Answered by Nick Ryan
Well, right across Europe right-wing (and far-right) political
parties are gaining in the polls. Switzerland's anti-immigrant
Peoples Party holds the largest vote in that country. This kind of
sentiment... Show more »Well, right across Europe right-wing (and far-right) political
parties are gaining in the polls. Switzerland's anti-immigrant
Peoples Party holds the largest vote in that country. This kind of
sentiment -- why not freeze or even kick out immigrants -- plays to
the gallery well. Heck, Italy is now deporting Romanians it says are
living illegally, after claims they're involved in a number of
crimes. The trouble is that such pub-borne comments make little sense
in reality: who would run the health services, the cleaning, the IT
jobs, the plumbing even (!) if we just froze all immigration. The
economy of this nation and others are built on immigration. Business
can't just stop using immigration and cut off from the rest of the
world. Better for our politicians to be honest in this debate,
instead of landing cheap shots on one another.
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