Migrants and Refugees: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@osamabasha794]

I am a Muslim immigrant in Toronto, Canada dubbed "the most diverse city in the world". I came here 1 year, 8 months and 23 days ago, I mingled very quickly. I was admitted to the best university in the country and I am starting my first business in few months. I am still a Muslim but have had a fundamental paradigm shift and have corrected some of the teachings of Islam I inherited, and have enhanced some of the behaviour I don't find consistent with urban living. My point is, those refugees are going to find their way. If you're fearful of Muslims, wait for those frightened people to see the other side of the world and they'd learn, they'd correct the portion of their flawed beliefs once they see for themselves what westerners have accomplished through hard work and nobel principles. Believe me, no sane human would "bomb" a country that has sheltered them when they most needed it. I confidently say, I am now more loyal to Canada than the Muslim country I have inhabited 19 years.

[@ba8e]

Dick Tracy Have you opened a business to promote some well being in your area? I do like your name though. Suits you well.

[@MarcellMiklosKocsis]

+Анонимуси I shat myself laughing

[@JoshIdstein]

+Osama Basha Best comeback ever.

[@tornadolover920]

+Osama Basha Thank you, that makes you a decent human being.

[@dasalekhya]

+Osama Basha You are in the *best nation* in the world. Welcome to Canada - the land where a Christian majority city elects a *Muslim Mayor* #NaheedNenshi

[@Heresskip]

Nujeen's done loads since this - shes in her 20s now and is a united nations advocate for refugees!! She even has a TED talk and multiple books. Amazing woman.

[@jamesbradley3667]

2020 actually making me smile. Thank you for telling us that :)

[@Joyylin]

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[@thatoneguy478]

Thanks for giving the update. I somehow missed this one when it aired and just now came across it and was about to see if she had actually seen this clip when I saw your comment.

[@sctrgs3207]

@@thatoneguy478 same.

[@Neoyoshi-FFXIV]

It warms my heart to read that Nujeen is doing well, i hope with whats going on right now in the world that it hasn't stopped her from being awesome.

[@khm8910]

If anyone wants an update on Nujeen Mustafa (the girl in the wheelchair), she successfully immigrated to Germany 3-4 years ago and is currently attending school.

[@trecchannel4205]

That’s what’s up!

[@MzShonuff123]

Thanks!

[@timkinney8719]

It's really amazing how much *actual* good John and the people involved in LWT do with their resources. This episode and the one where John buys and forgives 15 million dollars worth of medical debt are my favorites. A little bit of *real* generosity, even in the name of comedy, goes a long way.

[@paulbaumler9084]

Hi, i think i haven't seen that episode yet, but i would really like to. Could you tell me what the episode is called?

[@rebekah5052]

@@paulbaumler9084 I think it's the debt buyers episode iirc

[@adamherzenberg9162]

@@paulbaumler9084 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqm4cqGqqZataMU

[@paulbaumler9084]

@@adamherzenberg9162 thanks a lot

[@Vafini]

LWT is a national treasury

[@MrBawa480]

I love how we (Slovakians) are so hostile towards refugees, even tough not so long ago we were the ones immigrating into western europe because of the political situation during the cold war.

[@kozagong]

+Viktor Kovacs I love how you don't see the point.

[@lisamortini8567]

+kozagong You don't get sarcasm, do you?

[@kozagong]

I do.

[@460vsmithwesson3]

+Viktor Kovacs Also worth to mention that the majority of Slovaks migrates to the Czech Republic. And since the language is essentially the same they have little difficulty adapting to the accepting country.

[@The36th]

+Ewa Piracka Głupia kłamliwa idiotko... Na przykładzie Holandii Polacy stanowią ok. 4% ludzi którzy pobierają zasiłki. Islamiści to chyba 50%+... Jest jakiś powód czemu obrażasz własny naród? You stupid lying idiot... In Netherlands Polish immigrants are only ~4% of all pople who take allowances from social care. Muslism are ~50%+ of all of them. Is there any particular reason why do You offend your own people with those lies...?

[@TheAmbientUniverse]

How can someone in a wheelchair who is being put through so much shit on both sides be so positive and cheerful? She's an actual role model.

[@amineelyoussoufi4371]

I cannot look at her without crying ...

[@bluemoon9530]

She truly is a beautiful person

[@amberpage7936]

She deserves such a better life than we’re giving her!

[@loonloonlikemoonmoon1577]

She's a modern day Cinderella, going through all that and still managing to not only smile, but make others smile. Bless her.

[@krissmitchell8513]

Notice how great her teeth is? Odd.

[@OranIsGone]

Aww, that's sweet John. you're actually the voice of reason and kindness in all of this. **scrolls down to the comments** And my faith in humanity is lost yet again.

[@SugaryCoyote]

+TitanicNeoTyphlosion "Facts are evil. People who disagree with my lies are evil."

[@robertkrause7357]

+TitanicNeoTyphlosion His entire "argumet" is built around womanish appeals to emotions. Fuck him, and fuck you too.

[@OranIsGone]

***** Most of these people are innocent humans trying to find refuge. Yes, some may have bad intentions, but so do people of all races, religions and backgrounds. Are there things we can do to stop these horrible things from happening? Probably. Does that mean we should treat every person like that as a criminal, forcing innocent people out of the country or physically assaulting them, simply for the actions of the minority? No. Absolutely not. Maybe I am naive in saying these people should be trusted. But I say it's better than the alternative. An alternative that breeds hatred and only leads to more hatred. Stop wasting your energy trying to stop innocent people from trying to live their lives, and put your anger towards stopping the people solely responsible.

[@OranIsGone]

Robert Krause I'd like to know what's so wrong about treating innocent people like human beings. But then again, what am I to expect from a person using a nazi symbol as a profile picture.

[@Oujouj426]

+TitanicNeoTyphlosion Don't bother. Germany is even having a flame up of legit neo-Nazis due to this. This world isn't a cruel place by chance, humans made it that way. Human compassion is such a rare thing, glad you managed to grow up believing in the good of people, as cheesy as that may sound.

[@daddywarbucks81]

The segment at the end might literally be the sweetest thing I've ever seen. I am actually crying right now.

[@BossHoggBroDog]

The moment he looked straight into the camera and called her by name makes me teary eyed every single time. Also makes me smile really big

[@amalhallak9908]

I’m a Syrian refugee and I am crying out of joy for Najeen.

[@DorvellTStewart]

Agreed! I wonder if Najeen ever saw it?

[@samueld92]

@@DorvellTStewart asking the real questions here.

[@JuaGoo]

This made me cry too

[@JakobRuf]

"I'm not a heartless, racist, children-kicking camerawoman." - Well she's right, she's a heartless, racist, children-kicking ex-camerawoman

[@hyperlogos]

+Jakob Ruf Saddest thing I've seen all year

[@alexddcc]

ahahaha nice one

[@pkerch00b1]

+Jakob Ruf good luck finding a new job, bitch. have a taste of a uncertain future

[@pkerch00b1]

+Rene C Ooh first he was al nusra now he's al quada..... next he's a nazi, yeah not believing it one bit

[@poetryaddict1]

lol

[@StarShipGray]

“No one is saying this is easy, but the fact it’s so hard is not a reason to do less - it’s a reason to do more.” You sounded like a Starfleet Captain right there, John. 🖖🏻

[@jlapierremusic]

North America: 'Everyone is equal!' Syria: 'Help!' North America: 'Sorry new phone who dis?'

[@laujack24]

+jlapierremusic american dont like muslim, europe on the other hand love muslim. thats why all muslim refugee heading for europe, dont hate us for not doing much but u simply dont take in people from country that dislike u.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

+jlapierremusic America has a pretty unique heritage of accepting new immigrants and of those immigrants accepting America. It's been some time since any politician has made a career out of disparaging Catholics, Jews, Anglicans, etc., not to mention Hindus, Buddhists, Bahais, Sikhs. But then, none of those people have threatened to destroy the West and have actively killed Americans, have they? There's a huge difference between prejudice, hating people for what they are, and in hating and fearing a people for what they do.

[@Go17Gabe]

+Chocolate Dinosaur Are you Christian because you clearly haven't read the ENTIRE bible. As Samson said, "With an ass' jawbone, I have made asses of them. With an ass' jawbone, I have killed a thousand men." Look at the Westboro Baptist Church, they are 100% pure Christian and FOXNews lashed out at them because they were too Christian for them.

[@bw8450]

***** Nah im not christian, because i personally think all religions are evil in there own way, but today ISLAM is the most evil, 400 years ago it was christianity now its ISLAM.

[@Go17Gabe]

Chocolate Dinosaur You could say that. Islam is getting the most media coverage. But all it takes for Muslims to become the same as Christians if they don't live 100% by the Qu'ran. That's all.

[@astrowolvez]

I wonder how that girl is. I really hope she's okay.

[@carlsiemann4228]

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[@steven03048]

She was granted asylum by Germany in late 2016

[@phyllisneal8687]

Trump kicked her wheelchair out from under her❗

[@LnLwLDD]

@@phyllisneal8687 to be honest he kicked her in a pool, sink or swim baby! It's a witch hunt! Read the transcripts!!! Trump 2020

[@phyllisneal8687]

@@LnLwLDD 😂😂😂

[@MrWhangdoodles]

My grandfather has sponsored two refugee families. I've met them and spent weeks seeing them on a regular basis. They're the most hard working people I know. They spend all their time and money on German courses and learning our ways to fit in. One family from Iraq and one from Somalia. Two children from each family that have gone through hell. They are human beings like us and deserve a life just like us.

[@TheYasmineFlower]

Your grandfather sounds amazing!

[@DW54x619x]

God bless your grand father

[@SamianHQuazi]

No they don't. Let them immigrate legally.

[@wusgud-df8fi]

god bless you and your family

[@MrWhangdoodles]

Wesly Stanton The way I see it the world will be mixed race in a millennium anyway. Why stop that trend? It's inevitable. So chill. If it doesn't affect you why should you bother to oppose something that cannot and will not be stopped? First World Countries need the extra labor immigrants bring. They have a surplus of human labor and we can use it. Start thinking long term, ignoramus, and just accept that the world is as it is. It's going to develop as it has in the past centuries, the trend is not going to reverse all of a sudden and it shouldn't.

[@honeydew1]

these dislikers need some empathy. imagine your country going through a war like syria's. you wouldn't stay. also that ending is so perfect :')

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

+vanter My grandparents staid in their country when it was being firebombed by the RAF. Besides, most of these people aren't Syrians, and they aren't 'refugees', because they already had safety in Turkey.

[@gemini7Sky]

+vanter you have no idea how these people really behave here, it's scary dude

[@gerhardpapenburg7874]

+Holdin McGroin My Latvian grandmother and her family did, even though her mother was russian herself. They had to listen to the same bullshit you are stating Holdin. "Why didn't you stay?!" Well. Maybe they weren't so eager about beeing raped, burned or killed any other fashion. Also Vanter's question is actually a little different than you percieved. I'll rephrase it, so you understand it too: Who will you serve: The Assad Family, that kills your people since 1971? The radical muslim factions? (Similar ideals like Al Qaida. Just that you have an idea) Or Isis itself? Pick one. And tell me how this will help you country.

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

Gerhard Papenburg Assad killing since 1971? Or Islam, killing since 860? An Arab sociologist once said, "If given the choice between religious and secularists, the Muslim will vote for the religious and flee to the secularist". Which is true. Their disease is Islam, and until they shed it, they will carry its stench wherever they go. There's a reason Europe was rebuilt in a decade after being bombed to oblivion, while the Middle-East has been a shithole for seemingly eternity.

[@did4h2k]

+Holdin McGroin dude, you really wanna compare IS with the 20 or so figures RAF? yeah, right.... nur weils hinkt ists noch lang kein vergleich.... besides, since when is safety enough? imagine yourself in one of those mass camps along the syrian border, where technically you are safe, yet still lack of everything.. would you stay or try your luck? or imagine yourself to be some somali fisherman who thanks to captain iglo cant catch enough fish to feed his family - would you go if you could? and if you couldnt? what then? go pirate, like some did, probably still do, but get nomore media attention? some of these people can leave the misery they live in (sometimes caused by then alone, sometimes cause by "us" (western world) and most of them caused by both) and we should give them their chance! put yourself in their situation and think of how you want to be treated! grandparents...RAF...the timescale tells youre a kid, around 15 i guess... think for yourself, dont just say, what other people say!

[@Eccentrick218]

Dear John Oliver, I am the child of two immigrants and I have many friends and family whom are not living here legally. I liked this segment very much, but I'd also like to point out the things I _didn't_ like from this message. My biggest problem is that you presented this issue largely using emotional appeal. The people whom are against immigration are people who are not concerned about the moral connotations of accepting or denying refugees or immigrants. To them, allowing immigrants enter their country is neither just nor unjust. So when you say "we have to do the right thing, we have to help war refugees," they often times don't see it as helping people in need, they see it more as economic drains on their economy. Most of my family are staunch liberals, but the thing I hate most about liberals is that they _refuse_ to present statistical data about immigration. They rely solely on emotional appeal to "help" immigrants, but the people whom need to be convinced, conservatives, look at immigration as an economic issue, not a moral one. So please, John Oliver, when you talk about immigrants and refugees, don't speak about how much we're helping people, *talk about how immigrants can help the hosting nation.* The people whom are against immigration can be swayed to help them, IF they are convinced that immigration is a benefit to their countries. Please use more statistics and studies in your upcoming presentations about immigration. Immigrants often times have lower crime rates and create jobs when they can open up businesses. They can pay taxes when given the opportunity. Please rely more on statistical data and logical appeal than emotional appeal. Thanks, - An immigrant born American

[@jacobsmith9781]

+Axle Onex He's just a comedian

[@aros0018]

+Axle Onex I liked this comment. It makes sense and you are making a legitimate point about using facts over emotional manipulation/appeal. I don't think the Last Week Tonight people read the comments on KZbin, but I'm sure they would agree with you if they saw this.

[@TedGoranson69]

+Jacob Smith So is Rush Limbaugh. :^)

[@SmashBrosBrawl]

+Axle Onex Yup, even someone who is extremely conservative is okay with immigration, As long as it's done legally and in a sane and controlled fashion. Many of Europeans welfare systems are getting drained. Developed western worlds can not bring every 3rd worlder in and turn them into middle class citizens! Infinite wants vs Finite resources.

[@SmashBrosBrawl]

+Benedikt Stolz When there is a huge housing shortage perhaps??? When the countries crime rates SKY ROCKET as a result of massive influx of 3rd worlders. Perhaps when Sweden overtakes S.Africa as the rape capital of the developed world??? The amount of 14 year old girls gang raped in Europe is DISGUSTING. Not to mention the UK rape scandal where 1400 kids were raped. And i LOL at your second point, Tell that to Japan. More and more of these "service economy" jobs are becoming automated. Japan has robot waiters for fucks sakes. Artificial Intelligence is progressing at a fairly well paced as well. The only reason they want more immigrants is because there governments view it as a way to cover the hole in their Social Security programs down the line.

[@natedavies954]

That Days of Our Lives clip that they created was perfect. I can only imagine how insanely happy that must have made that amazing young woman (19 / 20 years old now!)

[@bethanyredd2948]

I wonder if she ever saw it?

[@elizabetholiviaclark]

I love them for arranging that clip for such a brave young lady.

[@sinistercinemareviews5420]

Seriously so cool

[@jameseverett8206]

That shit made me 😭 I hope she saw that so desperately

[@petarticinovic2710]

What's "amazing" about her?

[@Drapperbat]

That ending was the sweetest thing I've ever seen in my life. I hope she saw it

[@myendlessloveejami6845]

She did and the actors personally contacted her and she spoke to them both. From this news event a go fund me account was created and fans of EJ & Sami worldwide raised money to purchase Nujeen a much needed new electric wheel chair and other goodies such as books.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

myendlessloveejami that's amazing! so happy to hear that 😁

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Defend Europe You need serious help.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Defend Europe You said that you "genuinely hope she gets hit by a bus." There aren't many ways to take that, especially when you use the word "genuinely." If you don't mean it that way, it would probably be better to choose something else. Reading intent in text can be tricky, with no inflection or expression to go by, particularly in short sentences.

[@asherikamichaela8425]

Defend Europe You should find a more productive hobby, then. Personally, I'm not "triggered," overused as that is. Very few things push my buttons, and when that happens, it's never a good thing for the instigator. You'd know it if you hit one.

[@ArwenUndomiel406]

i'm just curious if he's going to devote a Segment on what happened in Cologne on New Years Eve.....

[@stevenicol1]

+Tauriel Daughter of Mirkwood Don't be silly, when things go bad the liberals never admit they're wrong. They just shrug their shoulders and say it's only a minority'. It's their catchphrase.

[@ArwenUndomiel406]

Steve Nicol i know :-( but hope is known to only die in the very, very end.

[@stevenicol1]

x

[@stevenicol1]

***** Cultural marxists then

[@stevenicol1]

Cultural Marxism is the bane of western society and is what has got into us this mess. It's the reason the authorities tried to cover up 1400 girls being abused in Rotherham to preserve community cohesion.

[@arholderik]

As a hungarian I can personally tell you that the responses of all the xenophobic, racist people in this country are just shameful. :(

[@woodycoat]

+Viking Arhold its' not racist...religion isn't even a race. It's anti a culture that has a huge problem with misogyny, homophobia, anti-semitism, etc. What's shameful is that you're supporting these people coming in to destroy western culture.

[@brucecampbell6578]

+Viking Arhold You are the second Hungarian with a heart I have come across. Just to assure you that you are not alone. Labeling and libeling others rather than offering sincerity or help especially those who are in desperate straights is dishonor. May the honorable be heard. God bless you my brother from the USA the source of a good deal of mischief.

[@arholderik]

+Woodycoat Remember, these are refugees, not migrants. They're not here to invade any country, they are seeking asylum. They are in need of help. If they hadn't left their country, they'd probably be dead. It's our moral and legal obligation to help these people...not hate them...I mean, why would you do that? They are just like you and me. Human. Religion doesn't really matter. (btw. 10-12% of syria's population was christian :) )

[@woodycoat]

No they are invaders predominantly younger men. They were not refugees after leaving the first safe harbor of Turkey. They are certainly not like me. I wouldn't stone someone for being gay, I wouldn't intimidate and attack people for being Jewish, I do not beat women. It never ceases to amaze me the naivety of people supporting hundreds of thousands of people into Western culture who do not want to assimilate.

[@Ufomongo1]

+Bruce Campbell You do realize that according to Intel Services about 22% of the so called refugees would kill you for you blessing them under the christian god?

[@katherinepagan4860]

I don't even give a shit about Days of Our Lives and the end had me ugly crying

[@JesseLeeHumphry]

Shit like that is just beautiful, honestly. John Oliver has a heart as big as all outdoors, and doing that for someone who tugged at his heart just shows how much he, at the end of the day, loves people.

[@We_Defeated_Mighty_Umayyads]

"An alien, the Queen and a real Human with feelings".. John Oliver is awesome.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

I’m sure the Queen does have feelings

[@robertnett9793]

Two of those things are pretty simple to achieve. Err. One. One of course. My alien-overlords inform me, that I have to deny ther existence at all costs. So meeting the queen is possible.

[@Onigirli]

Y-you mean a FELLOW real human with feelings, right?

[@PensFan30]

From what I noticed, Europeans love to critique America, can't handle being critiqued themselves.

[@TheLuckyluke211]

+BickSayless Well usually they have a point when they criticise the US.

[@LombardiPls]

+TheLuckyluke211 Not much of a difference here...

[@Evoletization]

+BickSayless We love to critique stupid opinions, the fact that such opinions often happen to be American it's not our fault.

[@leslievandam8905]

+BickSayless this isn't about being critiqued, because we are fine with that, however that unfunny weasel is just plain wrong in this video

[@daptor1427]

+Eddie "JaggSauce" Gluskin I don't think there's much of a difference in how open Europeans vs Americans are to critique. Both deserve criticism for certain things, like the attitude towards migrants. I am really mad that the refugees are so often portrayed as dangerous or even terrorists by the mainstream media. I live in an European country, and a big part of the population wanted to keep the refugees out (but it's slightly better now). You're saying that allowing refugees into Europe somehow gets rid of the good things in our nations/cultures. Can you elaborate on that? You also talk about why we have certain laws, but mention them as if they justify themselves. Not all laws are automatically good, even though a lot of them work well. The European countries won't become flooded by refugees. There's around 500 million people living in Europe, and how many refugees again? Also don't forget how multiple European countries have colonized other parts of the world a few centuries ago. They were basically migrants, and they often enslaved or killed the inhabitants there. It has made me think a bit different about being proud of my country.

[@StavrosSachtouris]

Nice John Oliver, but you forgot that: 1. They are not migrants, they are refuges. They were unwillingly displaced from their country. 2. Iran has also accepted a huge number of Syrian refuges (I'm not Iranian btw, I just say this because it's true) 3. Germany is not "the only country being nice to refuges", they are just happy to accept a few thousand middle-class families with cheap, educated workers. The economy of countries with low unemployment, like Germany, can benefit greatly from this crisis.

[@The36th]

+Stavros Sachtouris 1. Only ~15% of them are from war torn Syria. Rest of them are from poor Africa/Asian countires but strangely They got few thousands of euro to pay albanian/russian/turkish mafia to transport them to Europe and prepare plans from rest of thier journeys... 2. But somehow Saudi Arabia doesn't want hem even when They're from the same culture... 3. Give me some real statistics of thier willingness to work...

[@TheBadFred]

+Stavros Sachtouris 3. Who else? Maybe Finland(but not so friendly) or Sweden. BTW not so happy anymore, because there are limits.

[@persgodiva]

+The36th 1.) You give me a statistic on that first. 2.) Not the same "culture", holy shit. 3.) You are a racist, small-minded idiot.

[@460vsmithwesson3]

+Stavros Sachtouris They are refugees till the point they leave the first country which isn't Syria FYI. The moment they leave the first safe country they become migrants.

[@TheBadFred]

460v Smith&Wesson By law they are not allowd to choose their destination county. (Dublin treaty)

[@nos5915]

as a white migrant, i have never faced any kind of mistreatment for my immigration status. this isn't an "anti-immigration" thing, it's a racism thing.

[@TA-by9wv]

Does your group disproportionately commit crime, use public assistance higher than the native population, amd demand that the host nation change and accomodate you?

[@nos5915]

@@TA-by9wv yes. also you are a horrible human being.

[@jkbakldbwakndaw98y781gsh]

no because his group is probably financially privileged, crime is most likely occur by people of the lower income it's a class thing rather than race, what a dumb point used by people who lack critical thinking @@TA-by9wv

[@Ulthek]

@@TA-by9wv Let me ask you this, if you and your countrymen were forced out of their homes and fled to an unfamiliar country as a result, don't you think you and your fellows would need accommodation? If your 'native population' would require more public assistance than those refugees, I'd be truly worried. Those natives likely speak the language, went to local schools and speak the language of whatever country you are in, all while not being displaced or risking their lives to escape a war. And while I can't speak for your country specifically, I can tell you that often it is not a case of disproportionally criminal groups of people, it's a case of disproportionally selective reporting of said crimes. We will save the topic fear of change for another day

[@TA-by9wv]

@@Ulthek Let me ask you this, what percentage of the rape and murder stats are foreign born "refugees" and what is their percentage of the population? In Britain, France, Sweden, Spain, Italy, etc. Do you have any actual idea?

[@bluewaters4567]

"Mosques dont naturally form in the wild due to religious beavers". That was just hilarious.

[@omarshah1614]

As a Muslim, I can say that that is NOT how mosques form

[@muuundotarde7914]

Omar Shah.. Really? Is it child bride tears that crystelize into them?

[@omarshah1614]

No. You build them. Out of building materials. Like regular buildings. The one I go to is made mostly of concrete.

[@muuundotarde7914]

Omar Shah but concrete is made of ground rocks, rocks wich are made from elements wich we know are formed in the core of stars. But your holy book says god made the planet in 7 days. So your praying in structures made by materials that disproove your holy texts? That just seem like bad practice if you ask me.

[@omarshah1614]

muuundo tarde what else were we supposed to use? Besides, concrete is a decent building material if I do say so myself. At any rate, how does praying in a concrete building disprove the fact that God created things that exist? And one more thing-God didn’t take seven days to create the world, and by extension, the singularity (that’s what I’m calling it) that the world and everything else came from. It was more like an instant, or just an infinitesimally small amount of time. I’m not exactly sure of the intricacies, but the point is, using concrete isn’t exactly heresy.

[@Ikine557]

They aren't migrants. They are REFUGEES. It's an important difference, European countries have legal obligations to take in a certain number of refugees.

[@balinlordofmoria3264]

+Ikine Bullshit!! If you come trough several safe countries to get to a rich one you are migrant.

[@WOND3RK]

+Balin LordofMoria Bullshit. That is simply not the definition of a migrant and considering the awful situation in the neighbour countries it's not surprising people want to get to other countries...

[@MegaphoneGaming]

+Ikine The majority are migrants. 2/3 of the people coming into Germany aren't even Syrian. And I'm not even talking about the people that have fake syrian passports that you can buy for 750 dollars.

[@anticosmic8249]

+Ikine I guess you're not aware that only 20% of them are Syrian? And that these "refugees" refuse to go to any country other than Germany because they don't cater enough to them? Or that 75% of them are young males? Stop listening to propaganda.

[@Ikine557]

Who said anything about them being Syrian? Or male? All I'm saying is that they are legally classed as refugees. And Syria is hardly the only country that persecutes and kills its citizens.

[@Lurdiak]

"Yeah well, my racism is justified" - most of the comments

[@tommylong5115]

+Lurdiak Islam is not a race.

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

+tommy Long Neither is judaism. Interesting implication you're making there.

[@Eolath]

+Lurdiak "Everyone who disagrees with me is racist'' - You.

[@thuggish2901]

+Lurdiak it's common sense

[@tommylong5115]

Abdul Masaiev Nope Judaism is not a race, neither is Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism or Atheism. What exactly is it that i'm implying besides the fact that words have meanings?

[@offplanet740]

After the Ukrainian refugee crisis, in which Europe is accepting millions upon millions of refugees, it’s really hard not to compare it to this refugee crisis. The comparison in how they were represented and treated makes me feel so horrible. It really deserves some discussion.

[@jestinbinu8631]

Ukrainians dont bomb people

[@NezumiEfeu]

The Ukrainian refugees are actual refugees fleeing a war. Not the "refugees" storming central europe instead of their neigbhouring countires because they get more social benefits there. Those were econamic refugees. Just look at the footage at 5:54 99% were men, not woman and children Ukrainian refugees are mostly woman and children! Those are the real refugees. I am not saying that men shouldn´t flee, but it is and was suspicious that mostly men between 15 and 30 came and said that they were younger to get more benefits. They should have been those that should have stayed and defended their land. And now we have a subculture in europe were muslims can´t handle our western values so they fight our system to be like the one they were fleeing. Edit: Grammar

[@kingoliever1]

It´s really simple, when they cross over 10 countries including half of Europe and an ocean it kinda becomes obvious they are migrating into the west European welfare states and not fleeing war. Things are rather clear when looking at a map.

[@radim279]

@@kingoliever1 Alright. I suppose we should also berate Ukrainian refugees for migrating into actual prosperous, liberal and safe states, rather than, say, Kenya or Thailand?

[@kingoliever1]

​@@radim279 No they mostly are gone to Poland 1,2 Million and other east European countries whit a 800.000 gone to Germany but just 100.000 further to France which is not even half of how many gone to the Czech Republic while also another difference is out of Ukraine come women and children not young men. Besides the fact a lot of the 2016 migrants thrown away there papers to claim they are 17 year old Syrians. This are simply different situations, 2016 the real refuges got buried in a flood of fake refuges that where really migrants.

[@Efreeti]

That fucking camerawoman. I had to pause the video to facepalm, and say out loud "What the fuck.. is wrong with humans"

[@Efreeti]

founoe Fuck off.

[@oreos888]

+founoe The man she tripped was a father trying to find a safe place for his child and himself, If that is what a terrorist is to you than frankly I'd be rather happy to buy you a dictionary for Christmas.

[@saketiswara]

I was just simply surprised that ppl actually fucking do stupid shit like that

[@MahatmaAgrobiznes]

+Thundersub Yeah because on that film you can clearly see who that man is.

[@MahatmaAgrobiznes]

***** Even if that was true (you know you can make a false account, don't you), do you think that she knew this when she tripped him? You believe that she was just standing there peacefully and suddenly noticed that a man running nearby is an ISIS supporter who she knew from facebook? And by the way, was the child on his arms also an ISIS supporter? And the child she kicked later on, that was a terrorist too, right? Or maybe it's way more probable that she's just an evil woman? Which she is, for kicking a kid and risking the health of another, even if this one person was an ISIS supporter. Definetly not a hero.

[@darkinstinctful123]

I thought this was one of the sweetest videos to date. But the comment section is messed up here O_O

[@RedLeader327]

Welcome to KZbin.

[@anticosmic8249]

+Los Blancos Because not everyone is satisfied being fed propaganda like you.

[@darkinstinctful123]

***** aww, that hurt my feelings. haha. seriously though, REfugees are more grateful of the country than the people that live there. I've seen that all my life. They work harder because they have more to gain. All i can say is that there might be some initial negatives. But in the long run i see positives form a social and economic view-point. Also no need to hate on americans too much. Eurpoeans are as much as racist. europe and Hungary proves that. .

[@takerdust]

+Los Blancos it's sweet they show girls and families, even though most of the migrants are young men on their own, who left behind their families.

[@sanddasa1]

+Los Blancos Wow I dont know which galaxy you are from but this is Earth son, it aint fairytale and shit. And muslim is not a race, if it were asians( which is a race ) I bet everyone would welcome them because they atleast behave. And on another point do you know why Japan is 1 of the best econom country in the world? It is because they dont take in muslim. PS not just Japan all asians country does that.

[@makatron]

Yet another conclusive proof that John Oliver is an awesome immigrant!

[@nadesico81]

damn Skippy!

[@mullaleo85]

+Isaac Alonzo Racist.

[@FieldMarshalFry]

+Isaac Alonzo *Colonial Govoner we have plans for you lot...

[@XxPLADxX1]

+Leo Mulla how is he a racist?

[@XxPLADxX1]

+Rowin Rowinson wtf? He is right. Why the insults for nothing.

[@colbyley7008]

5:31 that turkish refugee just got his date today. sad

[@serenabean868]

And in the middle of a pandemic no less

[@dcamron46]

@@oz.o well there actually are some, I know someone who's dad is actually. It's unusual but I think most countries have a few refugees, could be for political persecution etc.

[@PokeMageTech]

dcamron46 I assume no Western country with decent protections for minorities does? Cause I can’t imagine Canada ever being a source of refugees unless they’re invaded.

[@jonixd4919]

What Turkish refugee? Before talking think, turkey is a well developed secular country. Turkish are not Muslim and they are white, not brown.

[@dcamron46]

@@jonixd4919 who said Turkish people are brown? What does their skin color have to do with anything in this discussion? You don't make any sense. Just stop.

[@intrepidtomato]

I'm German, and I can't agree with everything John Oliver said in this segment. The economic and demographic argument of accepting immigrants are well known. Also, Germans are atypically happy to accept at least a certain number of the Syrian refugees since almost all of us have refugees in our families - people that fled from what is now Poland, people displaced by the second world war, later people that fled the GDR. There is great sympathy for the people affected by war. However, it is not true that there are only upsides for the hosting country. In the short term, it has become pretty difficult to get doctor's appointments because the migrants put an additional strain on our health system. We have an existing population of muslims from different ethnic groups and we already see the first squabbles and fights between these groups in Germany. Lastly, while Germany will experience a gradual demographic and cultural change anyway - a slow influx of people from different cultures is unavoidable and not particularly threatening - just dropping a giant group of newcomers with very different cultural attitudes in our country all at once is a challenge of gargantuan proportions. In my daily life, I see many examples of refugees who make a point of being friendly and respectful towards the locals and vice versa, and this is hopeful. However, I think Germany can take a maximum of slightly less than a million all told if we want any hope of integrating most of them in the medium term. And this influx will put a disproportional strain on the poorer population of Germany, who will see most of them arrive in their neighbourhoods.

[@laujack24]

+FoxenTower if anything, germany should take more. these r doctor/engineer/teacher from middle east, they will enrich ur culture.

[@intrepidtomato]

Obvious troll is obvious.

[@intrepidtomato]

***** I take your point about Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan who host far more people, but cultural similarity does play a role - at least Jordan and Lebanon's populations speak the same language as the Syrians. And I blame the unnecessary war waged by the so called axis of the willing in Iraq for the current situation. Germany, however, does not bomb Iraq (tried to find a source, this did not happen), and will only send supporting troops (surveillance aircraft), not bombers, to Syria. Edit: We probably sold weapons to most of the different parties involved in the conflict, so I don't see Germany as blameless, but we're pretty slow to deploy the army. Yes, especially the US and the UK (also Poland...) should do more to help the refugees after destabilising the area. I still maintain, for practical reasons, it would not be a good idea for Germany to take in even more refugees. We could not offer them jobs or decent housing in the short term and this would create a problem down the line.

[@Jalgorn]

+Ibn lm and FoxenTower Wow, I read that comment section with delight. It shows the huge difference between cultures, gave also a critic on politics and wasn´t in slightest way offensive nor degrading. Thx for that, well done, friends.

[@intrepidtomato]

***** Extremely one sided view of European history. Some of the cities on the baltic coast, such as Gdánsk (Danzig) were founded by Germans and went back and forth between Germany, Poland and Russia for centuries. I have no investment in the location of the current or former borders (my granddad had first a Russian,then a Polish, then a German passport and spoke all three of those languages), but it is a fact that there were German people born in parts of what was then the German Reich, e.g. the Baltic coast, that found themselves on Polish territory after the war I take it you are Polish.

[@boy638]

really wished she will watch this video and the awesome ending dedicated to her :D

[@gandalfgreyhame342]

+boy638 The fact that they identified her by name implies they were probably in contact with her and she most likely has already seen it.

[@boy638]

would love to see her reactions!

[@SadiyaDurrani]

+boy638 omg yes! that's the sweetest gesture :) I wish her all the best

[@janlew2253]

Girl is nice, but is there a war in Turkey, or is it a safe country? If anything, refuges and emigrants should wait there, for UE help. Not illegally cross UE border. How US-Mexico border looks like you hypocrites? And by the way, who cause that war in Syria? Not you USrael?

[@1Invinc]

Turkey is like any other country really. But they are struggling with the influx of refugees from across the border, citizens from a country that culturally and historically have had issues with the Turks. While the border is "secure", it isn't anyway far away enough from ISIS and the wars in the region as they'd like to be.

[@yyyuuu100]

As someone who does not live in Europe, it appears to me that the biggest point you haven't considered is that Europeans, like most people, do not want millions of people that will bring a different culture to their countries. This will be a situation where Europeans will find it hard to keep their identity and heritage.

[@rosabellaalvarez-calderon4586]

+yyyuuu100 "Europeans, like most people, do not want millions of people that will bring a different culture to their country" 1. Too late, it has already happened and will keep happening. 2. A long time ago, European powers and monarchies certainly did not mind doing precisely that to Africa, Asia and America...

[@MisterHeroman]

+Rosabella Alvarez-Calderon Two wrongs don't make a right. Besides, that was the actions of people long dead.

[@henry.daniels]

+yyyuuu100 Even if the whole population of Syria (and that is a massive overestimate) decided to leave and go to Europe, the population of Europe would increase by about 3%. Do you really think that 3% of people, in a country that isn't their own, will be able to completely destroy the local heritage? Even if they really try (which isn't the case)?

[@MisterHeroman]

henry krupka 3% is a very big number when talking about population.

[@henry.daniels]

Again, we're imagining that the whole country of Syria is entirely deserted and every last inhabitant has decided to come to the same contient. And yes, 3% isn't nothing, but it's nowhere near the amount you'd need for people to lose their heritage. Sure it might bring some diversity, god forbid, but it won't remove any existing situation

[@amaliepetersen441]

I’m from Denmark and most people were so embarrassed by that letter. I know it’s a little late, but I just wanted to say that we are not all monsters.

[@GrandTourer164]

We SHOULD help refugees from war, we SHOULD NOT take in every single person without question with completely incompatible cultures and expect it to work smoothly.

[@OmarIbnSayyid]

+tony thomas very true. I live in the US for 23 years and I can tell that majority of Americans don't agree with you or me and their hatred to Muslim and Arabs justify the loss in soldiers and wealth and their Bush is a hero and will never see a day in any court, local or international .

[@flaviospadavecchia5126]

In fact we don't. Do your research.

[@rostamsunny8802]

tony thomas u speak sense and facts. And Saudi, us government, and their allies are the ones that financed this mess starting in 1980s. And today we see the results.

[@OmarIbnSayyid]

+Dave Wilson it took me at least 10 years to understand fully everything about the American way of life and their complicated system and my American wife was a great help. I advise you to travel to Jordan where I come from and live there for 10 years to fully understand our way of life and to see for yourself if what you claim to be facts about our people and religion to be the truth or not. I think this is fair , right?. Your so called facts is so typical and very original.

[@GrandTourer164]

Tareq Naser Muslims were never the problem. There are plenty who don't take their religion seriously enough to follow it to the letter and kill gays and stone adulterers. Those that do should should not be allowed in a country that has laws against that. This was never a Muslim or middle eastern problem, this was always a fundamentalist problem, there's just too many fundamentalists coming into the EU. It's quite understandable that there would be concerns.

[@Ch1Frequency]

Save yourselves from the ignorance: Don't scroll down. Is a minefield of racism and biased fears.

[@MyName17777]

+Ch1Frequency Europeans have a reason to be afraid of people that have done nothing but cause trouble in the past.

[@Ch1Frequency]

+BRIAN SMITH yes. the fact that most of the conflict in middle East was caused by Europeans has nothing to do with it. and neither is the fact that most people in middle East are non-violent. if you want better based irrational fears, I would be far more scared to let a NRA fan into my country, even when my country is Mexico.

[@possumverde]

+Ch1Frequency I'm curious...are you like 12 years old or somewhere close to that? If you're an actual adult, then your naivety is simply astounding...

[@ac1dman]

+possumverde ooh, a personal attack. that'll sway the argument.

[@lindiwebobo7371]

+Ch1Frequency You were right. I should not have scrolled down.

[@csscszcsgv]

Pay attention: This is journalism. It is sort of new here on youtube. You might be used to watch entertainment or vlogs and, in this case, it is suitable to dislike the video, criticize on the comments and go on with your life. But disliking a video because it contains facts that conflict with your prior opinion is utterly stupid. The information here is apparently objective and impartial. You should check the sources, verify if the facts are correct and, if they are not, you can hate. Getting pissed because facts do not back up your prejudices really doesn't change much. And remember it is perfectly fine to change your opinion in face of new evidence. (Sorry for grammar mistakes. English is my second language)

[@theguywithamac314]

+The Naked Ant Dude your english is better than mine, and I'm american.

[@MarlonBitoy]

+Matthew Beck Elaborate?

[@tinyturnip7676]

Did you see that girl in the wheel chair? Wasn't she ADORABLE? Apparently she likes things too, like sitcoms!!

[@TheRealDarklock]

+The Naked Ant This is not journalism this is satirical / political comedy and it has little to do with the facts because it is satirical. Trying to pin the problems of a country upon others outside of the country does not make this "journalism" and if anything it shows the underlying foundation of humans in general. As an example, I own this nice house and it has all my stuff in it, some nice rooms, some of my valuables and there you are, as the example, a complete stranger coming up to my house seeking food, lodging, money and safety. The humanity inside of me should be warm, welcoming and accommodate you but the realist inside of me knows that I know absolutely nothing about you -- I don't know if you're nice, I don't know if you're here to steal my food, I don't even know if you're a peaceful and loving person who just needs some help. You scale this up to a country basis and it still reflects the general consensus of the average person except in country/government form. Now ... we all know that it is horrible in those war torn places and for myself I feel bad watching innocent kids that have seen gut-wrenching horror in their countries HOWEVER those people are seeking refuge in my or your country. This is not to be taken lightly and that's why I think you calling this journalism is wrong because all it focuses on is the refugee in this 'perfect idealized' version of what John Oliver is presenting as opinion. These people seeking refuge in any country are doing exactly that "Seeking refuge" -- you may not get it, you may be turned away or you may get what is done/needed and get in but the bottom line is being a refugee is not a right on the planet -- it is something horrible no one should have to go thru. If Country A doesn't want Muslims in their country then that is their right to put that forth before you seek refuge in said country -- it may be hateful or spiteful towards Muslims but that is their right -- it's THEIR Country. You can criticize or dislike the way these European countries are handling the situation but it is their right to do so as they please because their people built said countries up to their present condition and they can be picky if they wish or open armed to those people.

[@MarlonBitoy]

mrthatguyam "Eurocock fucker" You don't seem like a mature adult that's competent enough to convey a proper argument.

[@InCardiaSnoop]

Well she‘s not a camerawoman anymore. So she‘s actually right.

[@PokeMageTech]

I mean... yeah. Guess so, even if she’s lying about not being hateful and intolerant.

[@kerrynicholls6683]

I really hope she’s not because that’s just disgraceful disgusting and hateful

[@sumitwarvatkar898]

EU is facing the consequences of refugees now 😂😂😂

[@PokeMageTech]

@@sumitwarvatkar898 The fuck you talking about?

[@potterpenguin7285]

@@sumitwarvatkar898 I don't see those consequences yet 🤔

[@thatonegirl1553]

Question here: How does an influx of lower-wage immigrants raise wages for everyone else and not doing the exact opposite? What is the incentive for employers to actually raise wages once they have so many people willing to work for less? Am I missing something or what?

[@orlind]

+Tia Peteva Influxes of lower-wage immigrants taking those low wage jobs leads to more spending as they will spend a large portion of their incomes. Depending on the industry and sector, there is a lack of people willing to fill certain occupations. Middle-class citizens generally don't want to take these occupations and even lower-wage citizens turn down some of these occupations. And forget about higher-wage or wealthy people; they stay rich because they generally never spend enough to stimulate an economy in almost ever sense. Its how the rich stay rich in most respects. Eventually, these influxes of extra people and increased spending leads to increased demand for various public and private services, leading to more open positions in higher paying occupations from that increased spending. Let's not forget, maybe G20 nations are not producing enough children and many of them are becoming geriatric nations unable to support themselves due to various policies. You don't need to look further than Japan with its xenophobia or the disastrous One-Child Policy in China (which they finally cancelled).

[@mrredlines4904]

+Tia Peteva It doesn't work in practice. In areas of the US where Mexican immigrants tend to cluster, the unemployment rates are twice the national average and yes big businesses do lay people off, hire migrants and pay them extremely low wages. I moved out of my home state at 18 because it was so fucking difficult to get a job. Leftists that live nowhere near the problem will continue to spew buzzwords and tell you how it should work in theory but it doesn't.

[@orlind]

Mr Redlines The reasons why it doesn't work in the US go beyond what I mentioned. Policy in the US since the early 80s has enfeebled the majority of working people in the US and given too much power to the rich. Left and Right don't matter since both have done damage in their own ways. This has created a country that currently has one of the biggest social and economic inequalities in the world. In other countries, where programs and funding exists to facilitate immigration and social growth, what I already described does in fact work. I, in fact, live in an area where this works fine and former refugees have in fact strengthened the economy and even have immigrants in high levels of national government.

[@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana]

+Tia Peteva Low wage earning employees all require resources to survive. This buying creates more jobs. As the low income workers cannot afford much, their demand for cheap goods incentives business to make things cheaper as they can reliably get more sales. In order to facilitate demand new companies will be created (probably from the migrants, but either way it's one new businessman and a productive asset) A more weird benefit is tat bigger systems are more efficient, so increasing the numbers increases per capita productivity. More importantly the migrants are unlikely to be very skilled or educated meaning their jobs will be different than everyone else's meaning competition will be very low (more people can replace car parts does not means artists are cheaper), hence only the number of jobs at the bottom end will increase. This will scale the more skilled jobs as a direct result of a business producing more (there are more consumers and workers now). To put it simply once the limit for businesses growth was workers. Now they have many of those, so they need more of every other staff to manage them. This increases demand for educated/skilled workers (their numbers have not increased remember).Therefore with supply and demand rules, the wages for the more skilled employees must go up. To visualise it with animals, let's say you need equal pigs and chickens for Bacon and eggs. Suddenly you get twice as many chickens, but demand for Bacon and eggs increases in proportion (migrants need to eat). Suddenly you need twice as many pigs, which you get from the farmers market as well to meet demand, but the price of chickens and pigs are not directly linked. When everyone does this the farmers market runs low so the last ones are sold at a higher price. P.S. This is not the perfect answer and it relies on the host country being pro-education (otherwise everyone's chickens).

[@madams6796]

+Tia Peteva First, NOT every migrant/refugee is "lower wage" earner..many are educated and professionally skilled...however, they pay taxes and contribute to the market system by purchasing "stuff"....that contributes overall to a society where the average age is higher and more and more folks are closing in on retirement age. Younger workers are essential to maintain their powerhouse economy...that is why immigration is essential...that is why America truly needs new motivated workers...of course US employment benefits are not as attractive as European so they are not interested in being the next Walmart slave wage workers....

[@theDormanian]

Wow John you did a great job ignoring the other side of the argument and focusing on one disabled girl for half of the segment. What a great unbiased report!

[@LetsPlayerUltimate]

+theDormanian Kastelc Oh please do then make your own report, your own research and then bring out the facts then if you think he is so biased and wrong. FYI we are all biased no exceptions

[@msjanegrey]

By the sound of it the press is pro and the population anti.

[@theDormanian]

msjanegrey Yeah thats its for the most part, im not quite so sure where I stand but this video quite clearly pushed an agenda.

[@MuaazO]

+theDormanian Kastelc May I remind you, It's not a report. It's a comedy show!

[@momcitomci5244]

+T With more stupidity? That's a paddlin.

[@nikolai60]

"Hello, my name is John Oliver, and I would like to BORROW A TV PROGRAM to make a little girl happy...no I'm not Santa Clause in disguise...no I'm not the Easter Bunny either."

[@justinvaughnsalvador1941]

We need more John Olivers in this world

[@ethanganes9266]

John Oliver is a tv social justice mythical being

[@lubrigonbargothka9401]

Someone is deleting my responses because they are offended by the truth :)

[@ricochet4674]

@@lubrigonbargothka9401 I don't know what you said but i have heard that tone before and I usually don't like what people say with it.

[@PokeMageTech]

zgribedo zgribedo “The truth”, the actual truth, can almost never be offensive. It can be hurtful - “does this dress make me look fat?” “Yes.” - but not offensive, not in the way bigotry is.

[@endlesssky6225]

I‘m from Germany and I met many refugees who live in Germany now and I‘m impressed how fast especially the kids learn german , and how hard everyone tries to get a job and earn a living. I wonder , how many of the persons, who make hateful comments have ever met a refugee or a migrant ?

[@taco8512]

GATES OF ZION is this the same videos that groups Iike Leave.EU faked ahahaha

[@taco8512]

GATES OF ZION www.channel4.com/news/revealed-how-leave-eu-faked-migrant-footage like this one 😂 you really are a special kind of stupid

[@astrowolvez]

@@KALKI-mj2fr 😂

[@lisette2060]

😂😂😂 Nutcase, are you now happy with latest Kalifatdemos in Hamburg? Ohhh how gorgeously multicultural... 😆😆💩😴😴 No wonder AfD gains support with such a catastrophic antidemocratic development, supported by you brainless Lefties!

[@YuriyBilousov]

sensationalism and hypocrisy at its worst.

[@BonJoviworstbandever]

+Yuriy Bilousov if you mean right wing media, then absolutely.

[@supersaiyandrgnslayr]

+BonJoviworstbandever You would be ignorant to think the wings are black and white; hate to break it to you but BOTH sides are corrupt as all hell for different reasons; one's corrupt out of ignorant and dated beliefs and the other is corrupt from manipulation and radical beliefs

[@LithFox]

+SemagTlovit Nope. Totally the right wing. All of them act like coked up idiots.

[@BloggerKid]

+Yuriy Bilousov Did John just advocate for the replacement of native european people with a straight face?

[@YuriyBilousov]

BonJoviworstbandever I don't care about sides right/left/north/south. This piece about migrants, refugees or whatever else they called is biased in a wrong manner. hypocrisy because this thing was made by some dude in US that has probably strictest migration policy, "hurr durr yurop accept more you heartless bitch"

[@Lutranereis]

I don't know why the focus on this episode was all about Europe when virtually all developed countries (except for Jordan) have done a terrible job of taking in immigrants. Particularly the wealthy countries in the Middle East that share a very similar culture have taken a grand total of zero Syrian immigrants. Almost the whole world has failed to treat these people the with the dignity and respect they deserve.

[@aamnahere6250]

Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have all taken millions of refugees. And while they definitely should make the process easier for refugees to work, you're forgetting that Jordan and Lebanon already have a big Palestinian refugee population for decades. These aren't developed countries and it's not like they're only deliberately withholding resources from refugees. These countries have a serious crisis of providing for their own people unlike many countries like Germany, France and Britain. Also, Europe did play a role in destabilizing not just Syria but Asia as a whole and I don't know why you think destabilizing an entire region for decades with endless neo-colonialist wars does not make most European countries culpable. Sure, few neutral countries like Switzerland might not be politically culpable but the majority of European countries very much are and it's frankly disturbing how you want to deny that culpability and make it all about 'those not so good Arab countries not taking other Arab refugees' when the reality is far more complex and nuance on that front and a lot more sinister on the part of Americans and their European allies.

[@sxxxxxlxxx]

@@aamnahere6250 Yes, 100%! I'm from Sweden and we're a tiny country who took in wayyyyy too many refugees (not that taking in many refugees is an issue, but we were not able to provide them with housing!) because other European countries did not carry their weight. As you said, countries in the middle-east take in millions of refugees, despite the other crises they're dealing with. Europe is an extremely developed and privileged continent, so the focus should definitely be on US and not on the neighbouring middle-eastern countries who are already doing so much.

[@HeelTJ]

Oh yeah? How many did Saudi Arabia take in?

[@HeelTJ]

Because it’s sexier to label Europe as racist than to call out Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations for being hypocritical racists themselves and offering zero help to their neighbours

[@user-nd8vi1lo4z]

@@aamnahere6250 turkey is not arab country

[@jarso]

How many refugees United States take? Just asking... And how many refugees United States make? Just wondering...

[@JeffDvrx]

Dirt 117 ... You do know he may be in some other country, right? I love the US and americans in general, but that particular habit of automatically assuming if someone's using the internet or writing/speaking english they must be in the US is annoying as hell.

[@Googles_Hands]

HEILLL NAAA kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4Gben98jNF1sKM Yes, These wars are mostly the fault of the US

[@Googles_Hands]

HEILLL NAAA Some mistakes were made? The US started the war mainly because of oil. Then about the sources, as said in the video, the CIA had all those things on paper.

[@Googles_Hands]

HEILLL NAAA Yeah, but this one did start because of the US. I am not saying that there were no tensions, but the US made it all horrible. I see it like this, the eastern region is a soup, it is not seasoned well, so it doesn't taste great, but it can still be seen as an edible soup. But then the US comes in the kitchen an take a big shit/dump in the soup pot and ruin everything. Now the whole thing can be thrown in the garbage.

[@zombieoverlord5173]

Beautiful Huschibaba. Beautiful.

[@baegels5272]

Hänsel and Gretel builds character

[@globalcitizenn]

Why can't people be just seen as people, instead of refugees, immigrants, human resources, votebanks, consumers, cases?

[@CoolbroSwaggins]

+GaearGrimsrud ow the edge

[@andrewwatson536]

+GaearGrimsrud hahaha. You're funny. Stupid Nazi (and yes, you're a Nazi when you have a photo of them as your profile photo). Why comment if you have nothing to say?

[@danielhofkes7064]

+GaearGrimsrud If you don't see why human lives are worth more than thatof a fly, you're a fucking psychopath.

[@TheRahkul]

+globalcitizenn Because monsters don't have horns!

[@AperturePowered]

+GaearGrimsrud You're one of those guys that's probably ignored in real life.

[@WASTEOIDx]

the one thing I wish he would've talked about is the child rape crisis that's going on. it's being looked over alot but its going in in the middle East and now in Europe.

[@Leatherbubba]

Well that would go against the narrative John is trying to shove down our throats, wouldn't it?

[@ThePucko97]

+chris gomez Oh you mean catholic priests, I agree we should lynch them!

[@WASTEOIDx]

ThePucko97 no I mean the people that are posing as refugees and using the Koran to justify the rape of children

[@ThePucko97]

chris gomez Any sources?

[@dumbo800]

+chris gomez I didn't realize the Koran was more powerful than national laws on the matter.

[@donfolstar]

I have no problem with people who want or need to move to a better place to give themselves and their offspring a better life. We should welcome them with open arms because they demonstrate initiative and/or need. I DO have a problem with people who leave or flee from their shitty, failing country and then try to make their new, better country more like back home. If your culture made the last country shitty then maybe, just maybe, you should leave your backwards culture behind and adopt the obviously better (or else why would you migrate?) ways of your new homeland.

[@takemasterx]

thats a good point the problem is how do you separate them? specially since most of immigrants just want to leave peacefull. and some want you to believe ib what they believe. should the others pay?

[@takemasterx]

+takemasterx live ' peacefully

[@cowboyfan948288]

+donfolstar their culture has nothing to do with the country's problem, it is the situation their country is in and the administration in power there. if a women escaped soviet russia during the cold war you wouldn't yell at her for wearing a russian dress or making beet soup or practicing whatever religion she happened to be.

[@savage1ma]

+takemasterx They don't all just want to live peaceful, some want to just live like at home but with all the benefits offered by their new host country, not home country... HOST country because thats what it comes down to at the moment.

[@AneTix101]

+takemasterx I think there just needs to be a strong push for assimilation along with an understanding that they bring their own culture. You do this by maintaining your country's laws and demonstrating a steadfast approach to an attempt to change things like religious freedom and freedom of speech. I'm going to guess that most of these people want these rights, then it's just getting them to defend it for others...which plenty of "native" Europeans don't even do.

[@cedkira]

Anyone else curious how nijean is?

[@Luthies]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5CqoGRmd86Vh5Y

[@saff9775]

@@Luthies Thank you so much! I was just about to try to follow up on her story. I'm so glad she made it to safety!

[@petarticinovic2710]

No.

[@oneiljunior9837]

@@petarticinovic2710 ASS!

[@timeaftertime8005]

She is doing much better. She personally spoke to James Scott and Alison Sweeney after this aired. You can follow her here. twitter.com/NujeenMustafa Not even hours after this aired a member of the EJ and Sami ForbiddenloveEjamiFanForum put together a Gofund me account for Nujeen. Much needed funds were raised for a new wheelchair and other goods.

[@SlovakLegend]

I'm from Slovakia and I find this... actually, not even offensive, we have no money to build them some praying houses

[@tomaskurjan8681]

+Patrik Tobola Yeah, this guy is very left-leaning partisan. Those Central European countries like to drink, all the meals have pork in them, the women have equal rights, there are churches and crosses everywhere (even on the flag in Slovakia,) not as much free money from the government for people not working... Muslims would hate it there. I don't think you have to worry- they all want the free stuff in Sweden, Germany.

[@ninninin656]

+Patrik Tobola He did not imply the Slovenians would have to pay for building the mosques, did he?! He just meant it's an absurd argument to pretend that not having mosques is a reason not to let these people in because they can build the mosques if they need them.

[@JediBearBob]

+Patrik Tobola Nobody's asking you to. How did you get that from what you watched?

[@MikrosBeethoven]

I sincerelly hope Najim saw this video.

[@newtonconniglio2466]

Mikros Beethoven Yeah, but not the comment section.

[@yuliiavenher5973]

Except 98% of people coming into Europe are the exact opposite of Najim. Thanks for a biased report, John!

[@tevildo7718]

I'd love to see where you got that statistic that somehow manages to accurately calculate the morality of thousands of people from!

[@LinyraPia]

Why she must have met them all, of course, she wouldn't just talk out of her ass now, would she? Nobody does that!

[@genessab]

Mikros Beethoven look up "Nujeen's lucky day"

[@jcvernon2863]

That was one of the sweetest gestures I have ever seen. A tip of my hat to you Mr. Oliver, well done!

[@superberniecat5042]

That Days of Our Lives clip made me cry. So sweet to do something for someone as wonderful as Nijean (hope that's spelt right).

[@conchurfitzsimons570]

It's like something I heard: "You might not be able to help everyone in the world, but doing a good deed for a single person may feel like the world to them"

[@mm3andersen1]

With what happened two days ago in Paris, it makes me think differently on migration.

[@mbanana23456]

It shouldn't

[@SmashBrosBrawl]

+Cory Andersen I was in heartbroken, angry, frustrated and just about every negative emotion you could name. But one thing I was not, and that would be *surprised*.

[@NaitsHDFTW]

+mbanana23456 It should. We will see many more of these attacks.

[@Rikard416]

+Cory Andersen You should have started earlier, together with millions of other liberals. -a LEGAL immigrant

[@robertkrause7357]

+Letnemip & Stuff How is what ISIS does any different than what Mohammed did in the 7th century? It isn't. These guys are just being good Muslims. "Moderate" Muslims are apostates. You either believe the Quran is the literal word of Allah, and that Mohammed was right to slay and subjugate the infidels, or you're an apostate. It's really that simple.

[@TheCoveryChanel]

20% of people dislike your superficial video. I love your videos Oliver, but that wasnt your best.

[@Fragenzeichenplatte]

+TheCovery As we all know dislikes on KZbin are *the* indicator of quality. The only reason why people would downvote a video is when the video is wrong.

[@AdrianCiubotariu]

+Fragenzeichenplatte this is nowhere near as researched as any other story they presented. they have the resources to send people there and do some actual assessment.

[@matthewgriffin7857]

true...

[@kenjeknowsbest]

+austrianRealist "News Networks" won't help you. Go read a few dozen history books first.

[@TheCoveryChanel]

***** So, Mr. Oliver "touch" one side. The populism side. Imho.

[@QiaraIris]

Beavers build mosque here in Canada.

[@PaulOuzounov]

+Revilleza Lucky I laughed so hard at that. GOLD

[@HunnuhKelvin]

LOL

[@nishitraj.]

+Jay Russo ROFL

[@dimitrigoryenko2901]

+Revilleza Lucky Beavers build everything in Canada

[@MahatmaAgrobiznes]

+Revilleza Lucky The question is, does Canada do enough to monitor the ISIS activity among those beavers?

[@rrl903]

That girl is just so sweet and precious ~~

[@mistirknows5183]

why the richest muslim coutries, i.e. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Bahrein do not accept refugies at all? What's wrong with them? Why Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Egipt accepted houndreds of thousands of them, but these monarchies almost none? And after that Saudi Arabia dares to say, that they are ready to build 200 mosques in Germany for the refugies!

[@mlaridon]

+Mistir Knows Especially considering Saudi Arabia has an air conditioned tent city near Mecca that can house 3 million people, which only gets used a few days out of the year.

[@CrashBashIsTaken]

+Mistir Knows The gulf countries are very small with the exception of Saudi Arabia. UAE Already has more than 5 million indians working there. This is only one group. The People of UAE are like small fraction of only the indains. Saudi Arabia has 9 million foreign workers with 17 million saudis. They were about to hold Hajj which means more than 5 million people will visit makkah. They failed because they couldn't handle the big numbers. Saudi Arabia is right now in a war against groups in Yemen who are trying to takeover Yemen. With more than 3 Yemeni people in SA. It's very volatile. Let's not forget they have this weird standoff with Iran. SA is the only country that can handle the refugees but this time in its history it can't get any more unstable and dangerous. You should wish nothing would happen to saudi because sure europe will not wanna have millions of saudi refugees.

[@roadrash76]

because those Saudi and the others you mentioned are already firmly Islamic. they want to spread outward and thus need to migrate to those countries that are not Islamic.

[@salocin4444]

+Mistir Knows As far I as know, they do not want refugees in their countries, but the do however raise a lot of money for charity and refugee support

[@crispybacon4240]

+Mistir Knows Only Twenty percent of the world's Muslims live in the Middle East. A majority live in Asia.

[@chandlergray3840]

This issue is unlike most of the others John talks about, because it is so complex. There is no right or wrong like when he talked about "Food Waste" or "FIFA". The way he presented this was so biased and it focused too much on emotions. He wants us to believe that half the people are like the girl in the wheelchair, and the immigration policies are keeping people like her out. Much like the "Online Harassment" video, this issue seemed totally skewed and not very funny

[@Miguel53de]

Too emotional? That is exactly the way that issue is used from the politicians in Europe. And not in a good way. But in a very shameful way. In a way that I see no humanity anymore.

[@chandlergray3840]

Miguel53de Both are effective but it's the wrong way to go about addressing this issue. The main problem is cultural assimilation, which is not going to happen. We're going to see divided countries with "Muslim areas". Migrants aren't moving into European countries, they're moving their countries into Europe

[@Clymaxx]

+Chandler Gray Do you realize you're talking about 4 million people? Can you really pretend to understand them all? God forbid you get lumped in like a cog in a machine without an individual's value.

[@jamesmallom8758]

+Chandler Gray Muslim areas?! Oh no, anything but that. The US has Chinatowns, Little Vietnams, Little Italy, and Amish communities just to name a few. Communities that hold to the culture of their native countries. Yet somehow the world keeps turning. You seem to only take issue when Muslims are involved.

[@RichieSawant]

+Chandler Gray Yes And He Is Commiting Many Logical Fallacies and Doesn't Understand The True Facts in this Situation.

[@Benefacez]

I don't think the US is in any position to critizise the EU regarding the migrant crisis. US policies are what caused it in the first place. I like John Oliver but I would appreciate if the put that whole thing into context.

[@Littlegoblinfatface]

Benefacez i didnt know john oliver, a British man, represented the united states

[@TheGnom33]

He lives in USA and is its citizen.

[@simonli4484]

TheGnom33 he’s living on a green card.

[@homeofthemad3044]

How is the US responsible for the war in Afghanistan? or Syria? or Lybia? or for economic migration?

[@rickfaassen2778]

Home of the Mad learn the history of the last 70 years and you I'll understand that the USA caused most of the problems in the Middle-East

[@berniefit2572]

Ok so that one guy w the pink sticky notes date is literally tommorow

[@raggedyanarchist]

Ugghhh... why did I decide to read KZbin comments? What good has ever come of that?

[@jasonjackman6414]

+Ruby Doomsday Do gooders have ruined Europe enough already. Enough.

[@folokinix]

+Ruby Doomsday It's alright, we all make mistakes. Every week around this time when we forget we asked ourselves that question a week ago.

[@grilledtortilla]

+Ruby Doomsday I bet you are frequently mocked for your fedora.

[@snelson5871]

+Ruby Doomsday Watches video: Faith in humanity restored.........reads comments: well there went that idea

[@raggedyanarchist]

grilledtortilla It's a bowler.

[@irag7836]

LOL @ 12:35 .... CURRENT-YEAR man , you done goofed

[@p.g.4600]

OH COME ON !! IT'S [Insert year here] !!!

[@gnothiseauton739]

CURRENT YEAR

[@LUMMPYPILLOW]

+IraG78 I don't get it

[@BoTheMasterOFAll]

+Oodle It's the current year and I don't understand how people can have different opinions than me! C'mon guys it's the current year, why isn't the world perfect yet. Cm'on America, it's the current year.

[@Adino1]

Oodle IT IS 2015, COME ON. HOW CAN YOU NOT GET IT?

[@chrisms6446]

One planet. One people. One possibility to make this our home.

[@chrisms6446]

@Markus Illirian I'd be a bit retarded to think otherwise in my opinion. Here's hoping you'll get it one day.

[@tomosprice8136]

I could not agree more. Race, nationality, religion etc are all artificial barriers put up to divide humanity. Divided we are weak, united we are strong

[@Dyldayas24]

One planet. Many races. Only some should be allowed to exist

[@chrisms6446]

***** People do horrible things to other people. It's not right. We've to accept a shared responsibility for understanding how this happens because we need to stop it. Which is why we're one people. Hate spreads hate but only love can save us all. Thankfully hate is temporary and love is eternal. We can do it.

[@ville307]

+Christopher Michael Spain Are these actual people or troll accounts?

[@mortuos557]

I really like this episode, it allows me to be proud of my country. That's not something I feel very often...

[@mortuos557]

@Stefan Remund nope Germany

[@mortuos557]

@Blue Crusader criminals exist in every country or culture. I don't judge millions of people for the deeds of a few. The same way I don't want to be judged for what my ancestors did. Racism is a poison made from fear of the unknown, once you know these people, it ceases to be effective.

[@mortuos557]

@Blue Crusader that couldn't be more pot calling the cattle black😂 Arguing with a racist and likely fascist ist futile, since as you pointed out, you don't accept the humanity of people that don't belong to your culture group. Therefore I wish you the best of luck in finding someone, that can tolerate your toxic behavior.

[@nagyonbalogh]

I feel exactly the same pride about Hungary. Obviously not because of the 2 scumbags portrayed (and portrayed ONLY) here but because of all the disciplined and well measured efforts of the Hungarian police and armed forces to defend the country while everyone else was pointing fingers and calling them nazis. Then, many silently doing the same anyways. Ironic and repulsive IMHO. Nonetheless, a country is a country only as long as it can defend its borders. Once that is gone it is not an independent country anymore. I am a Hungarian living in minority just south of the border in Serbia. This gave me a front raw seat in the 2015 migration crisis. I saw swaths of men aged roughly 15 to 50. I barely ever saw women or children. Yet that is all you saw in western media. Just like on this show. I really thought Mr Oliver was smarter than this.

[@Lichenroc]

@@nagyonbalogh TBH it just feels like even given a choice you Hungarians wouldn't take in any refugees or have any sense of altruism to your fellow man.

[@JHCyber]

The comments here are disgusting.

[@PrincessLockette]

+CyberJ This is youtube. What did you expect?

[@JHCyber]

PrincessLockette I expected to see people commenting on events, but all I see are drones acting as their masters wanted.

[@Radi0he4d1]

+CyberJ The guts of french citizens spread all over the floor are even more terrifying.

[@JHCyber]

+Radi0he4d1 My point was that people are being racist and xenophobic and not commenting on what's important. They are too busy to hate on this, hate on that...

[@fuckakakaka]

+CyberJ when you try to ignore people who disagree with you , you can't blame them for getting passionate

[@BobbyWanKenobi]

Nice to see you are leaving a portion of the story out to fit your agenda. Not suprised.

[@lifeimprovements4810]

Isn't it interesting how the more fucked up side is always worried about the opposing side pushing an agenda?

[@yuvibitter]

like what portion exactly?

[@lifeimprovements4810]

***** I'm worried people on all different sides read what I typed and thought I was talking about whatever side they're against, and yeah

[@TM56]

+ArmoredGamingSalad Now you Europeans know how we Americans feel when videos are publicized all the time casting a bad light all the time on the USA and Americans.

[@randomstranger5877]

+Life Improvements Definitely mind-blowing! :o I genuinely can't stress how much I loved your comment.

[@Axe5197]

What about the Muslim immigrants in Germany who tried to get Oktoberfest fest cancelled?Or ones that are complaining about food and water the government is giving them for free? What is going on is terrible and sad that millions on people had to flee their homeland but a majority of them are being shitty towards the countries that have taken them in and are giving them free stuff.

[@mistrpow4758]

+Mr_Diddles what about germans that dont work or do anything just living from Hartz 4 that complain about shit they get for free?

[@Darth3492]

+Mr_Diddles sources?

[@Mancom37]

+MistrPow Germans not working? what is that 0.1% of the population able to work?Germans are notorious for being hard workers.....

[@gunnarlott5474]

+Mr_Diddles Getting Oktoberfest cancelled? Well, that was a fake, obviously. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/truth-revealed-behind-petition-ban-6459561

[@Darth3492]

+Gunnar Lott großer Stay Forever fan hier :D witzig wen man alles hier so trifft.

[@sarahlisa5191]

I know it's corny, but I love when they do things for "regular folk" like that amazing refugee girl.

[@a.d.1563]

JO is a great Person :)

[@kemvalen4784]

That girl is anything but regular among migrants.

[@MultiBitcheskiller]

I'm not crying, You're crying!!!

[@MattC-jg1yb]

"omg this girl has a sad life, let's let in million of others"

[@Onigirli]

Soul is not corny!

[@alexspec1772]

Does anyone remember when muslims around the world burned Danish embassies and killed random scandinavic people while demanding that Denmark changed their laws to stop free speech, all because of some cartoons?

[@casperheiberg3067]

+Alex Spec Yeah we do, also, by coincidence, we've just passed the date of the 10 year "anniversairy" of exactly those drawings being published for the first time. Yup. It's that long ago. And while more than 90 per cent of danish muslims doesn't not wan't to see the drawings reptinted, more then 60 per cent of etnic danish people do. Just to stand up for that freedom of speech. We've been making fun of our own queen, jesus, god, priests, the pope, buddha, and litterally all of the religions of the world. And very few ever burned a flag as a result of that. Until we tried making fun of Islam. That, one billion narrow minded people, couldn't handle. Even though we have tried again - and again, to explain that we make fun of litterally everything, and by not making fun of islam, we'd be singling them out, making it seem more racist/hateful, than if we treated them like we treat everyone else. That is the true curse of the muslim though. Thinking you're being treated differently when you actually aren't.

[@TheDoctorFF]

RADICAL Muslims...not normal Muslims. There's a big freaking difference

[@alexspec1772]

Guy Gardner Then why was all the media catering to them? Why was everyone blaming the cartoonists if they were just a few crazy muslims doing that? And why were all the polls showing majority support by muslims for violence against cartoonists.?Why were islamic politicians threatening with the boycotting and destruction of the danish economy?

[@AbdelOO7]

+Alex Spec Lmao because polls where 100 muslims are being interviewed are proper examples of the entire muslim population.

[@alexspec1772]

Abdel O Maybe you should look into how polls are made. They`re not taking such a small sample and if done properly the accuracy is great. Also it`s the only way to see what populations think.

[@thestone9134]

When discussing the migrant crises there so many issues that needs to be considered. Unfortunately, this week Last Week tonight failed to talk about some major issues. The criticism against the Balkan states and Hungary is valid but historically there have been a lot of religious wars in that area and that might still influence the people. Germany deserves a lot of credit for leading the way with humanitarian motives. My concern in my home nation of Sweden is this in September between 25000-30000 refugees arrived and towards the end between 1200-1500 every day and we are not prepared for these numbers. Yes we can argue that European nations are becoming more racist but I don`t really believe that the majority supports those views. Also, no one is prepared to deal with the real problem, the wars. Humanity I see has a responsibility to act decisively against these terror groups but since no western nation has been attacked no one seems to give a shit. Lastly a question? How many refugees are allowed to enter Russia or USA these are big, rich and powerful nations they should be able to do more I think?

[@waywardchronicler6000]

+TheStone To be fair to John, its rather hard to address all the nuances of the situation in under 20 min. Still, I see your points. Ultimately, though, if we do nothing, these people will die. I find it very hard to justify letting that happen under any circumstance. Would one reject Jews fleeing from the holocaust, citing "cultural heritage" or some other nationalistic nonsense?

[@apoorvswarup]

+TheStone you see the refugees (don't know how apt that definition is considering they can pretty much roam across Europe without any regard for laws) have been surprisingly given the absolute right to decide which country they go to (which is absurd if one considers the dublin agreement) Cut your benefits policy (like denmark) and you will see their numbers automatically go down. Its not whether these refugees are allowed to enter the US or Russia (am pretty sure no one would want to enter Russia willingly) but whether they themselves want to go there! The cultural and lingual integration aspects depend and I am not going dwell on that too much but I do hope the swedish government ensures that ghettos like rosengard aren't created and that the immigrants are truly integrated into the society.

[@hudrowportnof4058]

+Wayward Chronicler agreed. i think people should realize that people's personalities are created by their environment. everyone who's talking about how bad the behaviour of these people are should remember that, if we were born there, we would probably be their exact replica. while i do think this crisis is more complicated than what this episode talks about, people seem to miss the basic message of this episode, that we shouldn't leave these people to simply die. we at least owe that much as fellow human beings.

[@andiefront9861]

+TheStone I am 100% with you, this is not a topic to be discussed in less than 20 minutes. I now see a lot of other videos from a different perspective. I often thought that the US has some redicilous rules but maybe this was just one side of the medal - just as this video? Don't get me wrong, John Oliver is not my compensational-news or -panel show but this show was just very partial and did not make fun of real bad decisions. Like the budget cut in the refugee-camps around syria. The EU cut the budget from already-ridiculous 150 Mio to 75 Mio which was leading to starvation there. A lot of right-wing parties voted for this cut. I mean saving 75 Mio....that is nothing on a european level.

[@apathy526]

+TheStone Well, after you pass through this large number of refugees they will eventually be of a benefit to your country, and decades later they will be more proud to be swedish than being syrians. Syrians are genius hard working people, they will defiantly help build the country more than it already is.

[@polak551]

Big words from a little man living on the other side of globe.

[@PLpatriot999]

+polak551 on dobrze gada kucu

[@Kamil2142]

+johny may Mam nadzieję że żartujesz.

[@mohamedsolman6613]

indeed

[@polatzhela2173]

+polak551 Ok so let a boy talk to you, who is from your side of the globe. Germany. This whole thing, will cause a lot of problems, that is a fact. It will be hard for us, to face with so many people! But they are People, with hopes and dreams. And every human on this earth, has the same right for a good life. And only because some guys of mother fuckers think, that they have the only right to have a good life, we will not stop to say: "welcome". Refugees Welcome

[@Maxi_94]

+polak551 So Polish people, how much of you plan to immigrate into Germany for pure economical reasons in the future? It was just over 500.000 of you in the last couple of years. So wanna talk about floods of mass immigration a little more?

[@magografico]

This is so cool and emotional... the first LWT episode I ever watched, one of the best ones... never stop doing this John!!

[@maoristereo]

Im from portugal where there already are thousands of homeless people. Those still live in the streets and nobody proposed to house and feed them for free. I respectully opose bringing in and caring for refugees and migrants unless our own people get taken care of.

[@maoristereo]

+maoristereo PS. Population drop is exactly what the world needs.

[@Soff1859]

+maoristereo Tell that to the 262'000 Portugese who immigrated into Switzerland. 2.5% of your total population live in my country, and we actually allowed them to get jobs here and didn't "respectfully decline" them.

[@TTheHuman]

+Hawkeye Bear didnt know that all Portuguese speak swiss and have a healthy understanding of the swiss culture good to know i guess

[@Soff1859]

Hawkeye Bear I don't have any issues with the Portugese in my country. That was just to show him that his people are economic migrants in other countries too. Also I'm really wondering where you're getting your numbers from. Because, according to the BBC and the International organisation for migration, only 350k-400k refugees crossed into Europe in the first 8 months of 2015. If Switzerland with 8m population can take in 250k portugese (plus another 1.75m other foreigners), then Europe with 500m people can take in half a million Syrians altogether. We just have to distribute them evenly. Meaning the UK and Eastern European countries should take in their fair share and not leave everything to Germany and Sweden.

[@maoristereo]

Soff1859 Those portuguese migrants are working, not mooching. The second they stop working they get the boot of the country.

[@Carlos-wm6ev]

damn.. this is the first john oliver video that i disliked... i hate when somebody is so bias, defending just one side and giving specific examples of what's really going on... cmon, a 16 year old girl with a mental disease that wants to be an astronaut?? really?... are you really using that cheap american media technique? cmon john i'm not impressed...

[@morningmadera]

+Carlos Aguiar You mean you didn't disliked the one about feminism with Anita Sarkeesian?

[@Carlos-wm6ev]

CeaoS i don't know who that is but if she is a dumb "feminist" probably

[@morningmadera]

Carlos Aguiar wow :( I want to be you and know nothing about the biggest feminazi in the world ...

[@Carlos-wm6ev]

CeaoS is that bad? i usually find their retardness funny...

[@SilverFoxGPC]

+CeaoS That video was not about feminism, but about online harassment. And Sarkeesian was just a tiny part of the whole video. And even if you disagree with her actions and statements, death threats and harassments are still wrong and a legit concern to be raised.

[@Senblch]

Other muslim countries, who share same history and values dont want em(and refugees dont want to go there because you would actually have to work there), and now we Europeans are bad for not wanting them here(most countries have no obligations to take them)?

[@feralcatgirl]

+Pistets S to get to the countries you're referring to (saudi arabia, uae, oman, etc) the refugees would have to cross an enormous desert, which would be even more difficult than the journey to europe

[@dusjin]

+Syzygy314159 Bullshit.

[@andreas7114]

+Syzygy314159 That's pure Bullshit.

[@pixelspeed3178]

+Pistets 4 OR 5 COUNTRIES refused. Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Lebnon, Jordan have taken more then 12 MILIONS of refugees from afghanistan, iraq and Syria... even Canada, USA AND AUstralia have REFUSED TO TAKE refugees but... WHO care of few?

[@mojammer]

duh, if you don't accept hundreds of thousands of migrants from a completely incompatible culture who hate you that means you're racist. get with the program buddy, take it up ass like a good boy

[@WillTellU]

oh hey, that guy with 2020 date should have been processed by now! Yay?

[@LinkAlmightyCDC]

Ugh, I'm really disappointed with John this time. It always has to be the extremes of both sides (Left and Right) fighting it out and all sense is lost. The comments certainly show that, and unfortunately this video is also very one sided. I would have loved if John had shown the more sensible sides of the situation since it is incredibly complex. Yes Europe definitely needs to do more, but so does the rest of the world. I'm from Canada and it's unfair to put this all on Europe when there are many other large, wealthy countries around the world that could help. At the same time, we can still be cautious and orderly without being racist. You can't just open all the borders because the rush would cause chaos. Instead all countries should speed up their immigration process, while still following the system and doing it properly. Is this meant to be the be all, end all answer? Of course not. I'm just saying this crisis is far more complex than just simply open or shut all borders.

[@raileon]

+Link Almighty yes other countries can do more, and they should do more, I agree with you on that. Especially the US. We in Europe are now facing the results of the US intervening in the middle east since the 1950s. But right now we cannot do much against it, the only thing we can do is welcome them, and hope that they get a better life from now on.

[@CarSVernon]

+Link Almighty also, "wealthy" countries arent really all that wealthy anymore. or are fast becoming less and less so.

[@maplezyrup]

+Link Almighty He was pretty balanced in his commentary...He wasn't saying let them all in with no process, he was saying to show basic humanity to refugees.

[@CarSVernon]

maplezyrup he does concentrate on extremes for a laugh though. And I really love his show generally.

[@SomeReallyUniqueName]

+Link Almighty Yeah, I also hate it when people point out my flaws as well.

[@Sozitante]

He forgot his OWN COUNTRY..... Why the us not help? Their politic in the middle east is one of the reason why so people seeking asylum. But hey, its easier to blame europe...

[@BADASSMOTHERFFER102]

+Omid x all this shit started when the Soviet Union tried to take over the middle east. think about the middle east ruled by Russia. watch Charlie Wilson's War and get back to me.

[@Sozitante]

Tom Smith im from Germany not from spain

[@BADASSMOTHERFFER102]

ok, that was a mistake on my part. i'm sorry. but on the real i be careful of letting that many people into my country. I hope Germany knows what there doing.

[@piercethepotato7287]

+Eva die Sozitante He's originally from the UK, and UK blood still seeps from him.

[@Sammyboy27007]

+Tom Smith Afghanistan isn't in the middle east.

[@MrGorillafist]

John Oliver, you and your team have absolute hearts of gold. I hope that 16 year old girl gets to see that some day.

[@austinroos9355]

That Iraqi in Turkey is almost ready to come back.

[@tushargowda8634]

2 more days

[@DainnGreywall]

As a Danish guy... i'm appalled by what i heard from that polish guy... he DOES realise that polish workers are considered the european equivalent to mexican workers in America (that is being lazy, does half assed jobs and takes below minimum wage that no other human being would accept then send the money back to poland to their families) Oh and i'm also pissed at my government for their way of treating the migrants, it's been outright disturbing.

[@Kalupz]

+Dainn Greywall Danish ? are you stupid ? your government is the most reasonable one in the entirety of Europe

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

+VideoMultiTeam the point he is making is Mexican's and polish(the Stereotype not an actual person) are lazy and dumb

[@grinn7611]

+Dainn Greywall ooo fuck you, polish people are hard working, they pay taxes, they are not terrorists but every refugee has 6 children, no job, no education and wants to benefit, so fuck off, you are a dumb shit. Denmark does not deserve to Polish workers, Poland should change the government, because the Poles should not work for such morons as the Danes, we have stupid politicians.

[@ingrumowicz]

+Dainn Greywall dont mind him, he's a laughing stock in poland as well.

[@rjfaber1991]

+VideoMultiTeam Yeah, that would be the only criticism I have of this LWT segment; it does rather imply that the opinions of fringe politicians (and I should know, I'm from the Netherlands) represent the general consensus in Europe, which is fortunately not the case.

[@jerkoff6666969]

that was awesome they did that for najine! why so much hate on here wtf

[@jerkoff6666969]

all you haters on of refugees just remember wyclef and lauryn hill were fugees.

[@kaixokkiten]

+

[@boom50583]

rap music!

[@trickyric67]

Lauren Hill was born and raised in South Orange NJ. What a moron

[@trickyric67]

Poptartking 99 douche

[@EdithEsquivel]

Not to justify Europe, but what about Saudi Arabia and other neighboring rich Islamic countries? Why aren't they welcoming any refugees, who are additionally of the same religion and similar culture as theirs? What's their excuse? No one is talking about that.

[@andiebarrow3606]

+Edith Esquivel To be fair, I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to emigrate to Saudi Arabia--the constant human rights abuses of its government are rather notorious. And for a lot of these refugees (especially Syrian refugees), European culture is actually a lot more similar to what they're used to than, say, Iraqi culture. The whole idea that Islam is super different from other religions is largely a Western political construct.

[@EdithEsquivel]

+Andrew Barrow I didn't know their culture was so different. It can't be, when they share Arabic at least. I know Islam is not such a different religion (I listen to Tapestry, CBC radio), but I mentioned it because it is normal for people among the same religious tradition to offer help, and even if Saudi Arabia and other rich Islamic countries are difficult, they would not be as difficult as war, I pressume, being wealthy and stable countries. Saudi Arabia: 0 / Kuwait: 0 / Qatar: 0 / Bahrain: 0 / United Arab Emirates: 250,000 They are collectively known as the Persian Gulf states, and even though they share a language and the Arabian Peninsula with Syria, the Gulf nations are among the few nations that haven't participated in the 1951 U.N. treaty on refugees, they are not legally obliged. However, morally, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have an obligation to help victims of a war in which those nations have been involved through their financial support of rebel groups that have fought Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. My opinion.

[@moe2366]

+Edith Esquivel Islam could vary greatly in its denominations, just think of the differences between Catholicism and Mormanism. Sunni and Shi'ates have divided Iraq even before the US entered the war with them. While the Persian countries should accept refugees, European countries should as well. Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey alone are taking in 4 million; Syrians have become 1/4th of the Turkish population, just think about that for a second. Finally, Europe and the US are the ones who worsened the Civil war in Syria as they have funded the Syrian rebels, not persian countries (Although Saudi Arabia has). My theory is that these Persian countries feel like they had no hand in this and those responsible, should accept the refugees.

[@EdithEsquivel]

+Zonda _ Saudi Arabia and Qatar are responsible too, as I mentioned above.

[@andiebarrow3606]

Edith Esquivel I certainly agree that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Emirates should be contributing monetarily. Any nation with wealth to spare should be (including the US)

[@jamison85]

5:18 - hope that person remembers their appointment today!!

[@calebringger8703]

not even four minutes in and he's already said prejudice against Islam is racist . . . bruh

[@ryan4butler1]

racist means nothing anymore, they've used it up. i could literally commit a hate crime with the same response.

[@calebringger8703]

Dude I know right? People have misused words like racist and sexist and fascist so much that they've lost all their meaning

[@ryan4butler1]

Caleb Ringger It's like the "literally hitler" phrase.

[@RBermuda1]

+Caleb Ringger Pretty sure he used the word raciest since the people from the Middle East are black.......

[@user-180-mand90]

Islam isn't a race. Its an ideology. Completely different things.

[@kakashihatake454]

To the poor soul reading the comments: don't, it'll just depress you regardless of what side you are on in this debate

[@dnw009]

Avoiding the problem won't make it go away Kakashihatake454.

[@ardencollins7337]

You know that that’s a really good idea I think I’ll stop here. I don’t need to lose any more faith in humanity

[@scan606]

I should have listened to you

[@mevirosteck]

Fuck ALL religion. I don't discriminate. These are people. They need to escape from insane religious people.

[@cattolord33]

Bennett McCoy Read the article, and I honestly don't seem that much of a problem with a bunch of people practising their religion. Plus theyre like a bit over half of them. Also, 288 out of 4000 is extremely low wtf. I'm sure that if u asked the same thing to christians in america most of them would say the same shit about their beliefs, especially those in more secluded people. TL;DR, I dont see ur point as I also believe most.of those things and theres no chance of me instigating a revolution. You people are wayyyyy too scared of ppl practising what is literally their religion like any other religious person.

[@Axelsypkenssmit]

At 6:35 I want to clarify that no one takes him serious here in the Netherlands

[@mrborn2drink]

+Axel sypkens smit he's at one fith of the votes source: peil.nl

[@vincenzoemanuelkleinszig9094]

mrborn2drink yep also in my country far right is getting power that is quite sad

[@ulrikebehrendt3572]

+Axel sypkens smit obviously some do, but i agree, that this is very one-sided report

[@maoschanz4665]

+Axel sypkens smit > there are probably a big thousand of assholes who thake it seriously

[@joriseversdijk3245]

I do

[@stephanieengel7131]

I'm German and I live in Germany. We're doing pretty great, thank you 💖

[@dragonbones3885]

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[@mr.lalnon5455]

@@denizkasap7322 No.... I won't..... I can't do this again.... NOOOOOOO! *[CITATION NEEDED]*

[@mortuos557]

Wow... Was für ein ekliger Kommentar... Ich hab den mal gemeldet...

[@everardoibarra3484]

Desicion making based on emotions, bad idea.

[@RonanArm]

+Everardo Ibarra Or, you know, based on facts.

[@everardoibarra3484]

Zeusrulezs10h1 So you think enough facts were demonstrated to make a decision on the refugee immigration crisis?

[@RonanArm]

Not necessarily in the video, but from reputable sources outside if one does the resources, yes. I do.

[@everardoibarra3484]

Zeusrulezs10h1 I would appreciate if you share them.

[@RonanArm]

Links I've looked at and came to decisions based on: Regarding the US: www.factcheck.org/2015/11/facts-about-the-syrian-refugees/ Regarding the economic impact of refugees: www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/09/16-economic-impact-refugees-cali Anything else you would like?

[@rmpumper]

Hey John, how about allowing the countries to decide on their own if they want to let in the migrants or not?

[@jackmehoff2363]

+Emmanuel Rapheal yes lets actually.give everyone a choice. or we can make military age males.ho.back and finish the fight and let them.be cowards

[@thegroove14]

+Ričardas Marozas Yes because that's CLEARLY working.

[@pkly]

+Emmanuel Rapheal Why don't you make your own country first?

[@rmpumper]

+Garrick Groover The shitstorm began when Merkel invited everyone to come to EU. Let them have the migrants if they want them, but Germany should STFU about mandatory "refugee" quotas. Fuck that bullshit. Countries have borders for a reason and last I heard, Merkel is not the ruler of all the EU.

[@Xeirus911]

+Ričardas Marozas Here's a shock, they still get to do that.

[@MRayner59]

While realizing this is comedy program, this was an incredibly biased take on the situation that ignored many key aspects of this current invasion of Europe by so-called “refugees” such as the fact that only about a third are fleeing the civil war in Syria, the vast majority are unaccompanied young men, and that rape is endemic in the camps where they’re being temporarily housed. Counter to the charming young girl in the wheelchair, maybe John should have shown the video of a Muslim boy gleefully making a throat slitting gesture to the camera while being filmed at a train station. He might also have mentioned that ISIS has boasted that it has infiltrated the migrants with “thousands” of its fighters.

[@smitetheunholy6179]

+Martin Rayner The video I saw of those migrants on the train showed them chanting "O Allah let their children be orphans... Amen!" "O Allah grant Islam victory everywhere... Amen!" "Allah Akbar!" etc...

[@abdelfattahchabani2193]

+Drunk Bastard the name of the vid pls

[@MahatmaAgrobiznes]

+Martin Rayner Well first of all if this is an invasion, where are their tanks? It's not anything close to an invasion and calling it like this is just a disgusting propaganda. And, if this was an invasion, then what would be the Polish migration to Germany and UK? A genocide? Because it's far larger than this so-called "invasion". Just because you're opposed to accepting the migrants doesn't allow you say anything you want., some words are acceptable while some are not, you may want to watch the beginning of this video once again to find out why. For example, I believe it's acceptable to say that many of those young men should be sent back or not accepted, if their only motivation is economy. But it's not acceptable to call them animals or anything like that. Only about a half (and not a third, you may check this out even on Wikipedia in the article "european migrant crisis") are fleeing the war in Syria because - guess what - there are other civil wars and even other problems (like dictatorships) in the world. Does "Afghanistan" ring a bell? There are some videos of boys making throat gestures, there are even videos of people throwing stones and rioting. However, they are overwhelmed by videos showing migrants... simply not doing those things. In fact, not doing anything dangerous, just behaving normally. So John's program was not biased, it just focused on the general situation, not the exceptions, and was based on facts, not speculations.

[@valgehiir]

+Martin Rayner Oliver automatically taking PC approach when Islam is concerned.

[@valgehiir]

***** Do you think Oliver would dare to criticize Islam, knowing next day he will be called a bigot and a racist? No fucking way, no one has the nerve to call out this death cult, other than Maher.

[@dearseall]

Think about this: EU spend 5000 Billion Euros because of an economic crisis that began in USA EU did not spend 150 million Euros because of a war in Syria to prevent a refugee crisis.

[@samuelrs5138]

I do not think European nations would like to divest from the US market place and have the US divest all european investment. It would be much worse for your economies. The economic benefits the US brings to you is very large. So yes, US economic slowdown effects europe because of the size of the US economy and market place but it also greatly benefits you when there is no slowdown.

[@RaverDaniel]

I am hungarian, and i can laugh now. You uploaded this video in sept 28. Things are already happened in Europe - Hungary is in safe, no protest and no news about raped a citizen or killed. You started to laugh about the hungarian video and see now, Europe is in danger, everywhere protest week by week. So may i ask, whos laughing now? :)

[@evanprest6224]

+D Nagy Decent people around the world thank Hungary for resisting invasion.

[@MrIncredinoob]

Me at your fucking terrible English.

[@adrienhartemann7188]

+George Mitchell thanks mate

[@RaverDaniel]

George Mitchell coz i am living in Germany, don't need fucking good english. Oh yeah and also can speak 2 language. How many original english or american ppl could say he can speak at least 1 lang except english? not so many But thanks m8

[@evanprest6224]

D Nagy Pedig e'n gondoltam hogy mindenki e'rti a magyart, ugy mint az angolt.

[@hrindak]

I can't believe LWT Team fumbled so much with this theme. I don't see any mentions here about refugees going on hunger strikes because they want benefits 7times as high as salaries of people of countries they are heading to, refugees demolishing their ubications because they want to go to a different country with better benefit system, 95% of the refugees being men between 20-40 yo, unsocial behaviour all across the immigration route, etc.... I can't believe the LWT Team is so fucking blind to details like this.

[@stp52x]

+hrindak "95% of the refugees being men between 20-40 yo," I want to see your source for this.

[@stp52x]

hrindak Great! Then take a picture and we'll count how many are men aged 20-40. Furthermore, the criminal behaviors of a few, or even if they are the majority, does not, in any capacity, justify rejecting the few people who are escaping violence and certain death.

[@hrindak]

+Ozymandias and that's why there is a certain process in place to identify negative elements in the group and eliminate them before good people are let into the country. In the meantime, countries and institutions that are trying to help are being ridiculed because it takes a long time to process milions of refugees. Also, if you are escaping violence and death, you are migrating to the closest country where there is no such threat. Not across the half of the world to the country with the best social benefits system :/

[@stp52x]

hrindak Well Germany doesn't have the best social benefits system. It has the best economy which can support such a large influx of people. If millions of people ran to the nearest country, they'd die of starvation and poverty because they wouldn't have the resources to sustain them. These people are expecting to remain there for a long time, the situation in the middle east is not going to recover any time soon.

[@GanjaBear29]

+hrindak You are not supposed to mention those facts on this channel, hence your 4 thumbs up ;) This is Liberal territory, where everyone lives in a fantasy land everything is going to be just fine n dandy!

[@Sloth55Chunk]

Think you missed the mark here, John. Its easy to sit there and criticize with your team of writers

[@betty4774]

+Sloth55Chunk LIKE [phone] lol I love John and the show, but is more complicated.... i hope he support the cause by receiving a few refugees in his own home... it´s a sad situation for everybody involved.

[@PastaPastaPastaPasta]

+Sloth55Chunk Exactly. Not being emotionally involved in the situation causes better decision making.

[@muffldgee6764]

+FuckGooglePlus Where do you live?

[@McBain137]

+Matilada G. He's a troll. Let it go.

[@Amy_Dunn]

+FuckGooglePlus Way to go Donald Trump.

[@sauerkraud]

gotta cry rewatching this epise same as I for sure did years ago. Pretty heartwarming gesture at the end ...