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Ahh the old "legacy of empire" justification for mass immigration. The great French WWII leader Charles DuGaul gave up colonial posession of Algeria specificall

Ahh the old "legacy of empire" justification for mass immigration. The great French WWII leader Charles DuGaul gave up colonial posession of Algeria specifically to prevent migration to France. The cheap labor addicts in the European establishment dont care. Also, not Iraq, but France's bombing of Libya at the direction of the US is what started the migrant crisis. So yes, this is very much "invade the world invite the world" here.

graeme 8y ago
I'm not sure that was de Gaulle's reason, unless you can cite some source. This has stats on immigrants to France. As you can see, most are from Algeria, Europe, and Morroco. Further, it you investigate the sub saharan africa segment I'm quite sure you'll find it's almost exclusively from former French colonies. The collapse of the Gaddafi regime certainly led to more migrant boats crossing, but the absolute numbers entering France are not high, and certainly not compared to other sources. Oh, and the Algerians mostly came after the Algerian war. One of the biggest early groups were Algerians who had fought with the French army. You appear to be very certain, but you don't seem to have any evidence to back up your views.
- ramblerouser 8y ago
  The fact that those countries were colonies is not why the elites in France and the West more broadly are pushing for immigration. I googled "degaul algeria immigration". https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/quotes/charles-de-gaulle-on-algerian-independence https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/quotes/charles-de-gaull... >Do you think the French body politic can absorb ten million Muslims, who tomorrow will be twenty million, after tomorrow forty? If we integrated, if all the Arabs and Berbers of Algeria were considered French, would you prevent them to settle in France, where the standard of living is so much higher? -Charles de Gaulle Obviously deGaulle didnt agree with you that being a citizen of a colony gave someone the right to immigrate to France. Algerians being admitted to France for serving in the military is exactly what "invade the world invite the world" means. After the Iraq war Iraqis who collaborated with the occupiers got green cards.
Bendingo 8y ago
> France's bombing of Libya at the direction of the US is what started the migrant crisis True. Also, France played a big role in the (attempted but unsuccessful) destruction of Syria.
- graeme 8y ago
  My main point in citing the stats is that almost none of France's immigrants come from migrant crisis countries.

graeme 8y ago

I'm not sure that was de Gaulle's reason, unless you can cite some source. This has stats on immigrants to France. As you can see, most are from Algeria, Europe, and Morroco. Further, it you investigate the sub saharan africa segment I'm quite sure you'll find it's almost exclusively from former French colonies. The collapse of the Gaddafi regime certainly led to more migrant boats crossing, but the absolute numbers entering France are not high, and certainly not compared to other sources. Oh, and the Algerians mostly came after the Algerian war. One of the biggest early groups were Algerians who had fought with the French army. You appear to be very certain, but you don't seem to have any evidence to back up your views.

ramblerouser 8y ago
The fact that those countries were colonies is not why the elites in France and the West more broadly are pushing for immigration. I googled "degaul algeria immigration". https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/quotes/charles-de-gaulle-on-algerian-independence https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/quotes/charles-de-gaull... >Do you think the French body politic can absorb ten million Muslims, who tomorrow will be twenty million, after tomorrow forty? If we integrated, if all the Arabs and Berbers of Algeria were considered French, would you prevent them to settle in France, where the standard of living is so much higher? -Charles de Gaulle Obviously deGaulle didnt agree with you that being a citizen of a colony gave someone the right to immigrate to France. Algerians being admitted to France for serving in the military is exactly what "invade the world invite the world" means. After the Iraq war Iraqis who collaborated with the occupiers got green cards.

Bendingo 8y ago

> France's bombing of Libya at the direction of the US is what started the migrant crisis True. Also, France played a big role in the (attempted but unsuccessful) destruction of Syria.

graeme 8y ago
My main point in citing the stats is that almost none of France's immigrants come from migrant crisis countries.