UK has done very well, what we call batting well above its average. I also have to single out the rich oil nations such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar ... kudos on the contributions ... BUT all four countries have TAKEN IN ZERO REFUGEE. Is it a country's prerogative not to take in refugees ??? I guess a country has the sovereignty to decide if they want their population to remain homogenous (largely) so as to stave off future social problems, maybe. I will try to not associate the innocent drowned boy in Turkey to this, although I can ...
Take my money but don't force me to take in any refugees. If every single country does that .... we are all so fucked. I think I can put Japan into that category as well.
Let's get one things straight ... no one chooses to be a refugee. They are running from something that is so bad that they would rather risk their lives in jammed up boats or trek hazardous areas to be "free-er". Yes, there are also economic refugees, but there are very very few of them (not like the Southern population migration from China in the early 1900).
The other country that needs to be singled out is China. Ye, it has some economic problems now, but its really nothing compared to the size of the country, the size of its economy, the role it plays in global trade and the surpluses it has accumulated. Certainly you need to play a bigger role in global issues. You have to do your part. 9.7m pounds from China ... god, thats even lesser than Switzerland, Luxembourg or South Korea!!!
| COUNTRY | AID SPENDING |
|---|---|
| US | £2,800,986,584 |
| European Commission | £1,041,852,208 |
| UK | £920,646,623 |
| Kuwait | £764,149,331 |
| Individuals & organisations | £638,993,458 |
| Germany | £633,585,440 |
| Saudi Arabia | £387,077,881 |
| UAE | £359,148,206 |
| Canada | £341,430,640 |
| Japan | £310,032,078 |
| Norway | £171,992,010 |
| Qatar | £157,992,727 |
| Netherlands | £135,988,173 |
| Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) | £132,481,587 |
| UN agencies | £130,667,593 |
| Various (details not yet provided) | £125,234,632 |
| Switzerland | £114,747,197 |
| Sweden | £113,030,788 |
| Australia | £98,394,682 |
| Denmark | £94,068,068 |
| France | £70,017,598 |
| Italy | £64,432,296 |
| Finland | £40,287,318 |
| Belgium | £31,791,564 |
| Ireland | £26,782,302 |
| Russian Federation | £23,601,492 |
| Spain | £20,918,214 |
| Bahrain | £16,849,800 |
| Luxembourg | £15,707,696 |
| Oman | £15,180,000 |
| Iraq | £15,157,436 |
| Korea, Republic of | £15,108,390 |
| Allocation of funds from Red Cross / Red Crescent | £12,307,248 |
| China | £9,769,935 |
| Austria | £8,843,065 |
| New Zealand | £7,326,343 |
| Morocco | £5,445,000 |
| Czech Republic | £4,491,722 |
| India | £3,824,381 |
| Brazil | £3,821,400 |
| Poland | £3,773,636 |
| Mexico | £1,980,000 |
| Algeria | £1,320,000 |
| Estonia | £1,168,581 |
| Allocation of unearmarked funds by IGOs | £866,611 |
| Monaco | £758,898 |
| Croatia | £695,665 |
| Brunei Darussalam | £660,000 |
| Mauritania | £660,000 |
| Turkey | £660,000 |
| Hungary | £485,200 |
| Bulgaria | £483,115 |
| Romania | £363,000 |
| Ecuador | £330,000 |
| Indonesia | £330,000 |
| Malaysia | £330,000 |
| Iceland | £267,300 |
| Greece | £260,187 |
| Portugal | £214,014 |
| Colombia | £198,000 |
| Slovenia | £173,584 |
| Liechtenstein | £170,807 |
| Slovakia | £170,426 |
| Lithuania | £161,451 |
| Uruguay | £151,807 |
| Botswana | £132,000 |
| Chile | £132,000 |
| Kazakhstan | £132,000 |
| Latvia | £118,776 |
| Malta | £102,099 |
| South Africa | £61,687 |
| Cyprus | £39,197 |
| Andorra | £33,987 |
| Georgia | £33,000 |
| Mongolia | £6,600 |
| Holy See | £6,518 |
| Montenegro | £3,300 |
| Source: Financial Tracking Service |
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4 comments:
Hi, typo, China should be million, not bn.
Should ask Malaysia to donate some from the balance of the RM2.6 billion.
Hi
Thanks for the update of the refugee crisis. You forget one vital point. Malaysia is a Muslim country well endowed with natural resources a country where I notice the majority of the population are kind and caring and also overweight!. It's a shame to note that the worlds poorest nation Mauritania has contributed double the amount than prosperous Malaysia. I just hope Malaysians especially the Muslims contribute generously as they have a religious obligation to do so.
And how many refugees has the Government agreed to take????
Zubair,
In actual fact, considering our resources, economic debt etc... Malaysia has risen way above similar countries in terms of taking in refugees. If you ask around, we have a lot of Rohingyas and various refugee communities from Arab states living in our country. We are about one of the very very few countries to agree to host them while allowing them time to wait for actual placements to other countries to take them permanently. Many of them stay here for more than 5 years. Unfortunately our gov cannot make it legal for their kids to be schooled at our gov schools or allow them legally to work. Its one to thing to allow them in but its another to legalise them for fear of political backlash. Which is a shame... we cannot have so many of them here whether for a few years or otherwise... and not try to treat them more humanely. Go ask Singapore how many they have taken in, even for temporary measures.
Dali. Why doesn't Singapore contribute or take in refugees?
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