Does mass immigration destroy communities?

Question

are the original community member forced out/dispersed (white flight) as the new communities are set up?

I remember the street I grew up in the 1970s/80s, in a South Wales town - little terraced streets full of working class families who'd known each other most of their lives, all pulling together through the hard times. Many had lived through WWII together and had fond memories through the decades.

These days they are all gone, the area is high in crime and inhabited mainly by a mixture of peoples from asia and the middle east. Its very run down and crime is rife there. It makes me feel sad to see it like this.

I remember when the first asian families moved in and people did try to include them in the community but they didn't want to integrate with what they called "English" people (we're Welsh). So the community started breaking up around then.

Is this a good or bad aspect of immigration?

Answer 1

Read your question properly. You are asking us if this a good or bad aspect of immigration yet all you state are negative effects. I doubt very much if you want an intelligent, balanced opinion on immigration - seems far more likely that you are just trying to stir up hatred against non-British communities living here.

Answer 2

Yes it does they dont want to join our communities they want just there own I am supprised someone has asked this question so late in the takeover our country and communities will not survive unless something is done soon. I just hope its not to late.

Answer 3

No, if you look historically all the great countries of the world started with very liberal immigration policies.  This included the early Greeks, the Romans, the British, the French, the Germans, and even America.  There is actually only one example of a closed community increasing its power on the world stage: Japan.  Every other example of a rising country was open borders.

Answer 4

Yes it does.

Answer 5

Immigration has been going on for years but these kind of stories are getting worse, there is a new breed of immigrant but It's not the africans or asians or poles really at fault.  If our government are even softer on them than they are our own dossers and benefit scroungers what hope have we got.         I like that spider, hmmmmm..............what is worse our crappy government sending a polite notice advising your time is up but then letting them stay for the next 15 years anyway by which time they will send them a golden passport personally delivered by the queen or the Iraqi/African n**i government who will walk over decide that they don't want you here whether legal or not and to save the airfair shoot you on the spot and leave your rotten corse to be eaten by stray dogs.  Your right.

Answer 6

YES - mass deportation fixes communities

Answer 7

Mass immigration,  multiculturalism call it what you want has never worked in any part of the world

Answer 8

Obviously it is a bad aspect since that is all you have really high lighted in the information that you provided. I do think that in a situation like that it is bad since all it really did was destroy that community, but in some cases mass immigration either changes a community for the better by adding more of a variety to life, or it doesn't change anything in a community other than the amount of people there.

Answer 9

Yes - just got to look around you and see what's happening in this country the mo and you have your answer. Good question.

Answer 10

No!

Answer 11

"BAD"

I have been keeping a close eye on what's been happening in your neck of the woods recently, and it's ALARMING to say the least, as to what is going on all over the United Kingdom before our very eye's and yet we remain powerless to put an abrupt halt to it. Communities the length and breadth of Britain are in the same position.

It's soooooo very sad because it's happening everywhere, and unfortunately Wales is no exception, it breaks my heart as much as it so obviously does yours.

My prayers are with you and yours.

God Bless and Good Luck!

Answer 12

Yes!

Answer 13

It was Thatcherism and neo-liberalism that destroyed the working class communities of Britain. Since the miner's strike I've visited communities in Yorkshire, Wales and Scotland. Thatcherism didn't just destroy industries, it destroyed people and social cohesion.

It sent many workers into exile abroad. I was one of them who, despite having become highly qualified, had to go back to being a seaman because there were no jobs. It is not immigration that destroys community spirit it is the kind of uncaring capitalism, a society of greed and selfishness, that has led to people perceiving that we live in a "Broken Britain".

We are all victims of an international system that treats people as things, to be bought or sold, used and exploited, and if need be, sacrificed to the god of profit. That in itself is not good.

Answer 14

Yes without a doubt

Answer 15

Immigration ruins traditions, communities and society's. What I don't understand is that if immigrants move here - they should live with us not seperate themselves.

Answer 16

Mass immigration changes communities, but I wouldn't say it's guaranteed to destroy them.  Illegal immigrants moved into my grandma's community, and I dare say they made it a better place!

Answer 17

Yes Harvard Professor Robert Putnam more or less acknowledged it recently in a roundabout PC way.

But then it is a NWO agenda as well as enforced multiculturalism.

Answer 18

Yes in the states we have a even bigger problem with the work for nothing illegal  mexicans. I say deport them all

Answer 19

Yes, of course it does. It happens all the time in the USA. Waves of poor immigrants arrive, destroy the town or city, and drive out the original inhabitants. Some immigration is a good thing, but the USA allows in way to many immigrants every year, and they have taken over large areas of our country in the Southwest, and in Florida.

Europe will be dominated by Islam by the end of this century, if they don't get tough on illegal and criminal legal immigrants.

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One glance into any cafeteria in the United States for a look at self-segregation illustrates the failure of ‘multiculturalism’. A single glance at the racial violence accelerating in our inner cities demonstrates our expanding quandary. In the most liberal city in America, Boulder, Colorado—rich, SUV-driving parents, sporting bumper stickers that read, “Celebrate Diversity”, whisk their kids to all-white schools and away from growing minority schools drowning in third world migrant children. Boulder City Council supports a sanctuary policy. Their crime rates, school failures, hospital costs and prison costs rose as their illegal migrant population grew. (Source:”White flight” Rocky Mountain News) Schools in Detroit, Michigan suffer 76 percent drop out/flunk out rates with a growing legal Middle Eastern immigrant population. (Source: Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News)

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Answer 20

Yes it does.

Look at all those immigrant British and American soldiers in Iraq.

They are totally destroying that country.

And a lot of them are illegals because they did not get any visas to go there.

I think the Iraqi government should round them all up and deport the lot of them.

Answer 21

In the north of Ireland things aren't that bad just yet, they seem to congregate amongst themselves, they have ruined some of the areas especially the professional health workers that moved into local estates. The price of rent has increased and the price of local goods has increased.  They've made a cafe society more or less.

Answer 22

it seems to happen in alot of community's

Answer 23

Yes, and your arguement is true of most of the Uk. But you people need to stop b**ching about it and vote for a party that'll fix it. You keep voting in parties with immigration policies that are weak and feeble nothing will ever get resolved. There is a lot of cowardice when addressing issues like this, the government dosent want to upset anyone but knows full well that the problem will get worse. Thats why they started trying to promote multi-culturalism, it was much easier than making people assimilate to our nation. Now they are in the s**t. And there are issues now that could be solved that 20 years down people will be saying, if only in 2008 we'd.......

Answer 24

obviously this would be a bad aspect of immigration if immigration do indeed break up communities But I just want to add that IT all depends on the community and also on the immigrant groups.

The most common problem the can be seen with immigration is the acceptance and integration of both the local community and the immigrants.

Sadly old habits (or culture) are not left behind when these immigrants move over and blend with your community. Getting to accept the unknown "culture" would be the first step and also knowing the community is key into proper integration by the immigrants. I think their main fear here is that they don't want to be assimilated into the community but only to be integrated. I don't know if I'm making sense or if I moved away from answering your question.

Answer 25

immigration destroyed the roman world and is finishing off brittian.  US of A is next

Answer 26

Come to where I live, Lady M, and you'll find that immigration doesn't destroy our community.

Answer 27

The Greeks failed, the Roman Empire collapsed, the french has always been chaotic with their Africans and Muslims, the Germans and British invite there immigrants promising absolutely nothing and forcing their culture upon them (doing it the right way), Us Americans will need to be much stricter on this issue (Ie our southern boarder) before something just like your community in Wales happens here. I know exactly what your talking about when I left for 2 years and coming back to your beloved hometown only to find people from a third world country destroying it.

The countries you listed do not have "open" boarders.