tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post7301203929769321430..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: On moving home...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-7241147004563868502015-09-02T19:15:32.673+01:002015-09-02T19:15:32.673+01:00Not to mention, I think we can agree the illegal w...Not to mention, I think we can agree the illegal war in Iraq is the biggest cause of this crisis, and I will say that environmental problems are a close second, I don't expect everyone to agree but it's what I'm saying.<br /><br />Did you watch that Songs of Praise from the refugee camp? Normally, especially as an agnostic, I find that programme boring, but it was a real testament to the human spirit, and it boggles the mind that people like Nigel Farrago had a problem with it. Who do they think "the least of these" are exactly? Not them, anyways!<br /><br />I don't like the way refugees are viewed as a burden that must be shouldered because we're nice. "Our" governments authored much of this problem and besides many refugees were highly skilled professions, some of whom could do high-level jobs in the west, and even those who find adjustment a bit harder will work like buggery just like Huguenots, Jews and Uganndan Asians.<br /><br />If this doesn't happen, it's in part because of the obscene and inexplicable restrictions New Labour placed on asylum seekers working. I remember in my Citizens' Advice days we had a lot of these people and I felt their pain at having something to offer but being artificially barred from making their contribution for no valid reason. one Iranian girl I can remember through these even years, like it was yesterday.<br /><br />It's a sad, fallen world we're in and really it's all you can do not to make it any worse.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-9790721780880162015-09-02T10:23:40.943+01:002015-09-02T10:23:40.943+01:00Nice piece Simon
I think you'll find that muc...Nice piece Simon<br /><br />I think you'll find that much of the hysteria about "migrants", many of whom are actually more accurately defined as refugees, is cooked up by the press which is owned by tax exiles, non-Doms, and citizens of other countries in the main. When you actually talk to people about the human stories behind people needing to flee their home countries they are often sympathetic. The media tries to avoid those stories coming to the fore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-79992276559303679602015-09-02T08:45:49.273+01:002015-09-02T08:45:49.273+01:00I agree with the principle that immigration has en...I agree with the principle that immigration has enhanced our country, however there does need to be borders and we need to know who is in the country. What I dislike is the idea that if you want to have this type of system you are racist which is something that you allude to in the articleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882587205045982286noreply@blogger.com