Paris Terror Attacks - Social Media Reaction: People Strike Out Against Refugees in Light of France Shootings & Bombing
Many refugees in France and across Europe are in fear of their lives as many people are using them as a scapegoat in light of the terror attacks that occurred in Paris on Friday.
Although CNN reports that the notorious terror group ISIS has taken responsibility for the attacks, which have left 129 people dead, many people have directed their rage at refugees who left war-torn countries to resettle in France.
For instance, Congressman Jeff Duncan alluded that the attacks were caused by refugees.
"How's that Syrian refugee resettlement look now? How about that mass migration into Europe? Terrorism is alive & well in the world. #No," he wrote on Twitter.
Others, however, like @littlemoonstter, defended refugees, tweeting, "banning refugees from coming in the country does not stop terrorism."
Likewise, Quartz Editor Bobby Ghost tweeted, "Refugees don't deserve blame for #ParisAttacks, they deserve even more sympathy: attacks like these are what made them refugees."
Meanwhile, a refugee identified as only Assad who lives near the Stade de France, where two explosions killed four people, says he fears for his life, reports Newsweek. The 23-year-old Afghanistan native said he's "worried" about what comes next.
"How will people look at us?"
In addition, a refugee camp a few hundred miles north of Paris on the outskirts of Calais was lit on fire, affecting at least 40 shelters in the camp.
"They want to blame the Paris attacks on refugees," said Aaban, a 19-year-old refugee from Afghanistan who lives in the camp. "But no one knows what really happened."
Furthermore, refugees who live in other parts of Europe also say they are being blamed for the attack. "Frankly, last night was ... awful," said Khaled Kheet, 31, a Syrian refugee living in the Netherlands.
"I was sad about those innocent people who were killed. But today is different because most people are looking at Arabs and Muslims as if they are murderers. Can you imagine people looking at you as a murderer while you are innocent?"
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