A great deal has been written and said about Europe’s response to the current migrant crisis involving displaced persons from Syria.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain have between them a combined GDP of approximately $2 trillion a year and a combined population of just over 50 million.

As we observe the heartbreaking drama in which thousands of Syrian refugees stream into Austria, we should pause to reflect that per capita income in Austria is $50,000, as compared with $45,000 in the UAE.

Not one single Syrian refugee has been allowed a visa to stay in the UAE.

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