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Billionaire Wants to Build Refugee Island

Migrant Crisis

Just the latest amazing and insane idea for housing Syria’s refugees.

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Earlier this week, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris tweeted out an idea he called “crazy.”

He would buy an island, fill it with refugees, and then provide jobs and housing until they could return to their homeland—if they so chose.

“Greece or Italy sell me an island, ill call its independence and host...

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