Just days after some Syrian "refugees" massacred innocent civilians in Paris, 100 of them last night arrived by plane in the UK (at Glasgow Airport, scene of an attack by Muslim suicide bombers in 2007) and the pretty little island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde (population: just 6,500) is about to be turned into a Muslim enclave, with 15 Syrian families to be settled there.
Yes, that's right: just days after Syrian "refugees" attacked Paris, 100 of them were flown into the UK last night, with the British government wanting 1,000 of them here by Christmas and TWENTY THOUSAND by 2020.
Yes, you read that right. Just days after Syrian "refugees" attacked Paris, 100 of them were flown into the UK last night.
Yes, you did read that right.
You sure did.
The group - thought to be mainly families - arrived at Glasgow Airport on the first of a series of charter flights expected in coming weeks.
They are due to be resettled by local authorities across Scotland.
SNP MSP Humza Yousaf said it was "a proud day for Scotland", which he said offered "the warmest of welcomes" (How does he know? Has he done polling to show that most Scots welcome these refugees?).
The UK government has said 20,000 refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020 - with 1,000 due to arrive by Christmas.
Those who arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday are from refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and other countries near Syria, and are thought to include people suffering from health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
BBC correspondent James Shaw said 103 refugees were met by representatives from five local authorities in western Scotland and Edinburgh (Did they get the red carpet out and have a welcoming brass band present, too, as they got off the plane?).
He added that the Scottish government was expecting between 300 and 400 refugees to arrive on further flights in the weeks before Christmas.
The chartered aeroplane landed at around 15:40 GMT at Glasgow Airport
At the scene
By BBC reporter Claire Diamond, on the Isle of Bute
Shopkeeper Baljit Singh Virdi and his wife Nancy have promised to order special foods for their new Syrian neighbours
Bute is expecting to take about 15 Syrian families, and residents here have been involved in a range of projects to greet them, from welcome videos to shopping companions.
At the local Londis, shopkeeper Baljit Singh Virdi has vowed to order any foods his new customers require to make them feel at home.
"There are already about 35 Polish families on the island, and I would like it if hundreds more families came to Rothesay. I'm so glad the refugees from Syria are coming here," he said.
Meanwhile school pupils are making a welcome video for their new classmates, and a local church has offered up a hall for a pop-up mosque. One of the island's priests has been enquiring about placing a "welcome to Bute" advert in the local paper in both English and Arabic.
But while many islanders are busily preparing to welcome their new neighbours, some are anxious - they voiced worries about integration and already tight resources being stretched further.
One woman, who gave her name only as Margaret, told me: "It's a small island, so you've got to watch what you say... I mean no harm to them, but I think charity should begin at home."
The Isle of Butistan
Syrian refugees flight lands in UK - BBC News
Yes, that's right: just days after Syrian "refugees" attacked Paris, 100 of them were flown into the UK last night, with the British government wanting 1,000 of them here by Christmas and TWENTY THOUSAND by 2020.
Yes, you read that right. Just days after Syrian "refugees" attacked Paris, 100 of them were flown into the UK last night.
Yes, you did read that right.
You sure did.
The group - thought to be mainly families - arrived at Glasgow Airport on the first of a series of charter flights expected in coming weeks.
They are due to be resettled by local authorities across Scotland.
SNP MSP Humza Yousaf said it was "a proud day for Scotland", which he said offered "the warmest of welcomes" (How does he know? Has he done polling to show that most Scots welcome these refugees?).
The UK government has said 20,000 refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020 - with 1,000 due to arrive by Christmas.
Those who arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday are from refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan and other countries near Syria, and are thought to include people suffering from health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
BBC correspondent James Shaw said 103 refugees were met by representatives from five local authorities in western Scotland and Edinburgh (Did they get the red carpet out and have a welcoming brass band present, too, as they got off the plane?).
He added that the Scottish government was expecting between 300 and 400 refugees to arrive on further flights in the weeks before Christmas.
The chartered aeroplane landed at around 15:40 GMT at Glasgow Airport
At the scene
By BBC reporter Claire Diamond, on the Isle of Bute
Shopkeeper Baljit Singh Virdi and his wife Nancy have promised to order special foods for their new Syrian neighbours
Bute is expecting to take about 15 Syrian families, and residents here have been involved in a range of projects to greet them, from welcome videos to shopping companions.
At the local Londis, shopkeeper Baljit Singh Virdi has vowed to order any foods his new customers require to make them feel at home.
"There are already about 35 Polish families on the island, and I would like it if hundreds more families came to Rothesay. I'm so glad the refugees from Syria are coming here," he said.
Meanwhile school pupils are making a welcome video for their new classmates, and a local church has offered up a hall for a pop-up mosque. One of the island's priests has been enquiring about placing a "welcome to Bute" advert in the local paper in both English and Arabic.
But while many islanders are busily preparing to welcome their new neighbours, some are anxious - they voiced worries about integration and already tight resources being stretched further.
One woman, who gave her name only as Margaret, told me: "It's a small island, so you've got to watch what you say... I mean no harm to them, but I think charity should begin at home."
The Isle of Butistan
Syrian refugees flight lands in UK - BBC News
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