Besides Syria, there are close to two dozen Arab countries, some pretty close to Syria, and some are extremely modern and affluent.
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Maps of Arab countries and Israel. Note that Israel is a tiny island in a sea of Arab countries. MEFacts.com |
Considering the difficulties all immigrants have learning new languages and adjusting to new cultures, norms and school curriculums, you'd think that the innumerable syrians fleeing their country would make a beeline to nearby Arab countries.
List of Arab countries from
Wikipedia
Population[edit]
1 | Egypt | 89,100,000 | 16 |
2 | Algeria | 39,500,000 | 33 |
3 | Sudan | 38,448,000 | 35 |
4 | Iraq | 37,425,000 | 39 |
5 | Morocco | 33,666,179 | 40 |
6 | Saudi Arabia | 31,560,000 | 45 |
7 | Yemen | 25,502,000 | 49 |
8 | Syria | 17,740,340 | 55 |
9 | Tunisia | 10,982,800 | 77 |
10 | Somalia | 10,456,000 | 85 |
11 | United Arab Emirates | 9,589,000 | 93 |
12 | Libya | 6,449,000 | 103 |
13 | Jordan | 6,745,023 | 106 |
14 | Palestine sic* | 4,650,368 | 123 |
15 | Lebanon | 4,468,000 | 126 |
16 | Mauritania | 3,778,254 | 134 |
17 | Kuwait | 3,589,000 | 138 |
18 | Oman | 3,383,000 | 139 |
19 | Qatar | 2,321,000 | 149 |
20 | Bahrain | 1,359,000 | 155 |
21 | Djibouti | 923,000 | 158 |
22 | Comoros | 830,000 | 163 |
Total | Arab League | 365,674,964 |
Rank | Country | Area (km2)[Note 1] | Area (sq mi) | % of Total | Notes |
1 | Algeria | 2,381,741 | 919,595 | 18.1% | Largest country in the Arab world. |
2 | Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 | 830,000 | 16.4% | Largest kingdom in the Arab world. |
3 | Sudan | 1,861,484 | 718,723 | 14.2% | Formerly the largest country in the Arab world. |
4 | Libya | 1,759,540 | 679,360 | 11.4% | |
5 | Mauritania | 1,025,520 | 395,960 | 7.8% | |
6 | Egypt | 1,002,000 | 387,000 | 7.6% | Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle (20,580 km2/7,950 sq mi). |
7 | Morocco | 713,550 | 275,500 | 3.4% | Does not include Western Sahara (266,000 km2/103,000 sq mi). |
8 | Somalia | 637,657 | 246,201 | 4.9% | Largest exclusive economic zone in the Arab world. |
9 | Yemen | 527,968 | 203,850 | 4.0% | |
10 | Iraq | 435,244 | 168,049 | 3.3% | |
11 | Oman | 309,500 | 119,500 | 2.4% | |
12 | Syria | 185,180 | 71,500 | 1.4% | Including the part of the Golan Heights (1,200 km2/460 sq mi) currently occupied by Israel. sic* |
13 | Tunisia | 163,610 | 63,170 | 1.2% | |
14 | Jordan | 89,342 | 34,495 | 0.7% | |
15 | United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 32,300 | 0.6% | One of three federated states in the Arab world. |
16 | Djibouti | 23,200 | 9,000 | 0.1% | |
17 | Kuwait | 17,818 | 6,880 | 0.1% | |
18 | Qatar | 11,586 | 4,473 | 0.08% | |
19 | Lebanon | 10,452 | 4,036 | 0.08% | |
20 | State of Palestine | 6,020 | 2,320 | 0.05% | Under Israeli occupation. sic* |
21 | Comoros | 2,235 | 863 | 0.01% | |
22 | Bahrain | 758 | 293 | 0.005% | |
Total | | 13,333,296 | 5,148,048 | 100% |
Population density[edit]
1 | Bahrain | 1,788 | 4,631 | 750 | 290 | 1,341,000 | [3] |
2 | State of Palestine | 713 | 1,847 | 6,020 | 2,320 | 4,293,313 | sic* [21] |
3 | Lebanon | 408 | 1,057 | 10,452 | 4,036 | 4,268,000 | |
4 | Comoros | 343 | 888 | 2,235 | 863 | 767,000 | |
5 | Kuwait | 162 | 420 | 17,818 | 6,880 | 2,889,000 | |
6 | Qatar | 175 | 453 | 11,000 | 4,200 | 1,921,000 | |
7 | Syria | 117 | 303 | 185,180 | 71,500 | 21,740,340 | |
8 | United Arab Emirates | 97 | 251 | 83,600 | 32,300 | 8,089,070 | [22] |
9 | Egypt | 96 | 249 | 1,001,449 | 386,662 | 82,532,544 | [23] |
10 | Morocco | 78 | 202 | 446,550 | 172,410 | 32,666,179 | Including Western Sahara (Non-self-governing territory)[24] |
11 | Jordan | 71 | 184 | 89,342 | 34,495 | 6,345,023 | |
12 | Iraq | 76 | 197 | 438,317 | 169,235 | 33,425,000 | |
13 | Tunisia | 65 | 168 | 163,610 | 63,170 | 10,673,800 | [25] |
14 | Yemen | 45 | 117 | 527,968 | 203,850 | 25,502,000 | |
15 | Djibouti | 39 | 101 | 23,200 | 9,000 | 923,000 | |
16 | Sudan | 18 | 47 | 1,886,068 | 728,215 | 34,848,000 | [26] |
17 | Algeria | 17 | 44 | 2,381,741 | 919,595 | 39,500,000 | |
18 | Somalia | 15 | 39 | 637,657 | 246,201 | 9,656,000 | |
19 | Saudi Arabia | 13.1 | 34 | 2,149,690 | 830,000 | 28,660,000 |
20 | Oman | 9.3 | 24 | 309,500 | 119,500 | 2,883,000 | |
21 | Libya | 3.7 | 9.6 | 1,759,540 | 679,360 | 6,449,000 | |
22 | Mauritania | 3.3 | 8.5 | 1,025,520 | 395,960 | 3,378,254 |
* There is no "
State of Palestine" and has never ever been one!
Considering the amount and variety of Arab countries, many of which have extremely low population density, shouldn't they be the main countries welcoming Syrians fleeing their homes?
This is an important question. Jordan has accepted some refugees, but I wonder if they will let them become Jordanians. Since 1948, they have kept their fellow Arabs from Israel in refugee camps enthusiastically supported by the
United Nations aka UNRWA. Almost seventy years after the establishment of the State of Israel, these
refugee camps are still being used to indoctrinate and train terrorists to attack and destabilize Israel.
The vast majority of Syrian refugees, seem to have been able to afford to get much further away than Jordan. Considering the price the smugglers and agents demand per head, there must be someone funding this massive exodus to Europe, the Americas etc.
I suggest three simple reasons why the fleeing Syrians are not flocking to other Arab countries:
- There are people/organizations encouraging/funding them to attempt to enter other countries and societies. There are two reasons for this, humanitarian and to get sleeper terrorists into those other countries.
- The Arab countries are not looking for fellow Arabs to increase their populations.
- The refugees want to get as far from Syria and Arab culture as they can.
What do you think?
Please write your opinion in the comments thanks.