Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "EU migration pact: New policy aims to increase member state contributions" video.

  1. Most are economic migrants who have broken the law to enter illigally..
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  2.  thegenie  it matters because refugees have the right to sanctuary, while economic migrants have broken the law and have no right to stay. In fact the disrespect for the law is a portent of future behaviour in their adopted country. At least some migrants come from broken countries, where government is dysfunctional or destroyed. A few of these migrants play a part in making so. There is no reason to believe they will not attempt to repeat the process in their adopted country. The clue is in their attitude, making demands rather than requests, expecting the population of the host country to first adjust to, and then adopt the migrants culture. By taking in so many, Europe is risking destabilisation, socially, culturally and politically. Remember, democracy is a very fragile way to organise society, it can be lost by a cross at the ballot box, regaining it usually take revolution at the barrel end of a gun.
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  3.  Rabbi Shlomo Mammon Goldbergstein The Lampshade  you may have the ability to exclude all but you do not have the moral right to exclude refugees. It's worth remembering that fate has a habit of reversing fortunes. It is not impossible that you could become a refugee at some point, particularly with the chaos that climate change is likely to produce.
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  4.  thegenie  there is a clear difference between an economic migrant and a refugee. The latter is in fear for their life in their country of origin. The former are just looking to benefit from a more prosperous host society. As I said,it is dangerous to set the precedence of rejecting refugees, as you never know when you may become one, and require the assistance of others.
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  5.  thegenie  your test for refugee status is arbitrary. Mine is not.
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