You should try Ireland. There's a plenty of IT jobs and it's easier to come in than the rest of Europe.
Not easy for non-EU citizens, unemployment rate is very high. To be able to move there you have to find a job with 60K salary.
Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
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Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I would recommend skipping seeking asylum. +1. You were probably just using the wrong term, that may also be why your Google search did not turn up anything. Asylum is only for political refugees. These are not allowed to work, need to live in provided (usually very bad) residences, their children are not allowed to go to school, etc.
> These are not allowed to work, need to live in provided (usually very bad) residences, their children are not allowed to go to school, etc. What's the point of taking in an asylum-seeker only to treat them like crap? Yay! We've saved them from torture or death in their home country, but instead we'll just make sure to keep them uneducated and in below the poverty line?
"The Point" is to get rid off them as soon as they have another place to go.
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
People like to generalize a lot. for someone who lived in Dubai for 5+ years, I find those stories really strange. the city is really different than what you get from Media. the government give a lot of privileges to western residents that's why the local population is nearly 18% of the total population. Dubai has a lot of problems with its social system, but these sex/rape stories are definitely not the major ones,…
I'd say the biggest problem is the treatment of foreign workers. Maybe foreign workers from "the west" get good treatment, but the ones bussed in from Asia, for example, aren't treated so well.
I agree, that's one good example of social inequality. though, to be fair, I think the rulers are trying to improve the laws and the culture, for a third-world country UAE can never be compared to any of its neighbours where women can't even drive.
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#164Manwin Montreal (pornhub,brazzers, basically all the relevant porn sites) is always looking for people. From what I can tell we ship in a lot of guys from other countries. The HR team seems to be on top of that.
try it out, we might be able to bring you in.
manwin.com/careers
select the montreal office :)
Good luck.
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, they would initially say all is okay. once she pulls the Syrian passport they say: Sorry, we can't open the account. if any one is in berlin and can guide me to a bank that won't mind opening an account for a Syrian citizen, I would really appreciate it. Sadly, this was not the only case we encounter, you can read about a similar story happened to my family here : http://nidalalhariri.com/post/55999109847/airbnb…
Are you sure the issue is racism and not due to sanctions that a US based company has to follow (and possibly may not be well defined)?
in that case, doesn't a genuine customer at least deserve an explanation ?
especially that the account was verified and active for weeks, with a valid credit card and all supporting documents (passport etc ..)
I got rejected many times from paypal, 2co, rackspace etc .. but they used to explain the reasons like "we can't deal with syrian citizens" or "you are from a sanctioned country" etc ..
maybe I shouldn't call it racism, But I'm not a native english speaker, and I don't know what should it be called when you are treated differently for being accidentally born in a different region.
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I would recommend skipping seeking asylum. +1. You were probably just using the wrong term, that may also be why your Google search did not turn up anything. Asylum is only for political refugees. These are not allowed to work, need to live in provided (usually very bad) residences, their children are not allowed to go to school, etc.
> These are not allowed to work, need to live in provided (usually very bad) residences, their children are not allowed to go to school, etc. What's the point of taking in an asylum-seeker only to treat them like crap? Yay! We've saved them from torture or death in their home country, but instead we'll just make sure to keep them uneducated and in below the poverty line?
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Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I would recommend skipping seeking asylum. +1. You were probably just using the wrong term, that may also be why your Google search did not turn up anything. Asylum is only for political refugees. These are not allowed to work, need to live in provided (usually very bad) residences, their children are not allowed to go to school, etc.
> These are not allowed to work, need to live in provided (usually very bad) residences, their children are not allowed to go to school, etc. What's the point of taking in an asylum-seeker only to treat them like crap? Yay! We've saved them from torture or death in their home country, but instead we'll just make sure to keep them uneducated and in below the poverty line?
You satisfy your minimum treaty requirements so that they can't sue you in court, then you get to curry favor with your xenophobic nativist demographic by calling the asylees parasites.
/cynic
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#168You're welcome to come to Israel, we have a booming startup scene here.
Might be a bit hard as a Syrian citizen...
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are a ton of embargoes and sanctions against Syria from both the US and the EU. Don't assume racism when the problem is government.
That's true in the case of USA, ex: you can never get a credit card processor to accept your application, source forge/google code/ google apps are entirely blocked etc .. We tried to make a change by starting this : http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-government-lif... in the case of Germany I think Government are not the bad people here, they have actually tried to make it easier for Syrian. but most the…
http://www.sanctionswiki.org/Syria#EU
That's a big legal minefield to deal with just to sign up some small accounts from individuals.
Re: Ask HN: How Can I leave Syria now and get asylum in Europe (Germany)
#170I'm no expert. But your chances in Brittain are a lot higher i presume (no passport even required). But you should check up on that first though :)
Really? You can get into the UK without a passport from Syria these days?