Best,
Refugee Vetting Could Hope To Go
Government
Official At Table
G.O. : Next!
Refugee sits
across from Government Official
G.O.: Last name!
Ref: Muhammad.
G.O.: First name!
Ref : Muhammad.
G.O.: Middle
initial?
Ref: M.
G.O: Any identification?
Ref: I have tattoo of twin crescent moons..
G.O.: No, I
mean official papers.
Ref: Papers?
Paper not allowed in Islam. Girls can learn.. Men can be identified.
G.O.: I
See.. So you are Muslim.
Ref: No
No! I am Chreestian I swear on stack of
Korans.
G.O: But the
Koran is….
Ref: LIAR! Liar!
G.O.: Okay
just calm down. Can anyone else here vouch for this man’s identity
Distant
Voice: Oh yes, he is upstanding wanderer, He has passed my tent a few
times.
G.O.: I see…
well do you have any skills to bring to our country?
Ref. Of
course, I am best camel taxi in all middle east, but I can drive pick-up too.
G.O.:
Anything else?
Ref: Of course, I can sell gas, cigarettes,
lottery tickets and milk.
G.O.: That’s
it?
Ref: I am
also trained government consultant for vulnerable and security sectors.
G.O.: Then
you should have no problem obtaining employment. Tell me something, why are you
travelling alone? Do you not have family?
Ref: I plan
on sending for wives and sons in a couple of weeks when I become citizen…What’s
your country again?
G.O.: No
daughters..?
Ref: They
can stay behind. They are training for Arab Games in the blindfolded shot-put
catch. They can’t be trusted not to like boys and men.
At sudden
noise of wind slamming door shut, the refugee jumps up and shouts Allahuh Akbar!
while frantically looking around.
G.O.: It was just the door relax. You know you won’t
be allowed to bring that sword.
Ref: It’s
only for ceremony use. We have many public ceremonies, some without swords but
all have same kind of public message and ending,
G.O. You're good to go then….. Next!
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