Back in November 2013, I posted a link to an interview with the highly regarded Professor Paul Davies, about his latest book on immigration and diversity (Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World). I remember it caused quite a stir at the time.
Simon says:
A Youtube video, "Welcome to Sweden" by the quirky En Blatte Talar, himself an immigrant to Sweden, this time with concerns of the hosts of immigrants. These concerns are shared by large majorities (upwards of 70%) in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US. In short, in all countries that are taking sizeable numbers of immigrants. But these concerns are routinely ignored or scorned by the media and les bien pensants in those countries ("populism, nativism", doncha know).
Blatte Talar asks:
Davies' key findings: That immigration is great for the individual immigrant, probably neutral for the host country and very bad for the source country. And as for "diversity", too much of it and trust in the community breaks down.Along the same lines, Celestine Bohlen wrote an article in the New York Times, in which she quotes Binian Simon, a 43-year old Eritrean journalist in exile, who has a message for Eritreans back home who are considering the journey across the Mediterranean: "Stay Home".
Simon says:
“When the young people leave, old people and children are left on their own, with no one to support them,” he said. “The family is collapsing. And looking at the bigger picture, there are no young people left to oppose the government.”And yesterday I came across two other articles, on the anti-immigration side:
A Youtube video, "Welcome to Sweden" by the quirky En Blatte Talar, himself an immigrant to Sweden, this time with concerns of the hosts of immigrants. These concerns are shared by large majorities (upwards of 70%) in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US. In short, in all countries that are taking sizeable numbers of immigrants. But these concerns are routinely ignored or scorned by the media and les bien pensants in those countries ("populism, nativism", doncha know).
Blatte Talar asks:
What is life like in Sweden? "The politicians are participating in a chicken race of “goodness” where everybody tries to one-up each other in caring for the citizens of OTHER countries while Swedish retirees, school children, handicapped and other vulnerable categories of people are thorougly ignored."On the slightly more hysterical end of the debate this article in American Thinker, admittedly a blog at the somewhat loony end of the right, but still with some good points.
