What is your opinion on immigrants?
 

I am an immigrant, and most immigrants in Norway are like me, either from the Middle-East, or Muslim countries outside the Middle-East. In my city Oslo, immigrants are 20% of the population but 100% of all violent encounters I have had. The only persons to ever physically attack me or try to rob me have been immigrants from muslim countries.

Immigrants here are overrepresented on every bad statistic from rapes, to murder rates, to crime rates, to unemployment, to you name it. I feel it's the same in other European countries.

Even though I am an immigrant, my encounters throughout life with other immigrants have made my highly suspicious and critical of immigrants. I have grown to dislike different ethnic groups, yes even Arabs especially from North-Africa. And I can understand why the Japanese don't want immigrants in their country.

Are immigrants in your country just as bad as here in Norway? And do you dislike immigrants in general?

the reason immigrants are often associated with crime is because they normally don't get the opportunity to integrate into their new society, either because they're own cultural differences prevent them to, or they huddle together and alienate the natives, or the natives don't welcome them sufficiently.

I bet most crimes in peaceful arab countries are committed by foreigners also, it's got much less to do with where someone is from rather than where they are

Japan isn't against immigrants, a few are yes but generally immigrants are accepted.

Not at all . . . unless you plan on immigrating to my country any time soon, then I may have to reconsider.

.....if you leave, don't leave now......
 

Rollin' on the floor :D

Immigrants are responsible for a fair amount of the crime rate in pretty much everywhere. But that's not surprising and probably each and every one of us would be doing the same thing if we were in their situation. They come here expecting to get a decent job and the reality is far from what they'd imagined, so they end up choosing the easy way to go, make money fast, and they don't care if it's risky cause they don't have much to lose anyway.

I guess I'm ok with the current law that says you can live anywhere you want as long as you have a job there or a way of making a living. Otherwise you're out of the country and back to yours. I know it's harsh and seems Nazi-inspired, but it makes sense all in all.

Especially if they have AIDS. :rolleyes:

Considering the 22% unemployment rate in Spain, I don't blame the locals if they have something against immigrants.... I heard that the Russian mafia and the South American drug traffic have established deep roots there since I've been gone....

Europe is like a golden mine to the South American drug traffickers, it's something like a insatiable machine for drugs. Probably the connection with Russian mafia is true, maybe there are some exchanges of drugs for guns, like what Chinese mafia does in South America too. There is a enormous demand for drugs in Spain, Italy, England and some other european countries, then, it's a very atractive market to the traffickers.

I remember few years ago the police arrested some Yakuza members in my country, they were probably trying to negotiate drugs suply to send to Japan.

Gangs of New York anyone? Great movie.

Just remember, for fellow American's out there. Your ancerstors were immigrants once too- respect the newly arrived. Help them learn about the culture and make friends. At the same time, learn from their culture and try to change America back into a good place to live.

/rantoff

I don´t know...but if i can say but opinion about japan and imigrants...you know...my japanese sensei once told me..."Japanese really like foreigners if they know you left one day"...but i must say i think that japanese like foreigner...surely there are some people who don´t...but it´s everywhere...but from my expirience...to me, everyone in japan were so kind and helpfull...bnut it´s only my opinion...:)

Even though it is specific to America and addresses Black-White-Hispanic issues rather than immigrant issues and is NOT considered politically-correct by those who vehemently believe that all data indicating a higher rate of crime attributed to a particular ethnic group (or race) can be explained away by prejudiced police (or police system) and/or poverty, some may still wish to read this book "The Color of Crime: Race, Crime, and Justice in America , Second, Expanded Edition, 2005" (free download).

Major Findings of The Color of Crime -- Second, Expanded Edition (2005)

One of the key authors of this, Jared Taylor was actually born and raised in Japan - and even taught Japanese courses at Harvard University Summer School.