Russia is not very keen in participating to help Syrian refugees and more to that, they firmly blame Western powers for the migration crisis that currently takes place in Europe.
Not so few migrants have entered Russia but the country didn’t make an exception when they granted asylum to only two Syrians until now!
No matter, Russia is still fixed on blaming the West for Syria’s war and for the occurring of refugee crisis: “We expect that for the most part that expenditures [for dealing with refugees] will fall on the countries linked to causing the catastrophic situation,” Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman have stated.
Via ViralLiberty
Asked whether Russia would join any programme to help refugees, Mr Peskov replied: “It’s hardly likely.”
He confirmed that some refugees from the Middle East had tried to cross Russian territory with the aim of reaching the European Union by crossing the border into Norway. Mr Peskov warned that terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(Isil) could infiltrate groups of migrants, posing a possible security threat.
The Kremlin has recently provided Mr Assad with more military support by sending a contingent of Russian troops to Syria. Their role appears to be to protect the Russian naval facility at Tartous, on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, and provide training and expertise for the regime’s forces, which are responsible for the great majority of civilian deaths in the conflict.
“The threat coming from Islamic State is evident,” said Mr Peskov. “The only force capable of resisting it is the Syrian armed forces.”
Last week, President Vladimir Putin said that Europe’s migration crisis was “completely predictable”, adding: “These are the policies of our American partners. Europe blindly follows within the framework of its so-called duties as an ally – and then must bear the burden.”
