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@existentialbro Not sure about who you've met, but I work daily with refugees and while they are poor (seeing as how they left just about everything behind) saying that a vast majority are "economic migrants" is just a steaming pile of something nasty.
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@existentialbro At least the UNHCR mentions that it's only a "smaller proportion" that are migrants: »The majority of people arriving in Italy and Greece especially have been from countries mired in war or which otherwise are considered to be ‘refugee-producing’ and for whom international protection is needed. However, a smaller proportion is from elsewhere, and …
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@existentialbro It's obvious you are not considering these issues rationally and base your opinions on subjective ideas, emotions and vague figures without any factual references. People who have managed to get out of their countries as part of economic migration are generally educated or at least skilled people (except maybe the young children who come along) and hav…
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@existentialbro The "housing crisis" in Sweden is btw due to centralisation in larger cities (I live in one of those) draining the villages not along Sweden's coastline. Actually - fun fact - the villages have thanks to newcomers often gained economically and socially thanks to all these new people coming to Sweden. Outside of the large cities there are so many empty …
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@existentialbro Oh and to comment on that article you linked, which you annotated »There is that or being forced into the black economy.» That article discusses what happens in the horrible situations _before_ coming into Europe. That article mentions nothing regarding black market, modern slavery or anything else after coming ashore on European mainland. So if you …
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@existentialbro Oh, and I'm also a proponent of making people lose their jobs quicker. Either through more automation - not having to work as much - or just working less. How about not working - or doing related tasks - for more than 1/3 of our lives, huh? Arguing that "people lose their jobs" is pretty lame according to me, as I argue that people shouldn't have to work...
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@existentialbro If there's anything I hate personally it's statements that say "you are wrong!" without an explanation.
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