Really?

The Australians are enjoying multiculturalism? Well, that's great...If we ask nicely could they take a large number of our immigrants and also those here who don't integrate well.....Thank you Australia.

It would kind of be ironic.....Considering that Australia was originally our dumping ground in the first place.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Have a look at this. It shows you what nationality the refugees are coming from. It's not Syria that tops the UK's list. These are facts so it's not a left or right wing bias.

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Edited by corkery (18 Aug 2015 10.16pm)

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quote]corkery at 18 Aug 2015 10.16pm

Have a look at this. It shows you what nationality the refugees are coming from. It's not Syria that tops the UK's list. These are facts so it's not a left or right wing bias.

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Edited by corkery (18 Aug 2015 10.16pm)

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Yes,Syria was third in the UK as a country of origin for those seeking asylum (not same as those being granted it,your link indicated that on average 45% of applications across Europe were granted).

What is noteworthy is the following from your link:

"According to the Eurostat figures in the first quarter of this year, the countries receiving the most asylum applicants were Germany at 73,120 applicants, or 32 per cent of total applicants in the EU; Hungary at 32,810 (18 per cent); Italy at 15,245 (8 per cent); France at 14,770 (8 per cent); and Sweden at 11,415 (6 per cent). These five member States together account for 80 per cent of all applicants across the EU".

So it seems we are very much not being singled out as the prime destination for those seeking asylum because of our "benefits" etc.

Edited by legaleagle (18 Aug 2015 10.25pm)

Who said we were the 'prime destination'.......Though a certain port in France at the moment does make your whole point slightly ridiculous.

The argument against immigration is about numbers and how it affects the lives of the poor already here....You know things like housing and infrastructure and social cohesion.

But egalitarian lefties don't really care about the British working classes.....They are all about the 'Internationale.'

Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Aug 2015 10.31pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

What you see in Australia (and I have lived there) is that IMO the multi-cultural policies,implemented in a very positive way,have led to very great overall integration generally of certainly the immigrants' kids born/reared there.

That you see so little to seemingly admire from their example is a pity,though predictable since I know and appreciate you do not believe in multi culturalism full stop.

Presumably your opposition to seeing any positives at all arising from multi-culturalism even extends to food,a clear beneficiary of the more diverse range of restaurants available to us as a result of becoming a more multi cultural society than say back in the the fifties.Do you abstain from even the occasional curry on the basis anything resulting from multi culturalism (as opposed to immigrants "integrating" by only offering trad British delights)must,by definition,be negative?

Umm Stirling, the reason UKIP started up was because of the views of people like you

Edited by legaleagle (18 Aug 2015 10.49pm)

Actually Stirling,I visit Japan every year and like doing so.Helps that I'm not averse to them being of a different race,religion and ethnicity to me.

As of 2010,more than 2 million people from elsewhere lived there.

Edited by legaleagle (18 Aug 2015 11.03pm)