who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
Jul 23rd 2009, 6:18 am
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Jul 23rd 2009, 6:40 am
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
Interesting point: imagine that Australia had open borders with the whole of South East Asia, no restrictions on immigration and no pre-selection of those arriving - just a bucketload of people coming in unchecked, some with incomplete criminal records checks.
That would be the UK and the EU then.........so finally the UK wakes up, puts in place a decent immigration system aimed at selective migration. Unfortunately the system only deals with the rest of the world with which it does not have its hands tied......there is still the unchecked migration from the EU....or at least there was, until the pound went south.......and stuck in the middle of all of this are people from Australia, a country that will freely accept migrants from all areas selectively.
The dichotomy is the relationship with the EU, open borders etc vs the restrictions placed on others....of course, if you went to another EU country and got citizenship there, you could walk into the UK any time you liked......!!!!
That would be the UK and the EU then.........so finally the UK wakes up, puts in place a decent immigration system aimed at selective migration. Unfortunately the system only deals with the rest of the world with which it does not have its hands tied......there is still the unchecked migration from the EU....or at least there was, until the pound went south.......and stuck in the middle of all of this are people from Australia, a country that will freely accept migrants from all areas selectively.
The dichotomy is the relationship with the EU, open borders etc vs the restrictions placed on others....of course, if you went to another EU country and got citizenship there, you could walk into the UK any time you liked......!!!!
Jul 23rd 2009, 6:40 am
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Jul 23rd 2009, 12:56 pm
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
C,mon the jocks....and I am sure that the 2% are tip-top emigrants any country would be proud to welcome.....point I was making is that the UK has been organising its emigration policy with one hand, a foot and a couple of fingers of the other hand tied behind its back as a result of the EU policies...and 40 million Europeans in the UK would be interesting...think the figs look a little suss!!
Jul 23rd 2009, 1:12 pm
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
Like it does with New Zealand citizens you mean?
Approximately 2% of the Australian population were born in NZ - the equivalent would be about 1.2 million EU born residents in the UK.
Another way to look at it - the number of NZ citizens living in Australia is equivalent to about 10% of the popluation living in NZ itself. If that situation was replicated for the EU and the UK there might be 40M+ EU residents living in the UK (not counting UK citizens of course).
Approximately 2% of the Australian population were born in NZ - the equivalent would be about 1.2 million EU born residents in the UK.
Another way to look at it - the number of NZ citizens living in Australia is equivalent to about 10% of the popluation living in NZ itself. If that situation was replicated for the EU and the UK there might be 40M+ EU residents living in the UK (not counting UK citizens of course).
Jul 23rd 2009, 1:15 pm
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
Now that's emigration.........!
Jul 23rd 2009, 10:05 pm
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
You need migrants to do the jobs the very work shy locals are not prepared to do
Jul 23rd 2009, 10:16 pm
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
bet you spend a few more 10's of thousands setting up and getting a job, so hey mr swan will get some revenue.
keep letting them in as most are only long term tourists with a posh visa anyway, quantas are reported to be making a fortune out of brits heading home. just think of all the taxes involved with flights nowadays
keep letting them in as most are only long term tourists with a posh visa anyway, quantas are reported to be making a fortune out of brits heading home. just think of all the taxes involved with flights nowadays
Jul 24th 2009, 5:11 am
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
I love contentious threads where the OP starts & is never seen again!
Jul 24th 2009, 5:32 am
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
Blimey, I didn't realise we still needed one to get in!
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Jul 24th 2009, 5:52 am
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Re: who thinks immigration should let poms in ?
Unfortunately some div in the Scottish Office or immigration didn't check some of the EU entrants and there have been 2 fairly grisly murders and several rapes etc across Scotland in the last 3 years committed by individuals with clearly dodgy criminal records (previous murder, rape, manslaughter convictions).......
of course, that couldn't happen here, cos you can't change your name if you have a criminal conviction or are a bikie.....
