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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I have plenty of humanity for them. It's the economic migrant *******s (apparently the majority) that I despise as they are adversly affecting the chances of genuine refugees.
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Doesn't matter how many times you say it...
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Originally Posted by Damien
The problem is how to stem the flow and how to remove people when we don't know where they've come from (no one with any sense will state they came from a country where to which they would face easy deportation).
Europe can say they won't take any more immigrants but for the still substantial numbers of migrants who are coming from places like Libya, Syria and Eritrea the prospect of living safety but illegally is far more appealing than living in danger albeit legally.
It's really hard to see how those in charge actually manage to do something about this.
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It is really hard of course but we have to start somewhere and effectively encouraging more economic migrants to come here by having an open door to everyone who shows up only makes things worse. Part of what we need to do is make people aware that illegal economic migrants won't be allowed to stay or be allowed to go where they choose. It has worked in Australia and IMHO it's the place to start the process to try to get the numbers under control. The less economic migrants who come, the more resources there are for the genuine refugees who we all accept ought to be our priority.
Tough decisions are going to have to be made sooner or later and the longer this goes on in its current form, the harder those decisions and actions will ultimately have to be. If we wish to continue some credible humanitarian response to what's going in places like Syria we cannot allow ourselves to be swamped with economic migrants no matter how sorry we may feel for them. Being in denial about the seriousness of this issue will only lead to growing political and social unrest. For those still in denial about the scale of this problem, given the surge in numbers this year over last, what does anyone seriously think next year will be like?