Immigration - what are your views?
Watch this postA recent global survey by the ultra left wing Amnesty International, suggests that 80% of people are in favour of further immigration, with many stating that they would willingly take migrants into their homes! I wonder where they found their survey respondents as the recent rape and sexual assault epidemic in Sweden,Norway, Germany, Italy, France, plus the grooming gangs outrage in the UK, and all committed by members of the 'religion of peace' should be sufficient for more than '80%' of Europeans to say, 'no thank you, it's not worth the risk.' There are some 800, 000 economic migrants, some with highly contagious diseases, queuing up in Libya and waiting for a boat to bring them to Italy. Do we want these people in Europe, or here in the UK, can we afford to house them, feed them, give them healthcare, AND accommodate their misogynistic, cultural and religious needs, without diminishing ourselves as a sovereign nation. The EU are now telling US that we need to build nearly 250,000 houses to meet the demand from migrants, asylum seekers, and the world's flotsam and jetsam! It sounds like a dystopian nightmare, and it is nothing less than that. It is madness on a monumental scale that shows no sign of letting up, I didn't expect to see this happening in my country in my lifetime. What do you think?
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I do have friends who came here from other parts of the world as migrants and they are also horrified by what is happening now.
These three measures will solve the problem then we let in who we want and deport who we want it's our country our borders our people and our freedom are at stake if we don't .
The 'Syrians aren't coming here' approach just doesn't get it! We are going to need all our skills and rational thinkiing to deal with what is inevitably going to happen in the coming years.
We have to plan for the fact that our grandchildren are going to live this nightmare. ONLY successful international co-operation has a faint chance of steering us away from the worst outcome.
All the econmoic ills in this country are still the result of the financial crash which is still being dealt with unintelligently by politicians who are prejudiced against public services.
No, I would not open up my home to a migrant any more than I would open up my home to someone who is homeless (for what ever reason). That doesn't mean I do not sympathise with their plight but surely we have an obligation to care for 'our own' first. We have many desperate and homeless people that we appear unable to help and an economy that constantly squeezes the life out of public services.
I don't subscribe to the thought that all migrants and asylum seekers have criminal intent or are going to bring diseases we don't already have. Many just want a safer and better future for their families but they should accept the culture of the country they move to, although I would not expect them to change their religious beliefs unless by choice. I do support the belief we do not have the capacity to continually allow more and more refugees into the country and should only consider economic migrants if they offer us skills we need - I do not include 'cheap labour' into that.
I would hope that I am a compassionate person and I am distressed by the suffering we are constantly shown but agree that it is madness on a monumental scale that shows no sign of letting up.
In my view, people come here because as a people we are compassionate, democratic and have services that provide care .
I think we still need to offer refuge to those in need but equally we need to tackle the corrupt governments and lack of democracy in other countries. Even those in the EU fall short .
We give a great deal of money in aid to African countries but the money does not go to those in need because the government and other services are corrupt.
Our government is always saying we benefit economically from immigrants who do the jobs that we do not want to do but if we paid a reasonable wage for these jobs, unemployed natives of this country would do them. Not everyone wants a career.
The lack of British doctors, nurses and many other professionals is the result of our education system . British children and some of their parents wear their lack of education , like a badge of honour.
We really need to inspire our children to achieve and to fill the gaps . We need to bring back long apprenticeships where people can get to go to college and also train with experienced workers. We need to encourage people in this country to start businesses, run shops and be creative.
We need to decide really what is our culture and ensure this is not eroded. It is not people coming to this country that erode our culture it is ourselves!
When I speak to my London friends of all ages, they have no idea about our historical traditions, folk music etc.
If we truly are a multi cultural society we need to ensure we first know our own traditions (which is not just football ,drinking and fish and chips!). as in France or Italy.
Other countries have very definitive cultures, we do too, but perhaps we just do not care enough about who we have been and who we are now, as a country. We have a rich culture but we seem to lean on our default of meaningless "stuff" to describe ourselves which I do not relate to at all.
I have worked with clients who have been in this country for 15 years and still can not speak the language. These are not people who want to assimilate into our culture .
I really care and want to help others who are suffering but I would like us to stop trading with countries which are corrupt or have poor human rights . I definitely do not want to fund corrupt often rich countries.
Equally, if someone comes to our country and breaks the law in any way , they should be sent back to their country of origin.
by preaching hate in their places of "Worship"- Etc- Etc, My Opinion? its
time the gate was closed other than to those who genuinely have something to offer to our Nation other than problems,