Asylum ,Immigration (1 Viewer)

[Mormon Nailer]

 

[nooleen]

Anne Frank today is a Syrian girl

The reasons for the opposition then were the same as they are for rejecting Syrians or Hondurans today: We can’t afford it, we should look after Americans first, we can’t accept everybody, they’ll take American jobs, they’re dangerous and different.

“The United States, if it continues to be the world’s asylum and poorhouse, would soon wreck its present economic life,” the New York Chamber of Commerce warned in 1934.

 

[nooleen]

We can ask why Irish people turned a blind eye to clerical sex abuse or the scandal of the Magdalene Launderies in the past.

With Direct Provision, we have no excuse. Thanks to initiatives like last Friday night’s, nobody can claim that they don’t know about this system which condemns children to grow up in unsuitable accommodation for months or even years on end.

http://ciarantierney.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/an-uncomfortable-truth-for-culture-night.html

 

[ann post]

saw this for the second time lastnight

the first time I saw it the film maker said her mission was essentially to rehumanise people, as while refugees are in the press all the time, they are outside the media conversation.

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Also saw 'bordelands' which goes more in depth into the structure of the refugee scenario - don't think its online but recommend it all the same

 

[nooleen]

"Migrants benefit the UK economy already but the Government wants to reduce migration, even if it means harming the economy.

"If anyone was in a position to think about how to improve things, they would reverse these policy announcements. They are entirely negative for the UK economy."

How immigration in Sweden is leading to an economic boom