What is going on in Western European countries with immigration?

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What is happening in the West in general?

When Bliar/Labour came into power in 1997, with the attending ideological shift - whose torch the Tories subsequently took, immigration in the UK fluctuated somewhere in the region of 100k to 200k net. Pre 1997 net migration was roughly in the 20 to 30k net region. However, in the last 3 years, net migration has sky-rocketed to 700k net per year. All the while we have a housing crisis where a house is somewhere in the region of 7-9 times a person's income.

The media has attempted to shape the narrative that the riots are due to fringe far-right nut jobs who do not represent the righteous and good majority of this country. But clearly, things are a lot more complicated and nuanced than that. There's a lot of anger and tension bubbling away under the surface.

Why are successful governments hellbent on trying stamp down any discussion of this and to ignore the will of their people.

This video by Neil Oliver is probably one of the most important and righteous rants that I've seen on the lunacy sweeping over this country.

"Academic and philosopher Ralph schammer said something this week that resonated
powerfully with me. He talked about how populations have the right to demand their governments preserve the values of their ancestors. He said countries do not exist only in the present tense, in the here and now, but that they are in fact social contracts between the Dead the living and those who are yet to be born.

Here's the thing, people are angry justifiably. So the stoking of that anger has been the deliberate work of decades indignity and anxiety, piled on indignity and anxiety. As much as anything else, people are angry because they've not been listened to, because they've been ignored. And so what does the government do in the face of people desperate to cry out in anger, desperate to be listened to. The government's immediate reaction is to shut those people up, to silence them."

Skinhead-1979 · Accepted Answer

2 things:

-British Employers prefer foreign workers over British workers. There is a shortage of High Skilled Workers, but instead of training the British population to fill those rolls employers choose to bring in High Skilled Workers from abroad simply because they are cheaper than training the British Work Force. This also goes for lower Skilled Jobs like harvesting; British farmers choose Central and Eastern European Workers to pick fruit and Veg over British Workers. Those workers need work Visas and can stay for as long as they are needed. When they are no longer needed, their Visas are being withdrawn and they are being sent back. For some people these Vias can cost thousands of Pounds a year adding to the Public Purse too.

-Brexit: This is specifically regarding 'Illegal' Immigration. Refugees and Migrants who come to Europe outside of the legal venues will have to apply for Refugee status in the European countries they enter; which are generally Spain, Italy and Greece. Those Refugees/ Migrants do not want to stay in those countries, Northern European countries have slightly more stable economies and also better public services. So many Refugees and Migrants will try to travel to Western/ Northern Europe; however, due to treaties between the European countries these Refugees and Migrants will be sent back to the countries they first set foot in when they entered 'Fortress Europe'.

But here's the thing for the UK: Britain has left the EU; Britain is no longer bound to the treaties made within the EU and Britain has no new treaties is place with Europe: Any refugees who manages to set foot on British soil will have to be granted refugee status here and be sent back to the country where they came from (which is often impossible). Refugees know this, they know that when they reach British shores they can no longer be send back. That's why many refugees travel through Europe, to France where they often get stuck for a long time before they finally succeed to come to Britain.

The Refugee/ Migrant 'Crisis' is really a 'Crisis' of the UK government's own making.

RavVid · Accepted Answer

It is very easy to stop this in Australia's experience.

Voters, in sufficient numbers, have to vote on this as the major election issue. Switch to a party which is opposed.

Typically the Australian Labor Party swears they will manage our borders but in fact condones unlawful immigration. It might take two 3 year terms but they do get chucked out and a conservative gov't is installed who uses an established playbook to stop it.

The whole of the Australian mainland is excised as an migration zone. Unlawful migrants are immediately transported to Nauru or Manus island and are held there till they decide to go back where they came from. The important aspect is unlawful immigrants do not get what they want and effectively get interned. Unlawful immigration immediately dries up.

The ALP has been kicked out of office enough times to learn open borders is not going to work. They are currently being sneaky and have more than doubled lawful immigration and consequently housing costs have increased dramatically.

This is a matter for our next election. The answer is the same of course. Savage the ALP at the ballot box as a reminder lesson.

alice55 · Accepted Answer

Easy, government want immigration because they do not wish to pay correctly the worker and illegal immigrant have no right so they use them as slave, don't pay them or pay them very low, they have no health insurance neither job insurance they got nothing and on media they say all of them are criminal so people do not give a shit about their situation or the fact they get exploited.

We have tons of illegal immigration because of capitalism.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

GB news isn't a proper news channel it's in the same league as Fox news, it's for entertainment purposes only.

genericname85 · Answer

the western european governments apparently are conspiring to fuck up their population. i guess as a politician, you aren't interested in things going well, cause if things are going well, that means you aren't needed to do anything. so i guess this is politicians making sure they'll gona have a job in the future.

strateguy632 · Answer

Peopel have no such "rights" he made up. Even his name sham fits his sham.

People voted for the tories who increased immigration.

The real problem is courts do not Deter rapists.

I dunno how to replace judges

Trump apparently pressured *som old ones to loosn their wrinkled grip on power..

and picked some decent judges but Europe is doomed. It has been since 2015 as spelled out in the book the strange suicide of Europe.

RebelinSteel · Answer

Neil Oliver is completely off his head. He went from reasonable history guy on TV to a complete conspiracy fuckwit. The words piss and fire come to mind.

exitseven · Answer

I think the citizens are figuring out tht illegal immigrants are not the great addition to their country like they were told.

DrPepper12 · Answer

Wouldn't your remedy be getting involved in politics, contacting your representatives, organizing like-minded people and voting?  Tbh with Brexit I really thought immigration would drop off severely.

Juxtapose · Answer

Best of luck to Britain, I have ancestors from there. I have been there recently on layover. Beautiful money, cool accents and so much history.

on_my_knees · Answer

We're learning that "tolerance and acceptance" doesn't apply to certain groups of individuals who barely qualify as human beings.

goaded · Answer

GBNews? Might as well watch OANN.

missindiana93 · Answer

They have lost their minds.

Guacamole409 · Answer

You reap what you sow. Now we have to p

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