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Egypt Billionaire Sawiris Wants to Buy an Island for Refugees and Call it ‘Hope’

September 4, 2015

“Greece or Italy sell me an island, I’ll call its independence and host the migrants and provide jobs for them building their new country,” said billionaire Naguib Sawiris in a tweet that has since gone viral. Naguib Sawiris, Egypt’s second richest man, confirmed to Agence France Press that his offer was real and not just a tweet. “You have dozens of islands which are deserted and could accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees,” said Sawiris to AFP who added that there would be “temporary shelters to house the people, then you start employing the people to build housing, schools, universities, hospitals.” “And if things improve, whoever wants to go back (to their homeland) goes back.” More than 2,500 refugees have drowned in 2015 while attempting to reach Europe and other parts of the world. Greece or Italy sell me an island,ill call its independence and host the migrants and provide jobs for them building their new country— Naguib Sawiris (@NaguibSawiris) September 1, 2015 On Twitter, Naguib Sawiris said that the Island would also offer jobs in what would essentially result in “building a new country from scratch.” Sawiris added that…


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