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Sure, pal. That's why there were so many of them in Europe. And I don't mean it in a bad way, it's pretty fucking normal to flee to a different country when there's war.
You people who need to debunk the right wing conspiracies so much that you create your own are a pretty wild breed.
I think what they meant to say is that only a small fraction flees to Europe.
Take Syria for example. Of all the people displaced by the war, about half left the country (according to my quick Google research). By far the biggest portion of the ones leaving went to Turkey, a neighbouring country (about 4 million). Germany, the European country that took in by far the most Syrian refugees, took in something between half a million and a million, about the same amount as Lebanon, which is about 16 times smaller populationwise. Going down the list, before you get to other European countries, there are several other countries in Syria's neighbourhood — Jordan, Egypt, Iraq.
So I think it's fair to say that the majority of people try to stay in the vicinity of their country and only flee farther if they have to.
If they meant to say it, they should've said it, shouldn't they? Cause what you're saying and what they're saying are two very distinct things.