While I don't believe in tarnishing everyone with same brush in relation to the refugees, we do implement this way of handling things in a lot of other areas of modern life - There are lots of instances where the majority of people are unable to do something because of a select few who screwed it up.
As an example, some shops I have seen require anyone under the age of 16 to be accompanied by an adult. They're not saying everyone under the age of 16 is going to screw around in their shop, but some of them do and the best way to ensure it doesn't happen, is to have them all be accompanied by an adult.
In this case, we have a problem with a group of male refugees screwing around in a pool, so for the time being, if you're a male refugee, you can't go in the pool. Race and religion doesn't / shouldn't come into it.
As for the people who committed these ridiculous acts, they should at the very least be deported as it's a clear middle finger to the country that has welcomed them.
This still doesn't address the issue of the culture of these people thinking such behavior is the norm and actually, i don't think it's down to the country in question to be responsible in educating them as to their laws and way of life - It should be up to the individual to educate themselves and up to them to find out and research what is and isn't acceptable.
As an example - I live in the UK, where to legally drink alcohol I have to be 18 or over. So, lets say i am 18, (I'm 30) and I travel to the US for a few weeks. I can't just go ahead and get drunk in a bar because the legal age in the states is 21. It's up to me to educate myself of that fact. I will still be arrested even if I told them that it was acceptable in my own country.
These refugees need to educate themselves as to the way of life in whatever country they find themselves in and if they don't, they need to accept the consequences. They need to know that their own views, laws, religions, ways of life does not trump the ways of life and views in whatever part of the world they're in.
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