Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

So he's a despot with half the country against him, but it's perfectly safe for immigrants ?


Sounds like 'doesn't matter where they go so long as it's not here'

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Well supposedly since the EU referendum migrants and EU citizens are not safe here in the UK so best they stay in Turkey then come here.

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... and since the UK has clearly become even more of a hotbed of ultra right wing hate crime and xenophobia since the Brexit vote, I expect we'll soon be seeing a mass exodus of foreigners from these shores before it's too late. Yes, they'll all be heading back to the mainland EU where there is no hate crime, no xenophobia, no right wing extremism and where there's a universal welcome to outsiders...

I do wonder sometimes at how the sort of unpleasant events and behaviour we see in the UK directed at certain minority/migrant groups are compared with the sort of behaviour which is evident across Europe which so many people here seem to turn a blind eye to when it suits their argument.

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Now there's a surprise... :rolleyes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38167225

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With the consequent result:

Ambulance target failures highlight NHS crisis, say health chiefs

Having a million extra patients every 3 years does wonders for an already overstreached NHS.:rolleyes:

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Come on now, 350,000 extra people every year has no impact on the NHS in just the same way that it has no impact on homelessness, other public services, the environment, transport etc. etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38157410

It's not as if these extra people ever need health services or housing is it?... :rolleyes:

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It takes a lot to make someone leave a country. Nazi Germany was obviously far worse than anything we're seeing here and yet there were many persecuted groups who remained until it was too late. There are costs involved, the emotional distress of leaving your home and life, family ties and more.

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There was a feature about this on the BBC earlier today that said that there is also evidence to show that they are no longer prepared to do the hard to fill vacancies in the UK eg fruit picking.

I think that immigration can have some benefits to us (though the disadvantages outweigh them), but if they're going to start being choosy about what work is expected of them, then this is one less benefit that they can offer and even less of a reason to allow them in.

After watching the BBC season on Black Britain, I feel the same about the black people coming here in the fifties.

This was only ever meant to be a stop gap to help us out with hard to fill vacancies and they were then expected to go home.

In the end they stayed and started expecting (and got) the right to be the bus driver instead of the conductor.

This was not the original agreement or plan.

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Many entering Turkey are of the same religious flavour and disposition as himself and his supporters.

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I met an ex-neighbour today. He was "temporarily" housing 2 other recently-arrived immigrant families in his private-rented home until the landlord found out.

Now that's 3 immigrant families homeless. And there are no free homes to rent that they can afford or who will take them on.

He said there is a rush to get in and have babies before the cut-off point for Benefits next Spring.

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There my be 650.000 migrants that have come here. But what about the illegals that have entered the country and disappeared.
I think the government need there heads examined. Wee don't have Corbyn challenging this.
What we have here is a situation where, when employers will use the migrant crisis, as a great way to employ staff at a vastly reduced wage.

Gone are the days when employers will look for staff and pay a paltry wage of 13 grans a year. As they will know that a migrant will take.

Its extra pressure on the NHS - and before people say it wont. Look at this fact. At the moment, the NHS is in deep crisis. And cannot cope with the extra pressure at A/E. N beds etc etc.

If a Migrant becomes ill they will go straight t A/E and use it.

No l think its about time that we close the borders, until such time that the Government get a hold of this crisis. And Corbyn pulls his finger out and challenge the Government on the Migrant problem

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Aren't there any celebrities that'll take them in, lil allen, boneo, the Pope

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Taf friend is the pope

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...or bob geldof, gary lineker, benedict cumberbatch, endless other luvvies...

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He's one person that I ignore totally.

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Nah they're far too busy feathering their own luxurious nests and combining lecturing the rest of us on generosity of spirit with yet more PR opportunities to boost their own egos and bank balances.

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Yes but he flew out a couple of families to Rome remember. Such selflessness... :rolleyes:

I believe no refugees have been directly supported by the Vatican.