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Overcoming obstacles along the pathway to integration for Syrian healthcare professionals in Germany
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  • Published on: 8 December 2020
    Syrian Healthcare Workers Choose the Wrong Destination

    Editor, the commentary highlights the sad situation the Levant region in the middle east has reached. The Syrian healthcare workers are most needed in Syria and not in Germany. It is their very country which is in most need for their services. Syria now has shortage of trained doctors and nurses to help fellow country men and women recover from war injuries and myriad of infectious and non-communicable diseases. Integrating in Europe is never easy for a people from Muslim countries, even if the were professionals (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8854519/Muslim-doctor-refused-s...). I have lived in London for over 30 years and still feel an outsider in the UK. How will these refugees cope with the threat of their children losing their Arabic language or Muslim identity. Careers are not everything. It just baffles me why the Syrians who came to Europe could not seek refuge in rich Arab nations. Something terribly wrong is going on in the middle east and coming to Germany is not the answer. Syrian refugees are looking for a quick fix, but they should go back to their own country and tough it out to rebuild what was demolished before someone else comes and takes their places! Britons and Germans did not run away from their countries during the two world wars! Did millions of Britons leave to America to escape WWII? Why have did almost...

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