The role of the US in the world Follow

Americentric again. Half the world has people from the other half of the world climbing over themselves to get in. All of the nations of Western Europe, Britain, Australa, New Zealand... South East Asia is full of refugees from the Middle East. It's not only America with a huge migrant population, with queues up the wazoo to get in. Skilled migrants, Family reunion migrants, student migrants, marriage migrants, refugees from boats and on foot, we get scads of them.

20% of the Swiss population is foreign born.
Australia Net migration rate - 6.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population. In Australia, 24% of the total population is foreign born.
USA Net migration rate - 4.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population. In the USA, 13% of the population was foreign-born in 2009
German citizens of immigrant background: 10%

Edited, Jun 9th 2011 1:42pm by Aripyanfar

I'm sure Thomas Jefferson is spinning in his grave, though.

Figure of speech.

It's still not the whole rest of the world climbing over themselves to get into America, though, is it sweetpea? :)

America is getting a proportionate number of applicants, according to its size. And so is half the rest of the world.

Edited, Jun 9th 2011 2:03pm by Aripyanfar

******* per capita, how does it work?

Per capita isn't relevant here.

F'ucking relevant arguments. How do they work?

Turkey, a primarily Muslim country at the crossroads of three continents, actually draws people from all over near Africa, EAstern and Northern Europe, the Middle East etc. Although Turkey overall has low net positive immigration.

Modern migrants are from Armenia, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan and so on. A little further back migrants were from the Balkans (Balkan Turks, Albanians, Bosniaks, Pomaks), Caucasus (Abkhazians, Ajarians, 'Circassians', Chechens), Crimea (Crimean Tatar diaspora) and Crete.

Edited, Jun 9th 2011 2:26pm by Aripyanfar

I LOLd. Even harder when I read it in John Ratzenberger's voice.

It's hardly irrelevant, my son. The number of immigrants accepted in many countries is related to the population of the country.

It's like a cute little puppy, hopping up and down nipping at the bottom of my shorts.

The number of immigrants in a country has little to do with how many are accepted. Shoo, or I'll swat you with a rolled up news paper.

I've earned nothing, n00b. I'm an assh0le. Keep up.

You can make that point all you like, it won't change the fact that the number of immigrants accepted by a country has little to do with home many are actually there. I choose not to spell that one out for you, because I don't have to. If you can't noodle it out you should choose a different forum to test.

EDIT: Really? assh0le is filtered?

Edited, Jun 9th 2011 2:36pm by MoebiusLord

The illegals every country is often pretty proportional to legals. By far the majority of Australia's illegals fly over, and just over-stay their visas. 5% of our illegals come by boat.

And Moebius, you are usually smart. I don't often agree with you, but you aren't dumb. This time you are being dumb. Wherefore?

Having a bad day?