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Britons greatly overestimate number of sex crimes committed by foreign nationals
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And what percentage do those "foreign nationals" make in total? Because if they are about, lets say, 5% of the whole population and are responsible for 15% of crimes (only sex crimes type!) then it shows that immigration laws are not good enough.
The most recent published figures we have for foreign born UK population is from the 2011 census where it's at 16%. Given the very high levels of immigration we've had over the last 15 years coupled with the historically low British born people having children in the same period, it's certainly going to be higher than that today but without reliable figures it's impossible to give a firm percentage.
The prison population is about 15% foreign born, which is already below the gross average of the general population, there's also the issue that there's a higher proportion of immigration among younger males who are disproportionate more likely to commit crimes.
The fact that the foreign born prison population is so low is actually proof of how foreign born individuals actually commit crimes at a significantly lower rate than their British born equivalents.
But don't let a few things like that get in the way of your righteous anger though...
Treat a man like an animal and they'll behave like an animal. You are correct, immigration laws aren't good enough. But probably not in the way you think. Greater efforts must be undertaken to integrate immigrants into the society. They must be given job opporrunities and support.
It's 16 to 19%
So, parity then? Still, it shows that immigration laws are not good enough. Local are locals. Total random. But with functional immigration rules one can expect nicer people to be let in and bad people are forbidden to enter. No? So with normally working laws percentage of crimes committed by foreigners should be noticeably lower.
How do you propose we determine who will commit a crime before letting them in? Why do locals get a pass to you for committing the same crimes at similar rates as foreigners?
I think someone is misdirecting your anger to the wrong targets. Most immigrants do not want to harm you. Billionaires, on the other hand, love it when we harm each other instead of them. They don't want to lose their wealth, their power; they want to widen the gap even more. They want to control us through fearmongering and deception.
Worthy of criticism and suggestions to improve, perhaps, but certainly this means the hyperventilating and pearl clutching is entirely unwarranted and misguided at best, right? Purposefully misleading and spreading xenophobia at worst?
We already have mechanisms to prevent those convicted of crimes from being allowed to remain in the country. How do you propose preventing those who might commit a crime in the future from entering the country? It's impossible.
It is possible. It is quite trivial, actually. Just intellect/erudition test. Clever people tend to be less criminally active. Especially primitive crime-wise like robberies, sex-related crimes, etc. I'm sure an a year or so that test might be tuned to be very effective and absolutely not restrictive.
You have a clear bias and are working backwards from there in order to justify it.
So in just a couple of hours, you've gone from "foreigners are all criminals" to "only stupid people commit crime".
I'm not even going to engage with the ridiculousness of your statement only to say that you must be a career criminal..
I never claimed anything like that. I said that in most countries immigration laws are not good enough.
discuss.tchncs.de nazi posting? Colour me surprised