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Security as in criminal checks and terrorism checks?
That is a policing function not an immigration function.
I am in favour of policing.
Although, terrorism is a stupidly over estimated threat and nationalistic policies do nothing to prevent our nation from being a target.
To be clear. I am in favour of allowing anyone who wants to come and work and live here.
Immigration is a net benefit to the country and to its inhabitants. I like good things. I'd like more of them.
More immigration would increase our per capita GDP allowing for more and better schools and hospitals. I like those things.
I disagree with all staements that cast immigration as a worry. They are ill informed and emotional, at best.
People all over the world live in the most terrible situations and yet our country is involved in a massive hang wringing exercise about whether another half a million people here would be the end of our world. It is embarrassing how self entitled and selfish that is.
I bet no one in Haiti is worried about migration right now.
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Well put the man. Sadly yours is now a very minority view. Sadly is is not only this country.
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I think we're singing from the same sheet. So I'm not trying to be a dick here but....
To be clear. I am in favour of allowing anyone who wants to come and work and live here.
By that I take it that you're not/less happy with people to come without money or work and then stay here and not work? I'd say that's control of some sort.
Security as in criminal checks and terrorism checks?
That is a policing function not an immigration function.
I'd disagree and say it's both. From a policy POV I'd guess it's driven more from an immigration perspective.
I disagree with all staements that cast immigration as a worry. They are ill informed and emotional, at best.
100%. That was what I was trying to get at. 1) I don't think that it is a problem in general, and 2) the problems that do exist are application rather than policy (although I do think we are now at the stage that the HO has created policy problems with onerous rules).
fussballclub
hugo7
I think it comes down to your definition of "controlled/uncontrolled" doesn't it?
Are you in favour of no security screening for eg?