According to UNHCR .. the Netherlands settles 500 refugees a Year .

Netherlands population approx 17 million

New Zealand's annual Refugee Quota increased to 1,500 places from July 2020. The quota will not be met in 2021/2022 due to the global impact of COVID-19. ... Since World War II New Zealand has resettled over 35,000 refugees.

New Zealand population approx 5 million .

Oh is it a competition?
For your info... the population density in The Netherlands is 508 per Km2
NZ only has 18 per km2. Plenty of space for more I'd say!
Why not advertise, I'm sure you can house them all :)

And the 500 is not correct. When thousands fled Syria -I think in 2015- my province alone took on 1500 in a very short time. And that's Syrians only. There are a ton more.
We have had over 100.000 of refugees per year for years. That's a helluva lot for a country that has the highest population density in Europe.

not a competition just contributing to the statement you made about NZ having stricter rules .

From UNHCR website ... Refugees are identified for resettlement by the UNHCR office in the country where they are registered. Less than 1% of all refugees have the opportunity to resettle worldwide. The Netherlands resettles 500 refugees per year.

http://help.unhcr.org/netherlands/resettlement/

NZ recognises it’s moral obligation to humanitarian causes as do I.... that is certainly worthy of advertising

canada hss promised to settle 20,000 alone.... where? no one knows .... also its an election year, so will have to see what happens .... ???

Nice discussion at least some one will sight the news about Afghanistan. the end of US war against terrorism. as per Biden decision looks like that terrorist are defeated or removed. this time the taliban came with new strategic and Laws. let be optimistic in term of poverty economic position

This is what happens when you vote against a candidate instead of voting for a candidate, you get a empty suit. This administration is showing by everyone of their policies their ineptitude for the job . From the cluster f..k at the border. To the mixed messages about the vaccines. To the spike in groceries, gas, lumber. Our credibility with our allies are worse than ever . All this can be attributed to joe Biden, kalamala Harris , and their lack of leadership capabilities.

http://youtu.be/fwbjbK1Mtms

This crap dragged on through FOUR U.S. presidencies.

Simple, Kamala as interim President of Afghanistan. With the power of the nukes behind her and with that hollow, cackling laugh; her mere on line presence would have had them ...

wetting their pajamas.

From the CNN.com

"Biden's claim that al Qaeda is "gone" from Afghanistan is false -- as his own administration acknowledged soon afterward. Following Biden's remarks, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters, "We know that al Qaeda is a presence, as well as ISIS, in Afghanistan, and we've talked about that for quite some time."
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Maybe when Kirby and the Biden administration officials were talking about al Queda's and the ISIS presence "for quite some time" Biden was on vacation and/or taking naps.

When CNN who acts more like an extension of the DNC won't ignore Biden's false statements something is being planned IMO.

Perhaps this fiasco is being seen as an opportunity.

If Biden and Harris had an ounce of integrity they would own up to their complete failure as president and Vice President. They reversed policies that were working just for pure political spite, and now we are all bearing the brunt of his childish political games. If any Americans are killed trying to get out of Afghanistan it will be on Biden’s hands. These two clowns are an embarrassment for the country they serve.

A Taliban spokesman told Sky News that August 31 is "a red line." "If the U.S. or U.K. were to seek additional time to continue evacuations, the answer is no...If they are intent on continuing the occupation it will provoke a reaction."

On Monday, press reports quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying there will be "consequences" if Americans stay in Afghanistan after August 31.

Today Biden should have said during a press conference that if the Taliban does ANYTHING to stop the evacuation regardless of the date the Taliban or ANY terrorist organization will be facing consequences they have NEVER seen before.

There is nothing wrong with having a TARGET date but conditions should be what DETERMINES the ACTUAL COMPLETION date of any military action.

Agreed; and there’s no real reason for Biden to respond as evacuation is visibly in progress

Or is it that Taliban is suddenly seized with fear?

After all, for the first time, US military has got most of Taliban leaders inside Kabul.

"We made clear to the Taliban that any attack, any attack on our forces or disruption of our operations at the airport will be met with a swift and forceful response," US President Joe Biden told reporters at a White House news conference.

An attack killed at least 12 US service members.
I'm not waiting for Biden to talk about the attack....I waiting to SEE if Biden ALLOWS a forceful response by military leaders/experts. The only thing I've seen Biden do swiftly is make bad decisions........hopefully he defers the decisions to people QUALIFIED to make BETTER decisions than what he is capable of making.

13 Americans were killed Thursday because of the amateurish and delusional decisions made by Joe Biden. Every one of his policy decisions is putting our country and citizens at risk of harm. He says the buck stops with him , but he blames everyone else for his Blunder. He should resign before he gets more people killed. And take Kamala with him if she can be found.

The only silver lining and possible glimmer of hope in this incredibly horrible Afghanistan situation (and Southern border failure, keystone loss, "woke" nonsense, weakness, lack of leadership, and so much more) is that MAYBE, just MAYBE, those less informed voters who voted on personality, emotions and "nice guy" imagery will look at POLICIES vs. personalities in the future. We can only hope.

Two things.
1) ill informed voters will continue to be ill informed because of laziness and the reliance of being informed by the majority of the media (social, broadcast and cable media outlets) that are basically operatives of the DNC and the left.

2) You can't fix stupid, period.

I refuse to believe that most voters are that stupid or lazy . I have a theory why Trump had Millions more votes than he won with in 2016 and lost. but I may get kicked off this site if I voiced my opinion. Needless to say, if people can remember this catastrophe for a little more than a year from now , we can put a stop to this romper room style of presiding over the greatest country on this earth.

I didn't say that voters are stupid, I said they are ill informed.
I still contend that the reason some voters, not all voters, will continue to be ill informed because of laziness and the reliance of being informed by the majority of the media.

For the first time since Biden won the Democrat Party (they aren't democratic) nominated Biden for the 2020 presidential election his approval rating according to polls has fallen. The most likely reason for Biden's decreasing approval ratings is because of the negative coverage by almost every media outlets of the mess he caused in Afghanistan.

This is the FIRST time that MOST of the media has been putting out ANYTHING negative about Biden. It seem pretty obvious that a lot people are changing their view of Biden based on information they are getting from the media. If most of the media was reporting that Biden was doing a great job in Afghanistan it's likely that he would have maintained, or increased, his approval rating because of misinformation......people who believe misinformation are ill informed.

And I still stand by the statement you can't fix stupid.
Not ALL ill informed voters are stupid but some are and they can't be fixed.
Not taking the initiative to research information and to just accept what you are told, by left or right media outlets, is showing laziness.

You are right, I do see the media slamming Biden for his failure in Afghanistan. But not one peep about his failure on our southern border or this 3.5 trillion dollar Green “Anchor “deal he wants to hang around the neck of this and future generations . And I’m sure when we have all our Americans back home and the thousands of Afghanistan’s in the U.S. The main stream media will go back to propagating for the liberal agenda. I hope I’m wrong.