed to get away with it is beyond me

Originally Posted by Hanna

There is a Russian oligarch who got refugee status in Great Britain and is a British citizen now. Forgotten the name, but he is on TV there quite a lot. He said "if I return to Russia I will be persecuted and may be tortured..."

you're probably talking about Boris Berezovski, but in saying that he's completely honest, he crossed Putin's path and since then they're enemies, if he returns he'll share the fate of Chodorkoffski

Originally Posted by Hanna

How come you know about Wallenberg? Surely he is not famous in Russia? He is our only war hero, really.... The reason he could help people was that he was a diplomat and he came from one of the most important families in Sweden. He had lots of connections, so he was able to make exceptions.

i know because he died in Soviet Union in jail but most likely was murdered there
during the Perestroika lots of information about Stalin regime atrocities was unveiled