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Originally Posted by Damien

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.

Conditions in Nazi Germany were a tad different from those prevailing here and people were prevented from moving on a massive scale. That was still happening in the post WWII years between E and W Germany. It's never been easier for migrants to move within the EU and accordingly they've chosen to come here in huge numbers. If these people agree with the like of the Guardian that the UK is a hostile place to be then there's very little stopping them leaving to go back and every reason for them not to come here in the first place. The numbers prove that's not happening so maybe the UK isn't the hotbed of right wing extremism that some folks seem waste no opportunity portraying it as. There are costs emotional and financial costs involved in everything. That's life and ever increasing numbers of people are deciding that life in the UK is worth all that. The UK is far from perfect but there's a great deal more racism and right wing extremism either endemic or growing fast across Europe than there is here.