Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Poland has a Surprisingly Liberal Immigration Policy" video.

  1. That's part and part of being part of the EU, you can't have your independence whiles having all the other benefits a union offers, it's give or take, with the positives and negatives. Poland and Hungary are acting in a way that the UK went, which is me me me, without any give or take, which is basically not how the EU and most EU members work, which is team player and cooperation to get things done, even if it means watering things down. At the end of the day, it just leads to isolation in the union, with few friends and influence, the UK found that out when they were in the EU, it always got overshadowed by Germany and France and simply because the UK was all about me me me, whereas Germany and France were smarter in being a team player and working with other members to get things done that's of interest to them, Poland and Hungary are going the same way the UK went, with the exception that Poland has recently bought some good will thank to everything that's going on in Ukraine, but that's not going to last unless Poland changes.
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  2. The impression I get with the Polish government is that they want immigration but of the white christian type, at least that's the impression they give me and probably why they jumped at the chance of letting many in from Ukraine as they are not that different from Poles. Either way, it needs immigration because of it's declining population, and unless anything changes on birthrates, it's going to continue to need them, otherwise, it's entire economy will slowly go into decline, whiles adding a massive tax burden on the young which could very well push more of them out of the country. Truth is, it needs to encourage more births, which isn't an easy thing to do as we see in almost every modern country, where if it wasn't for immigration, population growth would likely be going in reverse, even in countries like the US and France that by western standards, are doing ok on birthrates. Either way, if you look at places like the EU and the US, they likely can sustain around 1 to 2 million immigration per year, as long as they are spread out throughout the union so it's more likely they'll integrate, whereas many seem to have problems with the ones that don't and end up creating their own small community in the country, which many could see as a threat if they continue to grow, but in truth, most that immigrate, integrate really well that they become one of the natives over a matter of 30 to 50 years, and more so for the kids they have that are more native than the country their parents came from.
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