I would need to disagree, the UK has applied a very selective immigration policy. An independent country can do what it pleases, however, when you are bound to a union with benefits then that comes with responsibilities, too. One can hardly say that East Europeans constituted asylum seekers, especially not post 2000. However, policy of the European union, with its subscription to uphold human rights and foster humanitarian aid, is to at least investigate whether asylum claims are valid. The UK has refused and "opted out" of most asylum programs and rather watches how other European nations are "burdened". Instead it enjoys granting visa to educated Indians, Russians, what have you. UK policy is to "let the other European countries deal with the "dirt" and the educated crop is welcome to apply in the UK. That has nothing whatsoever to do with solidarity. In that the rest of Europe should be much more vocal in rebuking UK complaints about a few thousand asylum seekers that cross the channel.
Thats not true, the UK wants to be part of Europe. And you guys can leave when your referendum comes up. Free choice mate, until then your own people chose to be part of Europe and should not behave like some assholes. Your bunch already are the rowdiest, whether you make it for vacation in Spain or to any other football match around the world. It is just a perfect reflection of your gross disrespect for others.
The uk is adding a citys worth of people per year, as you have previously mentioned the uk was open to mass immigration long before germany had any solidarity with its nabours, that does not mean they have to remain open to it indefinitely. The strain on public services is real and those against it are looking beyond economics. There are problems with integration etc
yes it adds a 10,000 of asylum seekers a year, Germany 170,000+. if 10k constitutes a city in the UK then you are correct.
583,000 people immigrated to the UK in the year ending June 2014. Germany can do what it pleases, the desire to be an independent country is rising and will continue to rise across europe until it reaches breaking point and another structure imposed upon the people comes crashing down.
you are completely going off topic. The point here is asylum seekers not immigrants. And your government bitched and complained as if the few thousand that made it across the channel was any hardship to deal with. Its simply preposterous. How is the attitude of Brits any different from your average Greek? Gimme, gimme, gimme. But hardly any sense of responsibility and solidarity.
Do you think the uk would have the same attitude towards the current asylum seekers if the pressure from eu immigration were not so big? Its not off topic you moron its a factor shaping the topic. My idiot government is already bending over backwards to accommodate european policy. With pressure from the british people to cut the numbers coming into the country its now looking to “significantly reduce” the number of skilled workers coming to britain from outside europe, meaning a jobless benefit seeker from europe has priority over a skilled worker of benefit from outside of it, yea great.
bending over backward? How so? What are you little dwarf really suffering from? Has the German giant inflicted any damage on you or are you not enjoying free travel, free choice of residence and work place, harmonization of regulations and rules? Only one can be true. And Sheda, you gotta learn to understand what democracy means: You are not alone in the UK. You gotta learn to respect majority opinion and majority vote. Its not that hard. Let me know if you need recommendations for books on basic political science. Some study of philosophy does not hurt either. There are some great German thinkers. Not everything from Germany is evil. And I feel compassion for the loss of your forefathers through German soldiers. Let history not repeat itself. Germany and Germans ensured it won't happen again. Time to maybe work on your anger and hatred towards Germans? You can hate me as much as you like but maybe its time you overthink your hatred for a whole nation.