Thousands stranded at border between Poland and Belarus

[Shaul]

Thousands of desperate people are stranded on the border between Poland and Belarus. With cold temperatures coming this could be disastrous.

Poland-Belarus border: What you need to know about the crisis

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Maybe they should've tried breaking into a country with a warmer climate? Honestly, I only feel bad for any children dragged into this mess.

 

[Truthseeker]

There needs a free flow of immigrants, but the "president" of Belarus and Putin behind him, I believe, is using the immigration problem to their own advantage.

 

[Aštra’el]

There needs a free flow of immigrants.

Why?

 

[Truthseeker]

Why?

Think about the poor immigrants and what they are fleeing from. There are exceptions, but in most instances immigrants are in need in some way. It is only the selfishness of rich countries and xenophobia that has the immigrants shut out. Mankind is one.

 

[Shaul]

Think about the poor immigrants and what they are fleeing from. There are exceptions, but in most instances immigrants are in need in some way. It is only the selfishness of rich countries and xenophobia that has the immigrants shut out. Mankind is one.

I find your argument weak and could arguably hurt these “immigrants” more than help them. Framing the issue as based in class is unfounded.

 

[Truthseeker]

It's not about class for me. For decades immigrants came to America, and few cared about how poor they were. The US did fine during that time, though for a while it was hard for the immigrants as they worked hard, low-paying jobs usually. My wife's grandfathers died early, one from working the coal mines, and the other I forget how exactly but it involved going from inside a freezer and out into warmer air. By the next generation my wife's mother and father were living comfortably.

The immigrants in the end help the country they are going to, and if conditions are tough at first they apply themselves and make a life for themselves or their children. Back in the country they lived in in some cases they were mired in whatever circumstances they found themselves in and never got out.

The reason that immigration slowed down was prejudice towards race for the most part.