The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
Questions tagged [immigration]
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Do illegal immigrants in the US get a bus ticket to wherever they have family or friends?
According to a Fox News account of a recent influx of illegal immigrants at the US-Mexico border:
They have been instructed by the "coyote" who ferried them across the river for an exorbitant fee – as much as $1,000 – to simply wait for the Border…
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Has immigration from Eastern Europe impacted UK youth unemployment?
MigrationWatch UK is a think-tank that argues for lower immigration levels into the UK.
In a 2012 Briefing Paper they claimed:
Youth unemployment in the UK increased by almost 450,000 in the
period from 2004 Q1 to 2011 Q3, from 575,000 to…
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Is Britain's housing crisis caused by migrants?
In the Sunday Times on 26th November 2017, journalist Rod Liddle makes a case for our need to build new houses being exclusively due to immigration. He claims that the demand for new houses is not due to the British birth rate, which is 1.79…
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Is Hungary's border fence with Serbia (almost) entirely electrified?
The BBC (March, 2019) says Hungary's border fence with Serbia consists of "170 km of electrified barbed wire" (at 0:30-0:35 in the video). 170km is basically the whole length of the border between these countries, and the BBC phrasing strongly…
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In USA the foreign-born are only a fifth as likely to be incarcerated as the native-born?
An article in the Economist from last year, arguing for open borders says:
If lots of people migrated from war-torn Syria, gangster-plagued Guatemala or chaotic Congo, would they bring mayhem with them? It is an understandable fear (and one that…
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Do almost half of Londoners think that cutting immigration would help London's housing crisis?
As a Christmas present on the 25th I just got a leaflet from UKIP in my post stating that
44% of Londoners say that cutting EU immigration would help solve the
London housing crisis.
There are no references on the leaflet except for a…
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Are a third of the crimes in Italy committed by migrants?
The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is being criticized after numerous racist assaults happened after he introduced his anti-immigration policy:
Italian Far Right's Salvini Under Fire After Black Athlete Hurt in Attack (NYTimes).
Asked…
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Are there 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States?
With immigration reform being a hot political topic in 2012 I am seeing a lot of reports that throw around numbers. The one I see cited most often is that there are 12 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States (as of…
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Did Obama have a policy of "separating [migrant] families"?
Politfact says,
While the Obama administration's immigration approach was not without controversy, it’s simply untrue to say he had a policy of separating families.
Did any policy though result in separating families?
The Trump administration's…
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Could a foreign head of government be inadmissible to the US because of past drug use?
From the Guardian:
Michael Gove’s admission that he took cocaine 20 years ago has triggered speculation that if he were to become the next British prime minister, he could be banned from visiting the US.
The embarrassing prospect of a future prime…
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Does the Caravan have Middle Easterners?
President Trump just tweeted this:
Sadly, it looks like Mexico’s Police and Military are unable to stop the Caravan heading to the Southern Border of the United States. Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in. I have alerted Border…
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Does George Soros support plans for immigrants flows into Europe?
The idea that Geoge Soros and his Open Society Foundation is promoting the flows of immigrants into Europe is often cited as one of the main reasons why these flows exist and are not stopping anytime soon.
In this article, for instance, Hungary’s …
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Are these images showing the European refugee migration to North Aftrica during world war 2?
I recently encountered the following images in Facebook with the caption:
"These aren't Syrians, Libyans or Africans; they are Europeans trying to get to North Africa during the last world war. So, next time you think of closing the borders you…
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Are 80% of migrant unaccompanied children in Sweden adults?
The following statement is found in many far-right websites like Gateway Pundit:
80% of the so-called children were actually adults
Is it true that 80% of unaccompanied children refugees arriving in Sweden are actually adults? I find it very hard…
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Does immigration have a positive economical impact on Sweden?
DN.se made an article(2013-06-13) about immigrants contributing economically more than the cost.
Immigration is a very hot topic in Sweden, and Sweden have a very high number of refugees.
In 2009, Sweden had the fourth largest number of asylum…
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