UK attracts more Immigrants than the whole of the EU

BobQ

Sampong wrote: »

As I said it is from Eurostat.

So I didn't lie did I.

You did kie but you have now apologised for the inadvertent ty[po

Sampong

BobQ wrote: »

You did kie but you have now apologised for the inadvertent ty[po

I didn't lie.

And I haven't apologized for anything. And I make no apologies either. My comments to the numpy's who tried to twist things using my original typo still stand - numpty's.

And you are making false accusations.

Numpty.

Graham_Devon

BobQ wrote: »

You did kie

Well my anticipation is mounting...

Thrugelmir

zagubov wrote: »

Sometimes I can see the point; when you move to a new country how does being surrounded by people and a culture identical to wherever you originated from. help you integrate?

People have to want to integrate. Many don't. Often their connection is other family members still with a tie to their homeland.

Generali

Sampong wrote: »

You can quite clearly see how the error was made. It's not even that much of an issue. You and other posters are hell bent on blowing it out of all proportion in an attempt to derail the original statement.



You would have thought it would be obvious but it's something that Governments seem to be unable to manage.



Gain better control of our borders? Simple.



There is nothing wrong with my English. I think you will find, if you read back - that other posters started with the abusive tone. Here is a lesson in life for you - if you deliberately try and blow somebody's minor error out of all proportion - it's probably unwise to expect a friendly response. My posts weren't abusive, they were based on the common sense assumption that if somebody chose to misinterpret the original statement, they must clearly be a numpty. Not abusive - just general observation.

There are a lot of people misinterpreting you if your title is that clear!

As to citing Migration Watch, they are hardly likely to undermine their entire raison d'être! Most studies of immigration show positive benefits to an economy as generally people arrive around or just before the most productive time of their lives bringing an education and other skills with them.

There was some very interesting work done on Hong Kong Chinese migrants to Canada for example.

Moby

Sampong wrote: »

Would you like a medal for your shattering insight.

No...... enough of the sarcasm....if you are going to start another thread full of bigotry at least get you facts right !

Moby

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I don't think mass immigration is all good. I'm pretty xenophobic and insular, plus I am extremely suspicous of organised religion which seeks to strictly control people on the basis of social norms whoch are many hundreds of years out of date, and which would seek to reverse the social freedoms our citizens have gained, which all means I'm not entirely comfortable with ghettoised immigration from Muslim countries. Hamish would probably call me a racist.

I just don't think that the stats which the telegraph article is based on actually bear out your revised claim that the UK has the most immigration of any EU country. There appear to be a number of EU countries where the immigration rate is higher on a per capita basis than it is in the UK. I didn't say that this is a good thing for those countries, just pointed out what the Eurostat figures show.

Using absolute numbers to compare immigration in countries of wildly varying populations (and for that matter population densities) is a completely flawed method of comparison.

Good post....you describe the genuine feelings you have....which I also have ....about organised religion especially catholicism and Islam!

nomoreboomandbust

Generali wrote: »

There are a lot of people misinterpreting you if your title is that clear!

As to citing Migration Watch, they are hardly likely to undermine their entire raison d'être! Most studies of immigration show positive benefits to an economy as generally people arrive around or just before the most productive time of their lives bringing an education and other skills with them.

There was some very interesting work done on Hong Kong Chinese migrants to Canada for example.

You can't possibly compare these migrants with what's coming over our way from 1 January 2014

Generali

nomoreboomandbust wrote: »

You can't possibly compare these migrants with what's coming over our way from 1 January 2014

Really? Why is that?

chris_m

nomoreboomandbust wrote: »

You can't possibly compare these migrants with what some xenophobes claim is coming over our way from 1 January 2014

I've corrected that for you