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Daily mail article, integration has failed in Germany. Aibu to agree with article?

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Mimififi · 31/07/2024 12:00

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13687565/Children-radicalised-mosques-11-knives-crime-verdict-German-child-refugee-charity-integration-failed-asylum-seekers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=

Aibu to agree to an extent?

German refugee charity warns 'integration has FAILED'

In a bombshell interview, staff at a leading youth organisation in Germany have said the continuing influx of refugees means the system is at breaking point. They called for a 'freeze' in admissions.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13687565/Children-radicalised-mosques-11-knives-crime-verdict-German-child-refugee-charity-integration-failed-asylum-seekers.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss

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Hatfullofwillow · 31/07/2024 15:35

I think integration is important, if they live in their own areas, send their children to their own schools, don't mix with people outside of their group, then that must create a mindset that puts them at odds with most people in the UK.

I am of course, talking about the very rich.

Mrsdyna · 31/07/2024 15:36

Well it has failed. It's been a disaster.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 31/07/2024 15:38

Sparklingnorthernlights · 31/07/2024 15:30

If multiculturalism is successful despite which ever party iis in power, we should have:-

Fairness
Growth and prosperity
Safety and harmony amongst all
Crime not increasing
Improvement of standard of living than previousdecades.

Please enlighten me where this is happening in the UK?

Do you think multiculturalism is the only factor in making these things happen?

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 15:38

Piggywaspushed · 31/07/2024 15:21

And what do you think caused those? And who were the rioters? Wondering why you are bringing them, and the Olympics up.

As I keep saying Google is your friend. This was huge news, if you don't know who or what caused the rights then I suggest educating yourself!

I referred these as I'm am stating that I condemn riots full stop. Both Southport & Leeds, these happened mere weeks apart.

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MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 31/07/2024 15:38

Mrsdyna · 31/07/2024 15:36

Well it has failed. It's been a disaster.

What has failed and what has been the disaster?

HappierTimesAhead · 31/07/2024 15:39

Hatfullofwillow · 31/07/2024 15:35

I think integration is important, if they live in their own areas, send their children to their own schools, don't mix with people outside of their group, then that must create a mindset that puts them at odds with most people in the UK.

I am of course, talking about the very rich.

This 💯

HowardTJMoon · 31/07/2024 15:39

@Sparklingnorthernlights do you think all of those criteria are to do with multiculturalism and not, say, 14 years of Tory mismanagement and utter shitehawkery?

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 15:42

Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:27

@Mimififi Can I just check, are you blaming a failing education system, drug use, homelessness and a failed terrorist attack on a Christmas market all on the failure of integration?

Can you point me to where I said drug use?

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Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:45

Sparklingnorthernlights · 31/07/2024 15:30

If multiculturalism is successful despite which ever party iis in power, we should have:-

Fairness
Growth and prosperity
Safety and harmony amongst all
Crime not increasing
Improvement of standard of living than previousdecades.

Please enlighten me where this is happening in the UK?

And it's all down to integration? Or multiculturalism as you put it

Ireland in the 80s was in recession, huge unemployment, huge heroin problem, high crime rates, massive emigration no immigration whatsoever. Guess what immigration is not the reason for all the issues you've listed

Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:46

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 15:42

Can you point me to where I said drug use?

Way back at the beginning of your thread you didn't say it but you agreed with the poster that did

IvyCardamom · 31/07/2024 15:46

Tootjaskoot · 31/07/2024 15:23

I think that very very many on the left are more than happy to enter into those discussions. It is very clear that there are huge problems with oppressive behaviours within many parts of many societies. And anything that poses a threat to democracy needs to be addressed. But what the left generally aren’t prepared to tolerate is a pars pro toto approach towards immigrants, because as can be seen day in day out in the news, refusal to see nuance in questions of immigration leads to more xenophobia and hateful rhetoric. Do I think there are problems relating to oppression in some parts of the Islamic faith? Yes. Does that mean I’m going to trash a neighbourhood where there is a mosque because rumour said that an awful, unforgivable criminal happened to be an immigrant? No.

It's this kind of disingenuous bigotry which is destroying any trust that moderate people previously had in the left. I'm a lifelong left winger, but I'm now totally alienated by the way people like you treat me. It's shocking to me that you think it's normal to equate my concerns with a desire to throw bricks at mosques. What do you hope to achieve? You say that 'great many' on the left are prepared to enter these discussions, but that's absolutely not been my experience in recent years. I had to leave the Labour party due to verbal & physical intimidation. When you constantly jump to hyperbolic conclusions and deploy unwarranted insults against anyone with legitimate concerns, it's actually you who comes across as the small-minded bigot. Please point me to where & how the left is tackling the behaviour of Islamist fundamentalists and their enablers (who include the police, councillors, MPs and other public servants and sections of the MSM). What's happening is utterly insidious, I really hope you can overcome your prejudice and actually start investigating this properly.

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 15:46

From what I hear Ireland is no better now. Mass discontent with government & huge riots last year in the capital after multiple children were stabbed.

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JetLagHell · 31/07/2024 15:46

IvyCardamom · 31/07/2024 15:04

Why is the left apparently so scared to confront the blatantly unjust, un-progressive, intolerant, misogynistic, abusive and in many cases, fascistic ideas and behaviours promoted within certain sections of society eg. Muslim fundamentalism? Not all of it comes from immigrants, there are also British-born fundamentalists & converts, their leftist enablers, and crossovers with other left wing, extremist, totalitarian cults such as Antifa & TRAs who obviously have many shared aims eg. misogyny, disregard for child safeguarding and a totalitarian desire to shut down peaceful, democratic free speech. People are sick of this hypocrisy on the left. You say you want a just world, but you seem extremely selective about who you think is worthy of justice & human rights.

Well done Ivy

This poster is exactly right. The hypocrisy of the enabling left makes me sick. They scream racist to shut any discussion down, and the wheel keeps turning. The discussion is not being had. The elephant in the room is not addressed and then we turn on the news to hear another massacre has occurred.

Jesus wept. How many more children and people have to die at the expense of your hypocrisy before you wake up and say ENOUGH.

Dylanesque · 31/07/2024 15:47

HappierTimesAhead · 31/07/2024 15:31

Some of the most appalling treatment of women and children has happened in the name of Catholicism.

There are practicing Muslims who find the oppression of women abhorrent and see it as nothing to do with their religion.

This is not about culture or religion or values.

It's about people who think they have a right to a particular piece or land just because they were born on it. The border around the land is entirely a man made construct. It is tribalism. Humanity at its most base.

Island borders are not man made, though I agree about land borders. However, peoples rights are linked to the past. Our parents and grandparents who worked until retirement age to help fund the fabric of society (schools, healthcare, etc) paid into that system. When people only want to take out, it leads to a broken society. Tribalism is a whole different matter, but a lot of us feel safer and happier being among people whose ways and thought processes are not dissimilar to our own

HappierTimesAhead · 31/07/2024 15:47

Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:45

And it's all down to integration? Or multiculturalism as you put it

Ireland in the 80s was in recession, huge unemployment, huge heroin problem, high crime rates, massive emigration no immigration whatsoever. Guess what immigration is not the reason for all the issues you've listed

Indeed, Scotland right now has a declining population and not enough immigration. It has massive problems with child poverty, deep divisions in society, a decline in education standards and the worst drug deaths in Europe. 'Welcome our to our Utopia'

Mrsdyna · 31/07/2024 15:48

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 31/07/2024 15:38

What has failed and what has been the disaster?

Integration. Are you on the correct thread? It's in the OP's title and post. It's the topic of discussion on this thread.

Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:50

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 12:48

This is exactly my point. I have been to Germany many times & as I said my cousin is married there. It has changed dramatically in the past 6 years. My last visit to Munich was in the Feb half term, I was shocked at the visible amount of homeless, especially elderly homeless

This post was agreeing to the post about drug use than you added homelessness

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 15:50

Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:46

Way back at the beginning of your thread you didn't say it but you agreed with the poster that did

Exactly I didn't say say it. This is the second time on this thread I've been incorrectly misquoted. Typical left tactic, really enjoy calling you lot out!

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HappierTimesAhead · 31/07/2024 15:50

Dylanesque · 31/07/2024 15:47

Island borders are not man made, though I agree about land borders. However, peoples rights are linked to the past. Our parents and grandparents who worked until retirement age to help fund the fabric of society (schools, healthcare, etc) paid into that system. When people only want to take out, it leads to a broken society. Tribalism is a whole different matter, but a lot of us feel safer and happier being among people whose ways and thought processes are not dissimilar to our own

People's rights are linked to the past, correct.

People living in countries that Britain colonised (raped and pillaged for years) are far less able to access their human rights because of the past and curent actions of this 'great nation state'.

TinklySnail · 31/07/2024 15:50

I think integration is key in any country. Learn the lingo, follow their laws, rules and customs.
I don’t think that’s much to ask for but it seems like it is for some.

dottiehens · 31/07/2024 15:51

HowardTJMoon · 31/07/2024 15:39

@Sparklingnorthernlights do you think all of those criteria are to do with multiculturalism and not, say, 14 years of Tory mismanagement and utter shitehawkery?

In Germany? Righto.

Mimififi · 31/07/2024 15:52

Dulra · 31/07/2024 15:45

And it's all down to integration? Or multiculturalism as you put it

Ireland in the 80s was in recession, huge unemployment, huge heroin problem, high crime rates, massive emigration no immigration whatsoever. Guess what immigration is not the reason for all the issues you've listed

https://www.foxnews.com/world/why-ireland-boiling-point-mass-immigration

Ireland sounds like a real beacon of hope @Dulra. The riots after the poor little children in Dublin were stabbed were horrific & the footage went global

Here's why Ireland is at boiling point over mass immigration

Hundreds of protests in towns have sprung up in Ireland with people calling on the government to end what they say is an "open borders" globalist agenda that is putting the needs of migrants ahead of its citizens.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/why-ireland-boiling-point-mass-immigration

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MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 31/07/2024 15:52

Mrsdyna · 31/07/2024 15:48

Integration. Are you on the correct thread? It's in the OP's title and post. It's the topic of discussion on this thread.

Oh OK. You're talking about integration in Germany specifically. It wasn't 100% clear from your post as the thread has obviously moved on quite a lot.

HappierTimesAhead · 31/07/2024 15:53

dottiehens · 31/07/2024 15:51

In Germany? Righto.

The thread has been a wider debate than just integration in Germany
Edit to say wrong quote!

EasternStandard · 31/07/2024 15:53

Jubileetime · 31/07/2024 14:57

A big problem with what is happening just now is the debate is shut down and views dismissed as far right, the difference in the comments and the voting is very interesting

Yes think this kind of vote v comment situation on mn won’t make it go away.

Fine people might just click yanbu and not post due to backlash but that doesn’t stop the issue growing

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