In the last few months, two members of my family have applied for visas to come to the UK: my mother to visit her son, daughter-in-law and newborn grandson, and my sister to visit our elderly grandmother. Both of their applications were denied on the basis that they haven’t demonstrated with sufficient clarity that they will definitely not stay here after their visas expire.
A other great one, I can feel the emotion behind this one as well...
Here's one from a filthy immigrant, - myself. I agree with Konstanin, and Braverman in this case...
All countries need borders and control over such, no one gets a free pass and are admitted as needed... help the women and children but force them to integrate as well...
Or, for the primitives - " take the hell out, the village/province/godfuckystan, from the person ", learn the language, work, pay tax, don't be an ass and respect the land that feeds you...
Not a big bar is it?
Thank you Konstanin, I wish I could help you with your troubles and good luck with those.
My question is, what is the solution to the immigration problem? How does a government find the money and resources to tackle it? Stringent policies and action will have to be taken, which will not go down very well with the sensitive British people. Whoever the PM is at the time, taking such action will end up being pressed to resign quicker than you can say Liz Truss. I have a feeling Konstantin will end up saying," I told you so" but it will be far too late. It is far easier to take away restrictions than it is to put in place and enforce them.
He will say " I told you so", and I'll join him, but might laugh as well...
Solution is complicated as the issue, no illegal immigrants, period. Take care of the vulnerable, but integrate... use the money you throw at the illegal sea of random blokes and criminals, to make an institution out of Home Office again, and help out the ones that do need the help.
Yes people are too soft for that here ... more blood on the streets will do wonders to change their mind.
Heres an interesting one: those 6k immigrants on the small Italian island, claim they want to come to England...
And another, out of all the Albanians coming, the worse didn't leave yet, not all of them. When they arrive and the underground stage is set for them properly, you'll see families hanging from trees in London. You have yet to see true criminal underground.
"Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men." I see all this kindness and inclusions rubbish as an excuse to be indifferent because no one has the balls to get tough.
Nor poverty. The Guardian reading types could do with the equivalent of Mao Zedong's policy of sending the progeny of the elite to the countryside. A month or two of earning one's crust almost anywhere outside the West would be salutary.
And komunism/Marxism is as retarded as the other side of the coin.
There's something to be said about mandatory service to the country though - at least 6 months of civil/military service for all. As far as possible as well... yes it would be abused like every other system under the sun by the ones who have money and connections... but it would still pry the everprotected self important child, from the busom of it's parents...
I'm not entirely sure who these 'sensitive British people' are. I can assure you that there are rather few of them in the former pit-village from which I observe the world. I think it not unlikely that following a dismal dose of Blairism Mk II, a government empowered by the electorate to end the current levels of immigration will be elected. My money is on the incomparable Mrs Badenoch.
As to the actual solution, they key, I think, is to (1) end the interference of the ECHR and its ilk; (2) ignore the ignorant, self-serving bleating of the left; (3) implement the various policies which have already been initiated, in particular repatriation and expatriation deals.
I couldn’t agree more. I think the problem is that it’s tribal. In the unlikely event that Starmer and his band of unelectables stated the facts about illegal immigration, the liberal left in the media would do the mental gymnastics to support it. They hate Brexit and especially hate the party who reluctantly delivered it.
I’m sorry to read of your family’s visa experience. I married a Colombian born American. It took nearly two years to get a marriage visa and a total cost of over £15k and ten years for her and my step daughter to get indefinite leave to remain. That was only made possible after winning two court rulings against the Home Office.
I remember debating my brother in law and stating that our own people need to be prioritised for resources. This was met with "what do you mean 'our own people' we're all members of the human race." He didnt add "man" at the end and wasn't smoking a bong at the time, which makes it all the more alarming.
I can't help but feel it's a moral dereliction of duty and frankly cowardly, to refuse to confront the fact that maintaining standards does mean excluding people.
Great article as ever Konstantin. I have been wondering whether it would be completely impractical to insist that only female asylum seekers can be accepted. Unrealistic I guess, but perhaps some kind of insistence that any male must be accompanied by a female partner. It has been commented on before that in a war/civil,war situation the honourable thing for men to do is to stay and fight for their country, as is the case in Ukraine, whereas women and children understandably need to be protected.
Bravely written Konstantin in the light of your family's recent experience of 'the system'. I hope there's an appeals procedure and that between you you prevail. I'm confident you will. Best of luck and thanks for another good piece.
I remember the hysteria 20 or 30 years ago, about the rise of the BNP - which was directly due to mainstream politicians simply refusing to accept that ordinary (not fascist extremist racist bigots) voters, their supporters, wanted the issue of immigration to be honestly and effectively addressed. It never was, and eventually we ended up with Brexit, among much else. And they still refused to accept it.
Just wait until you see more major impacts of climate change. Increased temperatures and crop failures will have so many humans on the move that today’s issue will be a drop in the bucket.
Konstantin, I would like to offer you a different take on this. That is, this is not evidence of a broken Immigration system. Rather, it is the epitome (and the predictable result and paradox) of the welfare state.
Immigrants are a positive to a free society and a negative to a society that holds the illusion of equity as its promise.
A other great one, I can feel the emotion behind this one as well...
Here's one from a filthy immigrant, - myself. I agree with Konstanin, and Braverman in this case...
All countries need borders and control over such, no one gets a free pass and are admitted as needed... help the women and children but force them to integrate as well...
Or, for the primitives - " take the hell out, the village/province/godfuckystan, from the person ", learn the language, work, pay tax, don't be an ass and respect the land that feeds you...
Not a big bar is it?
Thank you Konstanin, I wish I could help you with your troubles and good luck with those.
My question is, what is the solution to the immigration problem? How does a government find the money and resources to tackle it? Stringent policies and action will have to be taken, which will not go down very well with the sensitive British people. Whoever the PM is at the time, taking such action will end up being pressed to resign quicker than you can say Liz Truss. I have a feeling Konstantin will end up saying," I told you so" but it will be far too late. It is far easier to take away restrictions than it is to put in place and enforce them.
He will say " I told you so", and I'll join him, but might laugh as well...
Solution is complicated as the issue, no illegal immigrants, period. Take care of the vulnerable, but integrate... use the money you throw at the illegal sea of random blokes and criminals, to make an institution out of Home Office again, and help out the ones that do need the help.
Yes people are too soft for that here ... more blood on the streets will do wonders to change their mind.
Heres an interesting one: those 6k immigrants on the small Italian island, claim they want to come to England...
And another, out of all the Albanians coming, the worse didn't leave yet, not all of them. When they arrive and the underground stage is set for them properly, you'll see families hanging from trees in London. You have yet to see true criminal underground.
"Now, we must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men." I see all this kindness and inclusions rubbish as an excuse to be indifferent because no one has the balls to get tough.
Most of the population never saw real evil...
Nor poverty. The Guardian reading types could do with the equivalent of Mao Zedong's policy of sending the progeny of the elite to the countryside. A month or two of earning one's crust almost anywhere outside the West would be salutary.
That would make us no better than Mao...
And komunism/Marxism is as retarded as the other side of the coin.
There's something to be said about mandatory service to the country though - at least 6 months of civil/military service for all. As far as possible as well... yes it would be abused like every other system under the sun by the ones who have money and connections... but it would still pry the everprotected self important child, from the busom of it's parents...
I'm not entirely sure who these 'sensitive British people' are. I can assure you that there are rather few of them in the former pit-village from which I observe the world. I think it not unlikely that following a dismal dose of Blairism Mk II, a government empowered by the electorate to end the current levels of immigration will be elected. My money is on the incomparable Mrs Badenoch.
As to the actual solution, they key, I think, is to (1) end the interference of the ECHR and its ilk; (2) ignore the ignorant, self-serving bleating of the left; (3) implement the various policies which have already been initiated, in particular repatriation and expatriation deals.
I couldn’t agree more. I think the problem is that it’s tribal. In the unlikely event that Starmer and his band of unelectables stated the facts about illegal immigration, the liberal left in the media would do the mental gymnastics to support it. They hate Brexit and especially hate the party who reluctantly delivered it.
I’m sorry to read of your family’s visa experience. I married a Colombian born American. It took nearly two years to get a marriage visa and a total cost of over £15k and ten years for her and my step daughter to get indefinite leave to remain. That was only made possible after winning two court rulings against the Home Office.
Best of luck to them.
Bang on.
Sadly, so many people refuse to face reality.
I remember debating my brother in law and stating that our own people need to be prioritised for resources. This was met with "what do you mean 'our own people' we're all members of the human race." He didnt add "man" at the end and wasn't smoking a bong at the time, which makes it all the more alarming.
I can't help but feel it's a moral dereliction of duty and frankly cowardly, to refuse to confront the fact that maintaining standards does mean excluding people.
Great article as ever Konstantin. I have been wondering whether it would be completely impractical to insist that only female asylum seekers can be accepted. Unrealistic I guess, but perhaps some kind of insistence that any male must be accompanied by a female partner. It has been commented on before that in a war/civil,war situation the honourable thing for men to do is to stay and fight for their country, as is the case in Ukraine, whereas women and children understandably need to be protected.
Bravely written Konstantin in the light of your family's recent experience of 'the system'. I hope there's an appeals procedure and that between you you prevail. I'm confident you will. Best of luck and thanks for another good piece.
I remember the hysteria 20 or 30 years ago, about the rise of the BNP - which was directly due to mainstream politicians simply refusing to accept that ordinary (not fascist extremist racist bigots) voters, their supporters, wanted the issue of immigration to be honestly and effectively addressed. It never was, and eventually we ended up with Brexit, among much else. And they still refused to accept it.
Just wait until you see more major impacts of climate change. Increased temperatures and crop failures will have so many humans on the move that today’s issue will be a drop in the bucket.
Konstantin, I would like to offer you a different take on this. That is, this is not evidence of a broken Immigration system. Rather, it is the epitome (and the predictable result and paradox) of the welfare state.
Immigrants are a positive to a free society and a negative to a society that holds the illusion of equity as its promise.
As to integration into the society, “Our Culture-What’s Left of It” by Theodore Dalrymple is worth reading
I can’t remember reading a piece by “Kostya” I didn’t strongly believe in.