International Migrants Day

"Instead, they encouraged states to clamp down on critics in the name of 'hate speech'."

Of course they did, they are totalitarians who brook no disputation. If they could, they would imprison every person who spoke ill of them, the UN, the EU and any "programs" they favor. It would be a close run thing for them to stop at prison and re-education programs.

I was reading yesterday how Amazon is opening cashier-less grocery stores. As well, many fast food stores are moving to robotic and kiosks; automation and the decline of unskilled jobs is already happening and will continue. In light of that, what jobs will these uneducated, unskilled "migrants" do? Are we merely bring in another dependent class of people that will vote liberal/progressive? Being a cynic, I suspect that is the motivation of these left-wing politicians.

Immigration and the Global Compact is one way traffic. We only hear about how migrants leave their homes in the developing nations of Africa and Asia to reach the rich western democracies Given the population growth in Africa and Asia it is clearly inconceivable that in the 21st century tens of millions of people with different cultures and religions can arrive illegally and expect a better life in the USA, Europe and Australia already unable to cope with growing inequality, social unrest and econmies facing the transfer of economic power to the Asian giants. The only solution must be to stop mass illegal migration, which will ultimately destroy our own societies, attempt to end the corruption and despotic regimes and invest in the developing nations to improve the living standards of the people

We continually hear about the enormous benefits that migrants have brought to the UK. Could someone explain what these are?

Not one of these hypocrites has to live in an area heavily populated by "migrants"!
They are the biggest hypocrites on the planet!

The displaced, and ignored native citizens of host societies are increasingly becoming aware that some unseen and undeclared force is in control of the UN. Blatant propaganda like this "International Migrants Day" only causes the native citizens to become more concerned and ultimately, through the political process, will hasten the end of the UN.

When I see the UN sponsoring an "International Native Citizen Day" intended to recognise the significant financial, welfare and infrastructure contributions that first world native citizens have made to third world migrants, then, maybe I will change my mind on this issue. Until then, my taxes just keep rising to pay for social welfare and infrastructure to accommodate more and more migrants. That many of these migrants have no intention of sharing my culture but expect the social welfare and material benefits originally intended for the native taxpaying citizens serves to offend the host citizens even more.We in the first world were never asked if we wanted to share our nation's wealth, wealth built up by our forebears, with third world migrants. Some of these migrants even believe that we native citizens must ultimately convert (submit) to their religious dogma and political system, be taxed by them, or worse, put to death for refusing conversion or taxation.

We in the first world have paid, and paid, and paid and still our taxes keep rising to increase the infrastructure and social services now overwhelmed by mass migration from the third world. When ever we speak out on this transgression of natural justice, we are howled down as racists. Recidivist protestors and commentators are charged with inciting racial hatred under draconian laws intended to limit free speech. Because of such laws, migration from third world societies has now caused a form of tyranny in the host nations as in, taxation without open discussion and political representation. And our Governments wonder why the native citizens have lost faith in the political process and are becoming ever more restless!

The first step in overcoming the diminishing social cohesion in first world nations is to ignore the UN. We must re-establish our civilisational values and culture. Rather than change our first world society into something resembling where they came from, any migrants who don't formally accept our first world values should be returned to where ever they came from.

In all of human history, multiculturalism has never worked. Humans are hard wired to respond to "kin recognition". The more the UN, or those faceless people behind it, try to impose third world migrants, particularly hostile and religiously opportunistic migrants upon first world host societies, the more pressure builds for a strong negative reaction. Unfortunately, that strong reaction will come with the next global economic depression.

International Migrants Day is nothing but a political whitewash for failed multiculturalism, which Nicholas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, David Cameron all claimed was a failure. The secular and religious media which does not tell the complete story will support it, while the public continue to be beguiled.
A good article. Keep them coming. More of this truth-telling with facts is desperately needed.

What are they afraid of?

I am in the UK and I can tell you first hand what they're afraid of as their worst nightmares have come into fruition, they lost the election, their influence within parliament has massively diminished with life long Labour voters turning to the Conservatives in desperation. They have thwarted Brexit at every hurdle and thankfully the public saw through their treachery, to such an extent that the only power they now have is to invent 'Fake News' to discredit our home secretary (Priti Patel) aided by the civil service, but their biggest fear is the charisma of Boris Johnson.
The smear campaigns on Johnson began from day one, as is with his personal adviser, 'Dominic Cummings'. The left have much to answer for what they've done to indigenous people, and they got their comeuppance at the ballot box. Seeing their pain of losing control is both warming, and heartening, in fact it restores my faith in humanity knowing that people have finally woken up.

The UN is a globalist anti-Christian organization that should be disbanded, and the USA could do that by stopping all funding and leaving this communist platform.

I am also a refugee, I went from my home town Amsterdam to Central Europe to escape the drugs, killings and third-world mentality. Yes, I like it here, I can leave the door to my home unlocked and my cars too. I'll never return.

One question that nobody happens to ask is - Why should those that mass migrated from, often very antagonistic cultures, 'integrate' in the first place?

What they do obviously works, free money, no demands whatsoever, and all it takes to brush off any criticism is accusing their critics of some sort of '-ism'.

We've seen this pattern over and over again, often taught or assisted by many of our beloved NGO's.

I remember when the earth had 2 billion people. Today they count almost 8 billion despite western states having controlled their population by equality to women and birth control. The population scale part way down with heavy overpopulation they can't feed, educate, employ have a heavy safety valve: emigration/invasion of western states. Global warning -- he main reason is overpopulation, everything else is added problems only. Egypt a case in point the hundred million baby was just born in upper Egypt, a country mostly desert with a thin valley with the dwindling waters of Nile river. Egypt will never be able to control its population unless forced to it by not letting anyone migrate out. It's harsh horrible but necessary.

'What are they afraid of?'

Simple answer is that most respective administrations, EU and UN officials are in fear of the exposure by fed-up citizens taking it to the streets in mass protests against what was brought over them without a say in the matters. Like the Yellow Vests did in France. And they fear backlashes at the ballot boxes during elections to come in favor of so-called populists.

There is one major exception though - which is Germany!

Merkel has NO fear at all of her citizens and, with full support of mainstream media's leftist journalists and editors-in-chief well-disposed, feels totally unassailable. By allowing unconstitutional, unabated and un-vetted mass immigration from mainly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Africa officials deliberately created a fierce enemy within for existing society.

The Antifa, funded with taxpayers' money under the radar, more and more turns into what the former SA was during the 1920s, 1930s (or former East German communist troopers): a violent mob attacking and bullying any opposition demonstrating in the streets, often under the eyes of or even with support from police forces. At the same time there is, in the name of anti-fascism and racism, an unprecedented smear campaign ongoing against any political and civil opposition, tagging them as racists, Nazis and xenophobes. Anyone in loud protest against ongoing political conviction terror is at risk of getting removed from organizations and jobs in public as well as private sectors.

There can be no doubt that if one day angry citizens stand up they will get brutally and bloodily crushed - in analogy to the 1953 or 1968 uprisings behind the iron curtain.
The agenda of Merkel and her likes? Entire transformation of the biggest EU country into a leftist autocracy. It is fair to say that by now the 1990 revolution's outcome is mostly reversed and East Germany virtually annexed the western part. Former statesmen turn in their graves with disgust!

Leave it up to the U.N. to screw up!

Thank you for calling out the hypocrisy and staggering denial of the EU leadership on the problems of Muslim migration, much needed reporting. I believe over 100 explosions counting grenades in Sweden last year and at least two in January 2020.
From what I read and the independent blogger group, Todd Bensman's numbers seem too low. If he's using mainstream stats, we must remember the authorities are covering the crimes and under-reporting or using the word Asian or Swedish born to avoid the word Muslim.
Raymond Ibrahim mentions that not only are there Jihadis and moderates but also a group he terms as sleepers, blending in for years or more before acting out.

Many of the common people of Europe are suffering terribly under the conditions of large migrant groups in their areas, a great tragedy.
A Grooming gang was discovered in Oulu Finland in Dec 2018, multiple perps and multiple victims. Anne Marie Waters very recently reports a grooming gang discovered in Glasgow Scotland,. One young lady committed suicide after her assaults, imagine her hopelessness and trauma.

Why don't Islamic countries take in their own, as suggested by the Syrian Patriarch. The could use Israel as an example on how to make a state prosperous even if the majority of that state is desert land. Israel should be a guiding light of what one can do with their country if the mind is set on prosperity and providing a decent life for their people not on war against Israel.

Good article. They say it will take decades to get rid of these Middle Eastern crime gangs; the so called experts can't even get rid of the already existing ones! As for the professor of globalisation and development, he would be better off serving his tenure at the flat earth society. Do any of these people have a clue?

Mental gymnastics never cease to amaze me. Remarkable how Mr. Vitorino managed to be correct while still painting himself as part of the solution rather than the problem by shining a light at the altruism behind it all and speeding through the issue: "when well managed". Open borders ISN'T managing. Chalking up any mention of assimilation as racist, xenophobic or bigoted ISN'T managing. Migrants ARE often a scapegoat because they didn't osmose their way through "well managed" borders; they're given entry and a myriad of other benefits in the name of intersectionality by the root cause of this, as well as many, if not most other contemporary social issues, racial tensions, "sex wars", "gender wars", historical revisionism, to name a few: the rampaging, fact denying, progressive left. Poorly assimilated immigrants can bring problems to any society but socialists will always be more than able to ruin a country all by themselves, with no need for help from without.

In short, no, not every refugee is bad, but without exception, every socialist state, despite the very best of intentions at the time of its establishment, devolved into a nightmare of a failed social experiment whom only people without first hand experience can stomach to defend.

Migrations for secured and legal works are benefits for both the sides, worker and employer. Migrations under criminal pressures are problems to be resolved, in the destination countries and in the origin countries, where the dialog with governments that could be criminal or not able to collaborate is very very difficult or impossible.