Spanish village on sale for €260,000 The new owner would get 44 homes, a hotel, a church, a school, a swimming pool and even a barracks.
The above news item caught my eye. It is similar to other articles where, in Italy for example, the government is trying to repopulate villages by offering houses for sale for a few euros.
I would have thought it a good idea to use these homes as accommodation for the many refugees flooding across the borders. They would have somewhere safe to live, maybe a little garden where they could grow some food and work towards rebuilding and revitalizing the villages. Surely it wouldn´t cost the government any more than they are already spending trying to deal with the refugee problem, and it would also create new jobs in the community for health workers, teachers etc. Genuine refugees would surely be grateful for a safe haven and the chance to rebuild their lives.
It is a simple idea but there must be something wrong with it, otherwise surely the powers that be would have done something along those lines.
We are as puzzled as you - you do have to wonder why people can't see solutions such as this. As you say, there must be reasons deeper than we can fathom.
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It just seems like commonsense, doesn´t it?
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