What are your thoughts on worldwide immigration?

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

That.

They can come to my house and I'll keep them safe and fed.

I know people have hateful thoughts about it. But c'mon, they're people, like all of us. I know what it's like to lose everything and people turn their back when you truly need them. I can't imagine going through what others do and having no where to turn. It's inhumane.

I know it's not that simple and there is no perfect solution, but barbed wire and hate are not the solution.

Why are humans so greedy when they have plenty?

What you're describing here are refugees, not just immigrants. And yes, I believe we and all modern, advanced, civilized countries have an obligation each year to take in refugees.

I wonder whose responsibility it is to take care of all the people displaced by no fault of their own besides being born in a war torn place. It is alarming how many people are displaced regularly.
Maybe countries do not have a legal responsibility to take care of these people, but what about human responsibility? Where is that? Why can't organisations set up for decades geared towards humanitarian services not come together, to come up with a solution? Why can't religious organisations do the same? A lot of them have access to ridiculous amounts of funds. I don't understand why little is being done about it.

Sigh, if only it was that easy. Fleeing war or places with high risk of natural disasters seems logical and reasonable to me but I openly say that I hate how far economic migration got. Huge amounts of people leave places with gorgeus nature and push themselves into big cities where the infrastructure is failing, rent is enormous and pollution increases. I know that it's often bacause of politics and the feelings of helplessness in places where everything seems backwards and insufficient but it can't go on like that forever. If only there was a way to improve the quality of life in more places so that the wealth could be distributed geographically more evenly.

I say this as someone who has volunteered in shelters, with homeless. I used to get angry at right-wingers who claimed that we put others ahead of citizens who are struggling or homeless. After volunteering for the last 30 years and seeing even veterans in our kitchens, I feel that before we give anything to anyone else, we need to make sure that our citizens who are in need are fed and provided with housing. It kills me that in a city of billionaires, there are even folks with children, sleeping on the streets.

Yes, I believe every country and every individual with a surplus of goods necessary to sustain life has an ethical duty to shelter and care for the less fortunate. The UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is a basic global standard.

It cannot be left to individual states to interpret . . international problems require an international response.

I just can't right now... I'm hurting...

Hurting because animals have an easier time of getting away from abuse than people.

Hurting because perfectly good food is thrown into trash cans, locked behind closed gates rather than being given to the homeless or people who don't have enough food to eat.

Hurting because a document is the sole reason why so many people are trapped in countries that are dangerous for them - even in "safe" countries.

Hurting because the very people who are supposed to keep people safe from abuse do not.

We are all one nation - one planet .

Although, in saying that, i feel we are a divided species.
Not by nation or colour or ethnicity ....but creed: personal creed, religious creed, political creed, humanitarian creed - or the lack thereof 😔

Or is it greed?......or maybe fear?🤔
Needless greed and fear.

Immigrants take nothing from us. They are not the ones to blame for misplaced or mismanaged government protocols.

I do feel that untill we give up this stupid notion of 'nationality' being one of our primary identifiers, we will always see 'imigrants' painted with a tar brush, rather than what they really are: people who deserve a decent life, and are willing to help be part of another countries ecconomy and culture - while bringing some of their own.

I part envy the aid they get, but also realize their struggles are way beyond those i have had.

I would wish that, should i need it, the same effort would be applied to me. So i dont begrudge them anything .

Should we have a global standard?
- well yeah. But we should also already have a global standard for human rights, standard of living,.. safety etc.

Which we don't.
We don't even have decent national standards for each nation.

We can't expect any sort of world wide "anything" untill we get our shit together as a 'World'😔

I dont think a country HAS any obligation to take anyone in. But i do think we, as people, have a moral obligation to help those who need it.

The worst part of all this mess is .....the greedy and the insane.
Immigration wouldn't be such a hassle if we didn't have extremists.

But then, we wouldn't NEED immigration AT ALL, if we didn't have the extremists forcing the problem in the first place.

According to United States law those seeking asylum must be allowed in,as it should be.
Honestly I don't see a global standard emerging

The US does have an obligation to take in those displaced as a result of governmental actions. Like the wars in Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

No, because such things will gamed and exploited much like how our generous country allows people to seek asylum here. Currently that is being exploited and many illegal migrants are staying in this country after falsely claiming the need for asylum.

If you want to help people you should do that. Feel free to donate your time, money and resources to whomever you wish to assist.

The rest of us are not obligated. It's always the Western countries that have to deal with this. Russia, China, India etc do not have this problem.

I feel my country could do a whole lot more.. But the government as been disgraceful with its actions so far. It would be good if every country pitched in. But I don't see that happening any time soon.

All countries need to start acting as a whole planet, supporting each other and the disaster ridden....thinking of not just the future but now and creating a fair life for everybody .

Now that I've gotten that stupid fantasy off my chest - we all know no one who could do anything cares - immigrants are no more a commodity than abortion or corn syrup .😓

Every nation is a sovereign entity. Its laws, customs, and language must be known and understood if that nation is to succeed. We do not need to import people from half a world away into our culture. They need to stay in their home region where customs and languages are similar and understood by all.

People are supposed to share the world. Equal rights and freedom to move were already the law, since WWII. It's a miracle that you folks are putting up fences again - apartheid is okay and borders are military. Nobody around understands why we don't want that. Peace is too difficult for people today - they're ready for Armageddon.

Immigration can have a great economic benefit to the host country, but should not be at the expense of the greater good of the host country.

I believe in the free movement of people regardless of circumstances.

We should all be doing more to help refugees.

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This is an emotionally charged topic. I'll say this. It would be nice to be able to help everyone, but we literally cannot--there's just not enough money and resources. Budgets are already being slashed by the state and local authorities, then everyone suffers.

I have no problem with it - besides I believe the government's strategy is working slowly but surely. 😁