I'm totally up to take them in there. Just find it interesting that they move to the higher social assisted countries (germany, Sweden) when they are way harder to go to (especially sweden).
Eastern europe isn't good enough for them, I guess.
I think that it is not so much a question of social security system but about who would take them in with open arms. Sweden and Germany are the most friendly countries - and the refugees hear about that.
The neighbouring Denmark and Finland also have highly developed social security but the political climate there is more right-wing and in Denmark almost openly racist. I think Denmark is more of a transit-country for refugees to Sweden than a destination.
A couple of weeks ago I did ride trains from Germany and Denmark to Sweden - with some refugees among the rest of us. There were delays for sure and seat-reservations are now compulsory where before they were not. There was some bustling, but not that much. I saw police, migration-workers and volunteers all along the route and all I can say is that I see them doing a great job.
However, on the station in Denmark I did chat with a guy with dark complexion who had immigrated to Denmark back in 1988 (!) and he complained that he was being hustled by racist Danish police who thought he was a recent immigrant. That happens sometimes in Sweden too, but it is much less tolerated - and has caused headlines and public outrage.
Back when the Berlin wall was still up, people in the West travelled to far-away countries but people in Eastern Europe almost never ever saw any foreigners so the attitudes are very different.
It seems to be easier for right-wing parties to gain a hold over in the previous Eastern Block.
I had an elderly neighbour over for dinner earlier tonight. She has signed up as a volunteer to care for a alone Syrian refugee teenager that is expected to arrive soon. While she is of Swedish descent, she was once a teacher of Swedish for Immigrants and she has a son that once converted to Islam (because the father) and speaks Arabic, so I think they are well suited for this task.
You won't find people like that everywhere.
In order to contribute you need to integrate them, learn the language, provide education for the children, it's not that easy. If these people are not integrated they will become a social burden and a huge problem. I know what I'm talking about, in Romania we have this with a specific ethnic minority (I'm trying to be political ****ing correct ).
Yeah, there are people from a Romanian ethnic minority sitting begging outside every ****ing supermarket over here. The Romanian government was notified about this problem over a year ago but has shown no ambition to take care of its own indigenous population. If they had seen opportunity closer to home then they would not have come here.
There are also young men from other parts of the Arab world and Africa coming into Western Europe that are not Syrian refugees. Their cause - economic - is not seen a legitimate cause, so they can't get refugee status and therefore they have a harder time settling down. When they can't get into the social security system (which does not entail just monetary aid, mind you... I mean the whole shebang of schools, education, social security number so they can get a job etc) then they turn to crime.
Those immigrants are the ones I am the most afraid of - and afraid for the future of. Not the refugees.
