The refugee crisis is a test of our character | David Miliband

[@a.a.5880]

three days before my 10th birthday i became a refugee myself and ever since i have found my peace in books and knowledge. although i came with 0 language skills to my present country i am the best in my class and i attend university lectures alongside high school. education is food for my mind. without it, i'd starve. trust me, i've seen what illiteracy has done to people, including my parents

[@amaniabdallah9572]

Best hunger! May Allah keep you that way.

[@joelhc9703]

I would rather talk about what caused the refugee crisis to begin with.

[@josephn.c4075]

I agree with you, we should talk and deal with the source, not the consequences

[@stillwatersnightsky6533]

Joel HC agree waiting for him to get to that point. ...and strangely the comment section also ignores this question. ...

[@stillwatersnightsky6533]

Kalki Vishnu u said it :)

[@escutcheon1246]

Like Barbara Spectre said: Jews will be in the center of that multicultural transformation in Europe (only), taking a leading role in flooding white countries with foreign forces. That is what they do in this video and obviously they are not going to talk about their hidden agenda openly.

[@stillwatersnightsky6533]

Kalki Vishnu yup and they can convince us all they want.....we are way too aware for that emotional crap now....

[@61shirley]

According to a U.N report, for the cost of every refugee you bring to our country, you can settle 13 outside of war zones in the Middle East and surrounding. The pressure put on us to take displaced people isn't what's being applied to other countries.

[@Mike60606]

Daniel the Spaniel Multiculturalism is only the responsibility of white countries. China is 99% asian. Saudi Arabia is 99% arab. This nonsense is out of control.

[@Tomyo95]

there are literally millions of refugees sat in Turkey

[@61shirley]

CrazyGrapefruit I've covered those numbers in my videos. Thanks mate

[@globalismistreason676]

Just another Jew supporting mass immigration, and of course, he uses Holocaust guilt tripping to push his agenda.

[@neil1691]

The tax base is to support demographic deficits incurred by old people so you don't have another series of sovereign debt crises. Germany amongst others needs limited migration for this reason. Germany needs it not because it is a Ponzi scheme, that would indicate the replacement rate rises above equal, right now Germany remains below, 1 for 1 is not a Ponzi scheme, mathematically there is no exponentiality. Why do you need children to be concerned about legacy? You simply define it differently, for you its apparently a biological things, for David it is stored in values. The UN absoloutely should, alongside western governments, be encouraging China and other states to take in limited refugees, but asides from that being a strawman fallacy, these countries also don't have the same demographic situation as the west. Not to mention China's record against Islamic minorities. Miliband said there are 25million people displaced annually, that several hundred thousand need rehousing. Let's say it was 24.5million housed in neigbouring countries, the proposition is that those limited numbers are protected because they are vulnerable, this is what the EU wants to do with one in one out, to prioritise vulnerable refugees in Lebanon/Turkey etc. It's incredible the level of consipracy that is commonly held to be true on these sorts of videos. You seriously believe that people like Milliband seek to de-christianise western communities? More fool you.

[@sumoodabdulhadi1731]

When a talk made a change and drew an International strategy for the world. While your talk was since three years, I am as an employee at an organization for Refugees Services and I felt your talk has been adopted by this organization. Thank you for recreating humanity in people again. Thank you to you David and to TED for hosting you.

[@AvinashChavan0811]

tears in his eyes while explaining this 😢

[@GetSmarterEveryday1]

Very low views and so many dislikes show people not interested to help others really disheartening.

[@kevinbender6153]

Cost to house and fund one refugee in western nation can house 100 people in their own country. The moral thing to do is to help them at home.

[@MetallicReg]

Yes and no. Refugees need help - absolutely no discussion about this. However, the refugees can't decide where they will get that help. You can't just ignore 99% of the safe countries and break most of the sovereign laws to go to a specific social system paradise (which will break per definition because of it). Rich and peaceful countries have to help - but this help needs to be efficient and cover as many people as possible. One refugee in Germany costs more than 50 in the camps (including local education and support for the families in those villages). If you need help, work WITH the countries - don't create a bureaucratic disaster that eats up most of the funds instead of investing them into direct help. More countries should be involved though.

[@MetallicReg]

This is simply not how it works. The countries have the obligation to ask if the person that just trespassed their territory is in need of asylum. But nearly NOBODY asks for it - because they only want asylum in the place that has the most expensive social system (otherwise Germany would have an easy right to deport). We have even laws concerning those cases (Dublin - gets ignored completely). This is the foundation for the equal distribution of those people. And even when Germany deports those that are clearly asylum seekers in other countries and those that have no legal ground for it, they return a week later. No country holds them because they simply say they want back. This is also why relocation doesn't work (not only because the countries don't want the chaos that Germany has). I am all out for help - but this is not a wish-lottery. Really huge amounts get simply annihilated by bypassing the system.

[@fmonky]

Can we work with the refugees and filter out the ones that support sharia and gang rape preteen girls, not yet? Ok then set up that system so we can help the ones that deserve it and not the Islamic wife beaters that come in and create no go zones where police refuse to enter (like the 15 in Sweden made within the last year after they let refugees in in extremely large numbers)

[@SmigGames]

Ayaan Hirsi Ali classified refugees into 4 groups: adapters, coasters, menaces and fundamentalists. Adapters are the ones that fully intend to assimilate into the host country. Ideally we should have a system that lets adapters in (arguably coasters as well if they really need asylum) and blocks others, though that's easier said than done.

[@whuzzzup]

> But you suggested it's the refugees fault for choosing the wrong country It's not their fault - I'd do the same if I was one. But this is why we have to prevent them from doing that. Close borders and prevent them from entering the country. Most "refugees" are not even from a war-torn country, they come here to get free money and free housing. And the bad thing is - we hand it to them and by that destroying our own country.

[@francescomungari669]

Are we being serious, now? really? First of all, 95% of the refugees are in the camps in the middle east. Most of them are there, and the ones who are not are in Europe...but that's a tiny tiny fraction of the ones who are in Lebanon. The ones coming to Europe aren't doing so out of free will: if I told you: hey boi, give me your house, your daughter, all your money and then I'll shove you onto a boat, cramp you with the other and bring you to a country where you can make

[@tsjoencinema]

It's absolutely a test of character. A test that our ruling elite is currently failing miserably.

[@clamperouge1]

Didn't hear any arguments, just a lot of emotive assertations. Saying a situation is manageable isn't an argument that I should take on the burden.

[@thegodoftoast8662]

Sorry friend. If children dying isn't a good enough argument to help, nothing is.

[@saarajasmine9813]

I am a somali 19yrs old Refugee who lived in three different countries through out my childhood. Not because i wanted to leave every place i made some friends of but because my mom wanted us to have a better life. We were born in Somalia and fled to Kenya, and then applied for a family visa to Sweden. Because my moms condition was getting worse and she wasn't able to provide for us any longer. Luckily when we got our visas approved we moved to Sweden which I currently live in. Am glad to say that throughout all that we went through we're a children that can speak 4languages fluently ( Somali, Kiswahili, English and Swedish) and that struggle taught us compassion and love for others. you may say why cant they move to the neighbouring countries but i bet that you would want and look a better life for your kids as my mum did. Yes Europe gives us what we lack back at home and that's what anyone would want for their children. So yeah at the end of the day am thankful the fact that through the values of Swedish people, i get to have a better chance than I did before. 😘🇸🇪 So yes as the title, some times it's not about the troubled ones but about us human being and how we treat each other.

[@therealmaskriz5716]

SaaRa Jasmine Then you're an immigrant. As soon as you left Kenya.

[@saarajasmine9813]

The Real Maskriz yeah you could say that if you want. But i had a refugee titel since thats what my mom applied for us and since we were in a refugee camp. It really doesn't matter to me whether I'm an immigrant or a refugee. Neither countries is my motherland so why not search for a better place ??

[@juliaavocado343]

You did what was good for your family. Good on you. But at the cost of the Swedes and their way of life. Not everyone is a winner here.

[@zefile]

SaaRa Jasmine, i'm sorry you had to go through that. and i'm sorry for all the xenophobia in this comment section. people are selfish assholes...

[@MotorGoblin]

Julia Avocado If you are talking about money, you simply can't know that yet.

[@spiritcalling4608]

These children and families deserve better. We all deserve better. And if we have the resources to handle and help these refugees to start and have a greater life. For their children and themselves, then why not? We should celebrate helping people, not scold people for trying to escape horrible conditions.

[@sureshsaran6184]

i am from india nd very rural village( hamlet) watching ted videos for improving my English accent . one day i wanna make my sermon to ted talk to this dais

[@abhishekkulkarni2918]

More power to you brother

[@Veronica-nx3ss]

the problem I have with refugees is adult men taking opportunities from children by using their ID, and refugees who have jobs and apartments moved to a country that they can go on welfare...ya let's help people but the people who need help...I feel the 2 year vetting process for foreign workers is much more intense than refugees and do not see how refugees are vetted more?

[@SmigGames]

They go through a process where we determine if they actually require asylum or not. I don't know the ins and outs of that process nor its accuracy but I know 42% applications were rejected in 2015/16.

[@Veronica-nx3ss]

Ya I get that there is a process but it must not be effective when over 50% of migrant children are proven to be adults...but I do not know the ins and outs of it either and it would be nice if the vetting process where explained to the public so perhaps people could place more trust in it and if need be reform it

[@melibea13]

I'm horrified to live in a world where half of the reactions a talk like this gets are downvotes.

[@cudaman2formula874]

melibea13 Im so thankful to see that some people actually understand the horrific consequences of taking in these so-called refugees.

[@geekycrap]

It is a test of our vetting processes

[@graphicism]

The refugee crisis is a test of our patience.

[@FunkyPrince]

Like these kind of comments.

[@atticusbeachy3707]

What of the Europeans who are being raped and killed by the migrants?

[@FunkyPrince]

@Aleks Ich yours is a disgrace to all the people who raped and killed.

[@FunkyPrince]

@Atticus Beachy actually you're wrong: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_crime "There is no empirical evidence that immigration increases crime"

[@graphicism]

More people, more problems.

[@RotheraPoint]

Considering his background, maybe he should lead the way to making Israel open their borders to help with the crisis. As if Europe is the only continent on the planet.

[@ahmed-g6j5z]

Andy See saudi accepted them..... idk about others

[@RotheraPoint]

@Hitler. They shouldn't, that's the point. Neither should we (Europe). All these politicians who are pro immigration into western countries seem to have differing opinions when the table is turned on their religious homeland.

[@brucelevine6517]

Konrvadsk we in Israel have more Refugees than we can handle With not one penny from the UN ! We give them food shelter electric and water that we can't spare and all we get is Condemnation from the EU and the UN and All the Arab nations (whom take in 0 ) so we do so from the goodness of our hearts but you only know what you read in the fake news so please shut your ignorant mouth

[@lyricbot8513]

Konrvadsk he's not from Israel

[@mattihaapoja8203]

@@brucelevine6517 But you don't give them citizenship so you can kick them out(Not a bad idea in my opinion). They come to Europe to stay.

[@faresalaa4562]

the main problem is that everyone just think about themselves.if we help each other,we can solve this issue.

[@BornIn1500]

If you keep giving away everything you have, you will have nothing left.

[@ibrahimkhilji2080]

What an inspirational speech, thanks for the great service David sir

[@ksc7957]

Accepting refugees is not an obligation

[@shushuyu]

It is a test of character. Just look at the natives of America and how they treated the colonists..and then look at how those colonists treated them.

[@alanconlan8337]

David Milliband's talk on refugees serves a purpose in bringing awareness to the indifference of people living in comfort zones. However, there is a deep irony in his motives of bettering his image through using the terrible sufferings inflicted on those most vulnerable, the victims of his political mindset. The world needs to see through the granduous orations manufactured from comfortable car seats taking snapshots of young mother's and children struggling on foot through seas and hostile terrain fleeing from the unacknowledged outcomes of his political agendas.

[@הדרהלוי-ב1ה]

"One Must." Fucking chills, man. That is inspirational.

[@danpotterf9175]

Poor little David Miliband only makes $$$ 750,000 a year!

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

The refugee crisis is a test of our character, and its clear from this comment section that our character is lacking.

[@asyntheticsoul8956]

+meme In a rational sense, sometimes it feels like taking in refugees is just avoiding the problem. The original countries are not being reformed and everyone is picking up the bill at the expense of people leaving those countries. There is cancer across KZbin obviously, but there is a point within the madness. Solving the problem from within would be more efficient and cost effective than simply avoiding the main cause by taking in refugees. The bigger debate is what helps the most people: taking in refugees and hurting your own country/leaving the rest of that country to burn, or being more careful with immigration and working on solutions to improve the lives of the people in those other countries. It's selfish and naive to simply think with "test of our character" at the expense of other people. Nothing is life is fair and everyone has rights, unfortunately prioritizes the rights of your nation's citizens means you are automatically against any sort of immigration/allowance of refugees.

[@Mr_Squarepeg]

+meme Too true.

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

Steven Weigel your entire point is blinded by false statistics and alarmist, racist sentiments which can easily be proven wrong with even the smallest bit of reading. If you can't see that, there isn't anything that can help you, you've already drunk the Right Wing Coolaid

[@Mr_Squarepeg]

This comment section just turned special and not in a good way. D:

[@yuzar9584]

finally someone with common sence

[@SusansEasyRecipes]

Interesting topic 👍

[@cudaman2formula874]

People with delicate sensibilities can be mislead into-destruction. This is so unbelievable. People have got stop letting their delicate sensibilities block the critical thought process.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Coming to live in Europe cannot be the solution to all the world's problems

[@nilss3908]

The True Fizz yes your right we must solve the problems in the countries where the refugees come from but if we can't fix this problems we must take the refugees or break our own law and ethic rules

[@TheBikupan]

It's not a solution anyone wants, but it's a last resort we all have to take at this point. The path to improving these conflict-driven countries is by ensuring at least minimal living standards, rights and securities to its citizens, and right now that can't be done within their own borders. It sucks, but the other option is to send them to their deaths. You gotta start thinking about the bigger picture.

[@Tomyo95]

people are dying, try and think about that

[@Dunge0n]

Tomyo95 European women and children are being raped by 3rd world filth, think about that.

[@Tomyo95]

there are cases of rape and the perpetrators go to prison. while bombs and bullets kill hundreds of thousands of people

[@emilyliu0]

Come back to the UK David, Ed needs you.

[@smilz7470]

If Britain had not admitted refugees in the 1940's I certainly would not have thumbs downed this video today.

[@jacobmattenson4446]

(Disclaimer: I'm typing this about half-way through) We also need to think about how we can create the conditions in the home countries from which refugees are coming that will allow them to stay. We would need to fight against the militant groups within the areas, but we would also need to invest in those areas. If we put money into the economies of those places, we can help create systems of education and markets that gives people in these countries a future. Also, to those like me who believe in the threat of climate change, we would need to invest in protecting natural systems in those countries so that folks aren't pushed out by situations such as desertification, where the farmlands are literally turning into desert. If we want people to stop coming to Europe and West, then we need to give them safe, stable futures in their home countries.

[@barbaranecker5719]

How awful for grown adult to have grown UP in a refugee camp!

[@mudchair16]

You will not replace us.

[@zoubeidafoughali5968]

thank you David. I agree.

[@buckybone89]

Agree with the concept...but a lot of people are going to be turned off just because it's David Miliband saying it, a lot of the blame for this lies directly at his feet because he didn't do enough to prevent it while he was Foreign Secretary during the Brown government.

[@Brandon-vp1if]

I think it's quite a bit more complicated than just being a "test of our character". There are many more components to this problem that both the left and right are missing out on. As a humanitarian, I am definitely concerned and distraught that these people are losing their lives. I don't think that we can solve this problem by just accepting refugees into Europe and the U.S.

[@Lunji]

The character test is: Can you make a decision that doesn't make you feel good? Or will you blindly repeat.

[@sourcemagicz7570]

Thx helped with my oral presentation 😻

[@loukas371]

Truly an amazing talk. We need more people like this. It makes me honestly sad to see more dislikes than likes on this talk but I like to think that as he said, it's the fearful and vocal minority.

[@dsnp]

I would rather help our own country's problems with homelessness and poverty than help foreign refugee people that have potential to cause mass harm. I don't understand how our own people oversee our own problems.

[@macbeth642]

You need to stop seeing people around you as ''your own'' and instead see humanity as a whole. You see the world through a very narrow and shallow lens. Nationalism is a massive problem and is the single most dividing factor amongst human beings.

[@AnniThanh1]

Andrew R I would rather help anyone in need, whether or not they are man, woman or children or have the same skin color, religion, language or nationality as me. After all they're human.

[@JD97xl]

Andrew R That's a little selfish don't you think? Imagine you would live in such a country where war and terror cost thousends of lifes. I live in Germany and we have a lot refugees. I have to agree, that the refugees shouldn't "choose" their favorit european country but this issue is not solved by thinking: Every country on its own. If we humans can't help each other we will achive nothing in the far future. (sry for any false grammer) :D

[@SSchithFoo]

Andrew R Refugees are born coz ur countries destabalized their.

[@thesignof33]

It's funny that the morons who never said anything about "homelessness and poverty" neither did they lift a finger to solve these issues before, now try to play the guy who thinks about poverty in his own country, how emotional :'( Good joke.

[@toddkyler534]

how about the fact that everything that you take for granted has been built and created by people who came together instead of divided...

[@K8E666]

As Bob Marley said "If you know your history Then you would know where you coming from Then you wouldn't have to ask me Who the heck do I think I am" "Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival..."

[@Drwatson1977]

Why do they not go to neighbouring countries?? Why do Muslims travel thousands of miles travelling to a country with a different culture instead of going to Muslim countries.n Where did the refugees go back in the day before WW2??? Why are they now coming over here to the UK and US???

[@whitenormal2412]

He's not just promoting white genocide, he's making it happen

[@eleanorwilliams9245]

Absolutely superb talk from David Miliband.

[@albertwillems6413]

We in the west initiated the wars, that now cause the refugee crisis., even though we like to close our eyes and ears to that fact, as if it acquits us of our moral obligations to our fellow human beings. After all we supposedly elected the people in a democratic way to represent us and if they start wars and mayhem and commit other gruesome cruelties, then we have to accept the collective guilt, that rests upon the shoulders of those, who voted for them. Not voting is not an option, because that puts your vote in the basket of the winner. If you can`t vote for the person, that shares your convictions, you can submit a protest vote by invalidation. Mother Nature has endowed us with genetically encoded moral values, that supercede any and all religious varieties. Thank you David Miliband for this very informative and eye-opening lecture.

[@chansowping1811]

Humanity in the milk of kindness is restored

[@VerdeART]

I fully agree with the fact that the world must help anyone in need... but I cant get rid of the idea that this guy makes quite a buck from working as the president of the IRC (over 400k a year, havent checked the sources)...

[@syrianjoker265]

Is it like a new trend to dislike any positive video about refugees or LGBT rights??

[@Xxx-uc5xz]

I think countries won't need to take refugees if they really fight AGAINST terrorism!

[@1rafa2]

These comments are so racist. Europe needs these refugees to uplift its economy. Why are we debating established facts?

[@sjake3ify]

It's a test of how moronic and naive we can truly be.

[@16hm68]

chia sẻ kiến thức rất hay

[@26400597]

nice speaker about ur speak

[@Ton_Cora]

Yeah its always funny to see people who will never experience the consequences of policy talk down to people that live it every day.

[@LethalCookieMonster]

Very inspiring speach David. Ive just realised you are an MP.

[@seansnyder7759]

I dont know of any life jackets that exist that will 100% prevent drowning. If this guy knew how drownings worked, he would understand that. Also, most likely, the manufacturer of that life jacket has to put that warning on its product for liability reasons.

[@the_chosenone]

One of the best Ted talk🔥🔥

[@ayteguh]

for the sake of humanity... two thumbs up for all humanitarian relief operations community

[@Bananenbauer123]

The dislike count makes me cry. It's not rich people who are greedy, its the average person.

[@mirageinmercuryshadow]

This speech gave me tears. then I look a the likes and dislikes... Come on people open up live by compassion & empathy or at lest understanding and tolerance. What ever happened to making this world better for the next generation

[@CLS1507]

"Come on people open up live by compassion & empathy or at lest understanding and tolerance." LOL, if the feelings are actually mutual people won't hate them from the beginning. Yet, history and current calamities have prove us again and again that both culture are incompatible.

[@mirageinmercuryshadow]

Chris which cultures are u referring too

[@Lvcy1]

Stop emotions, be rational, I don't see a rational argument coming from you, just tears, tears don't solve any world's problem. Are you going to give them jobs? Are you going to farm to help feed them? What are you gonna do? Do you really wanna help or just pretend that you wanna? Can you at least hire them to mow the lawn of your house, do you have a house or live under the basement of your mum's house?

[@mirageinmercuryshadow]

Lvcy lol wat ever 😂 I'm fine with my emotions so you will not find any vulnerability attacking my emotions intelligents 😝

[@mirageinmercuryshadow]

Lvcy well nor have u 😌

[@159357ahmed]

why this talk gets more dislikes than likes . i think it is brilliant

[@TheBottlenose33]

Stop using the word refugee when most of them are economic migrants. What wars are they fleeing from and why aren't there more women and children ?

[@hiroshi138]

Using an example of European people migrating to other European or Caucasian-centric nations in the past is a red herring right from the start, David. Other than sharing a similar plight (fleeing war/persecution) there is no way you can make a comparison between people who share common race, customs, and social norms to the current crop of "refugees" who invade other nations with no intention of assimilating or contributing in a meaningful way like your family did. In fact, they seem intent on only taking and destroying until there is nothing left to take or destroy and then both host and parasite dies. Just more pathological altruism propaganda from the left.

[@basanthamdy1761]

I loved what you said. you are a tolerant man who believes that all humans are one and we should be helping each other 😇peace

[@p.a.f.mitasol8071]

SO MUCH HATE IN THESE COMMENTS 😳 WOW!

[@shantanukulkarni007]

Uploaded 10 mins ago and the video is 18 mins long. Already 70 dislikes!!! HOW??

[@guyf321]

shantanu kulkarni sympathy for refugees is apparently considered as "leftist, libtard propaganda" by some

[@AwkwardBeggar]

cuz refugees are ruining europe

[@iDiractor]

prejudiced, uneducated people that dislike these kind of videos instantly

[@kevinbender6153]

Because this virtuous rhetoric is a dime a dozen. He's solutions aren't fixing the problems where they stem from. His solution is open borders. If you know anything about history. That doesn't work

[@job-yw5hm]

so why is the well argued, very rational comment here have no likes (besides the one I am going to give it), but the ignorant and downright insulting comment right after it have 3? Come on people, us liberals have to show the others how to be actually fucking intelligent for once and choose logic over emotion.

[@Drwatson1977]

Rotherham

[@anthonylamb5138]

If I wished to move to another country I would have to obey all of the rules to get to that country. Miliband would have had to do this to enter and work in the US. So stop causing trouble Miliband you are causing problems for innocent people.

[@stellarzen4123]

This sounds well and good, until you realize it comes straight from the elitists mouths, the same guys who want to use these refugees to make themselves millions, if you really wanted to help them we should teach them how to fish, build them some infrastructure, the settlers who came here had nothing and they made it work, whats the difference , should I feel sorry because these people live in the past, empathy is sorely misplaced today, everything is backwards, do you really want to help them, or do you just want to help yourself.

[@kowalenzo]

Let's listen to this talk again in 2027, it will be so much fun.

[@emmn.4307]

1. don't compare WWII war zones with Syria... it's shameful to disrespect the victims and the sacrifices of those who fought it. 2. Syria is not a war zone, it's cowardice convergent region which gets trampled on mostly by russian interference in sustaining the dictator, a country where its people, unlike those in WWII, did not think it necessary to fight for their country and are letting russians decide for them. 3. a syrian refugee walking past Romania, through Bulgaria and Serbia, not settling for these countries refugee aid, instead insisting on Germany's aid is not fleeing, he is emigrating for financial reasons in an opportunistic attempt ditching his homeland. Again, stop insulting the victims of WWII, including your own mother. 4. that lifeless body is an example of the cowardice mention above not even caring about the people beside them, nevermind as a whole as a country, nobody wants immigrants. 5. mixing other real refugee aid events with the Syrian crisis is a tipica media distraction for what it actually is, look here, not there, these people let others bomb their homes in the interest of a dictator... throughout history, many nations arose against such evil, but Syria will be a special case as it will lack a population to do that and its population will always be known as cowards.

[@webbess1]

Of course, they don't give Douglas Murray a TED Talk.

[@chasingjess9379]

This comment section is terrible. I agree with Mr Miliband and I am going to help. It is the responsibility of every human to help in situations like these and I know, a lot of people do not like this/my opinion, but I think it is the only way to solve the problem.

[@TheAlineFlorence]

It's sad how so many are failing the test. Just imagine being in the situation where you have to flee your country because of war. Honestly, show some heart, stop being selfish and full of hate.

[@crow0008]

there is alot of hate in this section

[@Avinashsingh7]

What happened at brussels railway station? if anybody knows?

[@henkkoppelaar9580]

WRONG. You can not test your character, but your personality, and know the big difference!!!

[@sourcedrop7624]

we need to change our freedom of religion rights to include consequences for a religion and its members who are creating inhuman conditions for others. refugee problem solved. your welcome.

[@sqweed653]

Sourcedrop Yeah it's JUST about religion. Not about economy and ignorance (from both sides).

[@mojominecraftmike]

And how do you enforce that? imprison all sections of religion for small subsections actions? Do you genuinely think it's that easy to end on the biggest modern day displacements?

[@tomzhackray6116]

Sourcedrop Not sure if joke or not...well played. If it is and I argue against it I'll just make myself look stupid. If not you neither believe in freedom of association or people's rights to be judged by their actions, not the actions of others. In which case it would be near impossible to convince you otherwise and I would be wasting my time.

[@nilss3908]

Sourcedrop if we ban religion (which isn't the problem) we don't ban all idiots. the guys how fight now will find a other reason to fight.

[@Mike60606]

Sourcedrop Or ban all Muslim immigrants. Like Trump proposed during the campaign.... and of course he was elected by the people to make that happen

[@slh8627]

Cool story David. How about moving to the area full of refugees, where their law applies? Move there with your family, wife and kids. We will see how things turn out, ok? I wonder how they will test your character...

[@Hakasedess]

He's right, it is a test of our character. Do we care more about our own people's safety, or do we care more about our businesses making more money from the influx of cheap labor? There are good arguments for both. Racists say the native population has value as human beings, while good people say that whites should be replaced by cheap labor for the corporations. I am personally undecided, but I'm leaning towards the latter.

[@timingmile7030]

Loved the speech - so glad someone informed about the topicing was talking and was not just another blandering idiot taking his opinion from the newspaper or something like that I agree we have to help, most refugees I have met/heard of want to go home to their country of origin instead, they miss their old lives, their food and their own culture. Helping will enable them to become apart of the economy and the society instead of outcasting them.

[@KpOL27]

OPEN. BORDERS. FOR. ISRAEL.

[@mu7hda77]

God is watching us all. Love, peace and humanity for all!!!! Christ consciousness on the way. We are all in this together. I pray for humanity, Let love in!!!

[@gubbin909]

D A V E !

[@mattcameron9349]

You could argue that accepting an annual wage in excess of $807,000 from the charity, when you are already in receipt of about $250,000 per year from other sources, is a test of YOUR character, eh David?

[@FlintenJones]

the main problem is that they don't want to give up the way that they have done things in the way that is culturally acceptable for them. look at Britain look at Germany they are both having massive upsets in their country because Muslims don't want to conform to the way that those countries who took them in are. many Muslim refugees are trying to impose Sharia law and in so doing creating Anarchy in those countries alone now multiply that by the other countries that have also taken in refugees and now you have a real problem because they don't accept the way that we do things.

[@donalddonaldolove1321]

Dave mate Sunderland need you back

[@larsbohmer2123]

Donald 'Donaldo' Love at least the comment section showed character

[@donalddonaldolove1321]

Lars Böhmer hopefully some intensity aswell

[@jesterrace1111]

Thank you, sir David. Godspeed!

[@Aleksamson]

This guy is so unrealistic, naive, he's talking total nonsense. His solution No.1 is: Just give them jobs? ''these refugees need to get into work...countries need massive economic support'' What a brilliant idea. No one ever thought of that. Like there is no unemployment. Jobs are just waiting for people. Finding a job is easy peasy for every citizen and there are still plenty left. For people with no skills, no education and don't speak the language. Just put them to work. Countries need massive economic support? Those people Are massive economic BURDEN! Solution No.2 Education ? Yes, it is a life line, But additional massive financial burden. Thousands of children, 10-12 years and then many of them will go back home. And the rest will speak the language and with high school diploma their chances of getting a job would still be very slim. And solution No.3 ...is just idiotic. More of the same. Just give them money. They will buy things so actually you'll help the local economy. ''That is The future of the humanitarian system or a significant part of it''!?? Give them money!? The guy is like a child solving worlds problems. Or a beauty pageant answering how to solve humanitarian system. It's simple. Give them money.

[@wilhelm4236]

Cooperation and common goal is behind the success of our civilization. Not empathy.

[@arseniyonline1234555]

Cooperation and common goal will never be reached through 'let them drown' assholes

[@BlackSabbath1989]

if only a tiny amount of the refugees welcome virtue signalers would take action and literally house a refugee (whats so hard about offering your couch to a refugee) there would not be a problem. i guess i can count the amount of refugees that people in the audience are housing on my left hand. words are cheap, but the likes and retweets for virtue signaling online are real.

[@충무공경마]

07:17

[@siebbrouwer7573]

This sounds a lot like the islamic religion. It is all a test of humanity...

[@TheGerogero]

As if refugees are the same the world over and throughout time. Sure, Belgian Jews and Sub-Saharan Africans pose the same assimilation issues. Let's not mention Rotherham, or Cologne, or any of the other proven risks either. Let's misrepresent the case of Alan Kurdi again, whose family had already been settled for three years in Turkey where the father had employment. Over and over with the same hackneyed pleas without honestly addressing any criticisms of your position. This is pathological altruism and we _destroy ourselves_, let alone "trash our history", if we continue in this manner.

[@logicrules4033]

It seems the only answer is colonization. That seems to be the only period in time any of the poor countries were able to support themselves. I will leave it to the readers to decide why that is

[@xuanyidu3259]

Could have become UK Prime Minister

[@JaronLindow]

Some of us have character, and some of us are the same type of folks who supported rounding up the Jews in World War II.

[@leo333333able]

Only got as far as the title ... and the issue is framed from the outset as a narcissistic virtue signalling challenge.