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The imposition of strong requirements on those wishing to immigrate to western developed countries is desirable, indeed it is imperative. Hell, they can choose. Social unrest in immigrant communities in various countries has shown this to be true. There is ample evidence from northern England, France and Italy to support this. I like the idea developed in the Netherlands that if a foreigner wishes to immigrate there, then they have, apart from learning the language, to watch a film showing the life of the country, warts and all, drunks and nudes, hookers, hookahs, pornography, taxes, frost and floods and all. It gives a message to those who would enthusiastically tumble into Europe that it ain't necessarily quite the wonderful place you might think it to be. We have unemployment, we allow people to drink and become drunk, we allow people to express opinions, though we may not necessarily agree, we allow gays to express themselves. The clear message is "Don't like it? Don't come." "If you can't stand it, having come, go." It is concise and succinct and it is exactly right. There is nothing much worse than an immigrant who then starts to moan about his adopted country. Hardly surprising that there is friction. It is not communities that invite immigrants, it is governments.
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I agree to a certain extent. (People who think the West is the Great Satan, really have no business immigrating there.)
I just think it's hard to discount the effects of xenophobia and disenfranchisement.
People are xenophobic through ignorance. I am in no way suggesting immigration is a bad thing but it should not be rose spectacled, the immigrant should know what they are going to, warts and all and there should be expectations of them to assimilate, perhaps against the odds. They should also know that xenophobia exists and be ready for it.
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