European leaders have set an ugly limit on which weary travelers they’ll allow to cross their borders as thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East continue to make the deadly trek across the Mediterranean. The majority of migrants seeking asylum in Europe—62 percent—are from Syria, Eritrea, and Afghanistan. These are mostly refugees seeking sanctuary from war, religious extremism, oppression, and poverty.
In other words, if you are poor, you have the right to invade the West.
That status hasn’t garnered sympathy from everyone. Slovakian officials have made clear their disdain for the influx of Muslim migrants in particular. “We could take 800 Muslims, but we don’t have any mosques in Slovakia, so how can Muslims be integrated if they are not going to like it here?” Ivan Netik, a spokesman for the country’s interior ministry, told the BBC this week. Because of this alleged challenge for Muslims to fit in with Slovakian society, Netik suggested the country would only welcomeChristians.
“Refusing refugees on the grounds of their religion is blatant discrimination,” Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jaglandtweeted on Thursday. “Slovakia should reverse its position.” ...
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