I feel somewhat sad on how Italy is now being populated by foreign immigrants whether legally or illegally and it seems that this flood of people coming there is unending. Each year roughly 300,000 immigrants are landing on its shores not counting those that are going there illegally and this would be the equivalent of 1,600,000 immigrants coming to America's shores each year. Why are they allowing this? Don't they realize that if this continues Italians will eventually become minorities in their own land. Italy is not a land of immigrants like the United States, Canada, Australia, or Argentina are. I am not preaching bias against any people trying to improve their lives but Italy should be for Italians, like France should be for the French, and Germany for Germans, and England for the English. Some are making the excuse that the native Italians are not having children so immigrants are needed which is ludicrous. The government there should encourage their own people to have children and put a halt to immigrants coming in droves there. One day they will wake up when they are intimidated in their own land and say what have we done. People should write and protest to the Italian government to put a halt to this. This is comparable to the barbarian invasions of 1500 years ago, however back then they came as military conquerors but today they are overrunning the land without lifting a sword.
Immigrants In Italy
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I can assure you this is not the case.
While I do agree with you, that there are many immigrants who come here illegally, or come here legally and do bad deeds like steal from people, rob banks, threaten the elderly, you can't put a halt on everyone who decides to come to Italy for a second chance.
Also, there are hundreds of thousands of Italians who emigrate to other countries as well. The Italian diaspora is quite large, it's like the people all over Europe are exchanging countries, and what is more interesting, there are more and more Italians emigrating to Eastern Europe, to the countries from which other people are trying to 'run' from.
Yes, I agree that there should be better laws in Italy, I am sick of telling people I'm a foreigner and sometimes even be afraid to do that, because after what the immigrants have done in this country, they should be punished like in the XII-XIIIth century
But you cannot put a stop to the immigration process, all Europe is part of this.
The only difference is that other countries know how to protect their own people and if they catch an immigrant do something stupid, that person is punished. Here... they just put you in house arrest.
While I do agree with you, that there are many immigrants who come here illegally, or come here legally and do bad deeds like steal from people, rob banks, threaten the elderly, you can't put a halt on everyone who decides to come to Italy for a second chance.
Also, there are hundreds of thousands of Italians who emigrate to other countries as well. The Italian diaspora is quite large, it's like the people all over Europe are exchanging countries, and what is more interesting, there are more and more Italians emigrating to Eastern Europe, to the countries from which other people are trying to 'run' from.
Yes, I agree that there should be better laws in Italy, I am sick of telling people I'm a foreigner and sometimes even be afraid to do that, because after what the immigrants have done in this country, they should be punished like in the XII-XIIIth century
But you cannot put a stop to the immigration process, all Europe is part of this. The only difference is that other countries know how to protect their own people and if they catch an immigrant do something stupid, that person is punished. Here... they just put you in house arrest.
I understand that Italians have emigrated in large numbers in the past to other countries but they have been mainly to countries that are lands of immigrants such as the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and Australia, but because of this does this mean that Italy should now be overrun with foreigners, since historically it has been a homogeneous society. And if other European countries weren't so receptive in having Italians or other peoples coming into their lands I can understand that if they wanted to preserve their identity. I am not sure where you are getting the figures of Italians moving to Eastern European countries.
I do think it's a shame that so many immigrants choose to enter Italy illegally and that there should be a firm quota of immigrants accepted each year but I agree with Rosie, it would be unfair to bar all immigrants. You can't paint all immigrants with the same brush. However I do think immigrants should make an effort to fit in with their community as I think it's terrible when immigrants don't make an effort to get to know their Italian neighbours and learn Italian and just socialize and work with people from their original country.
There should be a limit and I would limit it to 10,000 a year instead of having 350,000 people coming every year. At least with the smaller numbers Italian culture and identity will not be threatened and I would make sure no illegals are coming in the way they are in boats crossing the Mediterranean. Where is the Italian navy in all this? People should write and protest to the Italian government to put a halt to this influx.
If the Italian diaspora were prevented from moving abroad then I would be in agreement with you. But it's the way the world is. Yes, there should be tighter immigration rules that halt illegal immigrants, but in this globalized world, people move from country to country more and identities have changed. That's the way it is. And to say that France should be for the French, England for the English is a little blind to what history is. The reason why certain countries became destabilized in the first place historically, was because the English and the French tried to colonize them in the first place!
Immigration is a worldwide issue that affects many countries. I wonder why is Italy a favorite among immigrants. The cost of living is quite high. For a student to study and live in Italy, just food and at home cost could go up to about 150 Euros a month. I just have this hunch that Italian culture has raised fans. People who take the life style and feel a longing to the country as if the country were their own, because they have learned and loved the culture, the language, the food.
You could be right in terms of being attractive because of the culture. At the end of the day people migrate to improve the quality of their lives so countries that offer that have an appeal. I think it's also because it has a very long coastline which can make it easier for illegal immigrants to try their luck.
There is no way that immigration will ever be contorolled no matter what or where, it just seems and is impossible, people will always immigrate, which means under those thoughts, that Italians should not immigrate either, they should just stay put in Italy, I do not believe that Italians can be controlled by foreigners, colonisation ended long ago.