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   burfordTjustice to All   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Refugees=E2=80=99?= reject fre   
   03 Mar 17 05:53:05   
   
   XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Send'em back to Syria then..problem solved.   
      
   Refugees’ reject free Norwegian apartments, demand houses   
      
      
   Modum, a small municipality in the south of Norway, is faced with an uprising   
   of Syrian asylum seekers, who are angered by the community’s decision to   
   house them for free in moderately sized student flats.   
      
   In order to voice their protest against this ‘grave injustice’, the six   
   Arab men involved in the revolt have recently rejected the apartments by   
   refusing to sign contracts allowing them to reside in the flats, with total   
   floor areas of up to 20    
   square meters.   
      
   The Syrians, who claim te have fled the war in their homeland, are between 20   
   and 33 years of age. Abdulhadi Alkhalaf is one of the complainants. In Syria,   
   the 31-year-old was working as a lawyer, and now he’s claiming “moral   
   rights“, Document    
   reports using Bygdeposten as a source. Alkhalaf:   
      
      
   “It is unfair that others are getting houses or apartments. We still live in   
   an asylum centre and aspire to get ahead in life. We’d like to get a fresh   
   start as soon as possible and thus we need real houses. We don’t want to   
   appear unhappy and    
   demanding, but we are simply very impatient to move on.”   
      
   ‘Please don’t cry’   
      
   An official from the Modum municipality, which is located in Buskerud county   
   near Oslo, denies any wrongdoing in offering the flats.   
      
   “We understand that it is a big transition for Syrians from the upper social   
   strata to inhabit micro-apartments, but they’re equipped with central   
   heating, water, electricity, a kitchen, and a washing machine. Furthermore,   
   they are conveniently    
   located near a public transport hub.”   
      
   The students who normally live in the apartments, the official points out,   
   have to pay for them themselves, while the ‘refugees’ inhabit them for   
   free.   
      
      
   “It is called ‘obtaining a roof over your head’, and we have fulfilled   
   this obligation to the refugees. Apparently, the flats are good enough for   
   students to live in them for years on end, while at the same time they’re   
   not suited for Syrians who   
   re claiming to have escaped from war.”   
      
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