Originally Posted by
dtowncitylover
That's literally not true. It's well reported that many of these refugees were students, teachers, doctors, dentists, lawyers, businessmen etc. One reason why they ran is because they a) members of Syrian's middle and working classes and therefore b) not soldiers and did not want to fight because they though never in a million years there would have been such a war. Yes, they don't have the same level of credentials as American counterparts but many of these people aren't Syrian hicks from the back country. They are/were cosmopolitan men, women, and families from Aleppo, Raqqah, etc.
Dare I say that these refugees are much more educated than any Irish refugee from the 19th century.