[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

There's a fundamental misunderstanding, really, that anyone who is against mistreatment if human beings "wants open borders and to let anyone in!!!"

No.

We shouldn't have open borders, it's impossible to accept all asylum seekers let alone other immigrants. That's true. Here's the thing though;

You don't have to be vicious about it.

The jeering, spitefulness and hatred directed at migrants themselves is completely unnecessary. No it's not possible for the world to move to Europe and solutions need to be found... But if it was any of us in one of these struggling countries, we would be doing the exact same thing.

We don't have to abandon empathy and compassion in order to control our borders. People can be turned away considerately without resorting to bleating "nyyyeeeerrrrrr dirty get back to yer own country!!".

Well yes more than likely, but then when people echo the same sentiment in that they want their kids to go to local schools, they want services that they pay for to be workable and not stretched beyond breaking point, they want to travel to work in relative comfort not be squished nose to nose with fellow travellers, elderly people want to live in an area they recognise and that they feel comfortable in and not alien, in other words they want to maintain a decent quality of life, the racist card is pulled out of the hat, this empathy only seems to work one way for some