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Google Donates €1 Million To Help Refugees In Need

Posted by samzenpus on from the helping-hand dept.

Mark Wilson writes: The on-going refugee crisis in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East has grabbed hearts and headlines around the world. As European governments argue over who should take in the thousands of desperate people, European citizens have criticized the speed and scale of the help offered, whilst simultaneously donating money, food, and equipment to help those in desperate need. Now Google has stepped in, offering €1 million ($1.1 million) to the organizations providing help to refugees. In addition to this, Google.org (the branch of the company 'using innovation to tackle some of the world's biggest challenges') is setting up a page to make it easier for people to make donations, and says that it will match any money donated by Google users.

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  1. Re:That's nice by WORLOK · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where is the Saudi and other muslim duty to take in their islamic brethren?

  2. Re:That's nice by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Muslims don't view non-Muslims as "brothers and sisters." We are "Kafirs" to them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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  3. Re:How is this news for nerds by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Insightful

    clearly, they are fleeing from war to another country. That makes them refugees.

    A migrant wants to get to place X. A refugee is just desperate to get out of Y.

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