Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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    My friend in Holland took in two Ukrainian refugees into their family home, despite concerns from their young children. They helped pay for flights and get them set up and yesterday they said the work was too hard and they found Dutch too hard to learn. One of them worked one day in hotel then quit. They are now on their way back to the Ukraine.

    I’m sure not all refugees / economic migrants are like this but it really left a bad taste in my friends mouth who bent over backwards to help them. It’s interesting to hear another side to the story that isn’t portrayed in the media.

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    • I think what my friend did was very brave and it’s a shame it turned out like this.Chimp
    • they'd rather risk death, war and starvation than live in Holland? lol_niko
    • my sister took in 4 ppl. exactly 0 problems in the past mo. in Netherlands almost everybody speaks English, and a large portion of the Ukrainian refugees too :)sted
    • a friend took in 7 ppl from kiev to barca, they went back to kiev 1 month after they arrived. ukraine is big and the war zones seem to be mainly east.uan
    • your friend needs to step back and look at the larger picture.imbecile
    • how easy would it be for you to go get a hotel job in another country where you don't know the language while your country is actively at war?imbecile
    • these people did not steal or harm, they only realized the situation was not for them and returned to where they felt they had purpose.imbecile
    • props to your friend for helping. props to the ukrainian individuals for following what they felt was necessaryimbecile
    • One of my students who is from the Ukraine also went back last month. Hopefully the situation in the rest of the country improves.Chimp
    • East is a no go zone, sadly. I talked to a Ukranian living in our town, he's from an Oblast in the west, said they "barely notice the war"...OBBTKN
    • unless you are young and they force you to go to the front; He left for thatOBBTKN
    • "One of my students" wutpango
    • stopped reading at THE Ukrainescruffics
    • pango: I had a Ukrainian student in one of my classes that was due to go go back but delayed until last month.Chimp
    • scruffics, is this you? https://www.youtube.…Chimp
    • No. What surprised me is you teach people....pango
    • Pango you seem to easily surprised / trigger by reality.Chimp
    • *to beChimp
    • Don't forget how traumatized people get during a war; this is so awful. All ukrainians I met want to go home as soon as possible.SimonFFM
    • Yes. Reality is full of surprises. especially with you around :)
      Now I'm curious what can you teach.      pango
    • @Simon, yeah I think that would be a natural response once it's safe enough.Chimp
    • what do you teach? please don't say epidemiologyfadein11
    • @fadein11 I teach UX for a masters in innovation. In the past I've taught branding, typography and colour theory at degree level both in English and Spanish.Chimp
    • Do you teach anything?Chimp
    • phew. thank god it's not epidemiologypango
    • Pango, do you still have that restriction that stops you going near young people?Chimp
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