As an island nation we have a finite amount of space and facilities.
and non-island nations have an infinite amount? A little confused on the logic of this statement.
As an island nation we have a finite amount of space and facilities.
Yes, but once it was all over and peace was restored I would want to return home - as most of us would. Migrants from Africa and the Middle East usually settle and never return home.
Surely it's not surprising that if they are seeking to build a new life for themselves, they would try and do so in the more prosperous economies, or those with the most employment opportunities on offer?
Implying that they can't be genuine refugees because they haven't set up shop in the first non-war torn country they venture through, and that their attempts to reach Germany, the UK, etc are therefore nothing more than an attempt to exploit the benefits systems of such countries is a vast oversimplification. And one that adds nothing but the usual tabloid hysterics to the debate.
It leads to the sort of tripe that the gutter press rolls out on a weekly basis about how all migrants are little more than a swarm of parasites intent of draining our resources dry, and the usual drivel by barbaric dunderheads who seriously think the answer to the problem is mass murder.
They are just human beings who on the whole are just trying to seek a better life and their plight deserves rational consideration, rather than being a debate hijacked by such hysterics.
I agree the migrants who are granted asylum should be spread around to share the burden, but once they have been allocated a country, I don't think they should be granted freedom of movement like an ordinary EU citizen, as most of them will just head straight for either Germany or the UK.
If they come here where would they be housed?
Just not in Welling, right?
Why would you return to a war torn country when you have settled in the host country?
I think one thing is for certain, Schengen has been a disaster for those countries that signed up for it. We need to leave the EU - fast, before it implodes.
What part of 'once it was all over and peace was restored' didn't you read?
Hint: the bit in bold.
How do we distinguish between economic migrants refugees?
What's wrong with economic migrants?
People move from the north of England to London all the time to get better jobs and earn more money.
Perhaps you should read a little closer? He said war-torn, not at war ...
What's wrong with economic migrants?
People move from the north of England to London all the time to get better jobs and earn more money.
What's wrong with economic migrants?
People move from the north of England to London all the time to get better jobs and earn more money.
in my mind one of the big problems is the use of the word migrant - we are getting it drilled into us by politicians and the media that these people are migrating out of choice, looking for the good life on the scrounge in the uk.
We are somewhat ignoring the fact that a lot of these are people are honestly fleeing for their lives as refugees of war.
RE staying in france - the UN Refugee Agency has france putting up over twice the number of refugees than the uk -252k vs 117k (http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e45bb01.html)
if they can afford to pay traffickers thousands of pounds they aren't that needy
which kind of proves that maybe its the getting killed / opressed factors that are causing their movement rather than handouts and benefits?