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Why Are There No Muslim Refugees on Crete?

Why Are There No Muslim Refugees on Crete?

Having just spent the last week on the rugged, spectacularly beautiful island of Crete 150 miles north of the coast of Libya, I have come away with a key observation about the crisis of Muslim refugees flooding the Western world. There are only a few, if any, Muslim refugees seeking asylum in Crete. Situated in a key part of the Mediterranean not far from Palestine, Egypt, and several other Muslim nations, there is no evidence of a Muslim community here — nor of Crete interest groups clamoring

Having just spent the last week on the rugged, spectacularly beautiful island of Crete 150 miles north of the coast of Libya, I have come away with a key observation about the crisis of Muslim refugees flooding the Western world. There are only a few, if any, Muslim refugees seeking asylum in Crete. Situated in a key part of the Mediterranean not far from Palestine, Egypt, and several other Muslim nations, there is no evidence of a Muslim community here — nor of Crete interest groups clamoring…