So why not limit public housing to UK/EU citizens? If it already is, and these immigrants that you're griping about are also citizens, then this boils down to "white ants good, brown ants bad".Plavt wrote:I really do not see this working; in the UK there is insufficient housing for its resident population. A great number of families who cannot buy their own homes live in accommodation that is too small with little chance of being allocated a council house (public housing which is rented). The situation has already been made worse by immigrants since this housing is allocated on a points scheme.
I think your assessment of people's propensity to migrate is rather exaggerated. In terms of visas and such there is already very little stopping Japanese and Korean women from leaving their countries... how come so few do?In addition if people were allowed to go where they please I for one foresee The Philippines becoming a wasteland, a large proportion of Japanese females making a bee-line for the US and UK likewise most of the female population of the Korean Republic doing the same.
It already is, just look at all the big-hair taitais in Paragon on weekends *bada-boom-crash*. But seriously, would the Indonesians keep on coming once it became apparent that there are no more jobs? Why aren't Batam and Bintan completely swamped, even though the factories (and whorehouses) there provide jobs that are scarce in many other parts of the archipelago?Singapore would be full of Indonesians.
Maybe a good idea but then 'do-gooders' would start yelping about racial equality a situation that is not going to change whether I like it or not. The only sensible course of action is to limit the number of immigrants.jpatokal wrote: So why not limit public housing to UK/EU citizens? If it already is, and these immigrants that you're griping about are also citizens, then this boils down to "white ants good, brown ants bad".
Simply not true Japanese and Koreans can visas to study in the Uk and permits to work (usually with restrictions) but often have a hard time renewing them.I think your assessment of people's propensity to migrate is rather exaggerated. In terms of visas and such there is already very little stopping Japanese and Korean women from leaving their countries... how come so few do?
Singapore would be full of Indonesians.
I think it more accurate to say you have a large proportion of Indonesians in Singapore. At this distance I have no idea what number and no information on Batam and Bintan (areas I don't know.) As for the question; 'would the Indonesians keep on coming once there it became apparent there are no more jobs?' I would say that is debatable since it does not always register in the minds of some that emigration is not the answer. You could be right though.It already is, just look at all the big-hair taitais in Paragon on weekends *bada-boom-crash*. But seriously, would the Indonesians keep on coming once it became apparent that there are no more jobs? Why aren't Batam and Bintan completely swamped, even though the factories (and whorehouses) there provide jobs that are scarce in many other parts of the archipelago?
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