As bad as the big, bad "civil war" in Iraq is, more people want to get the hell out of London to secure their future, than want to leave Baghdad:
Four out of five youngsters believe people should be able to live in any country they choose, a BBC global survey of 15 to 17-year-olds suggests.
The proportion of respondents that would emigrate to secure a better future was highest in Nairobi (81%) and Delhi (81%).
In Baghdad, 50% of the sample said they would not emigrate - the biggest negative response of all 10 cities.
MK, from A Western Heart, comments:
You know us Conservatives have always been banging on about Eurabia and how Europe is lost, for this we are frowned upon and occasionally laughed at, well then explain the above. London, another growing bastion of multiculturalism? Then how come more youth want to leave London than Baghdad.
I wonder what the results would have been if this survey was conducted in other Eurabian cities, Paris? No that's not a good idea, all those no-go zones and fire bombs; we want the surveyors to come back alive.
6 comments:
Pastorius
As someone who worked in a London school with this age group Ill comment. Pretty much because in schools young people get to learn that they can and should work anywhere in the world, anywhere in Europe and that most international companies afford them the opportunity. I know i had that drummed into me and the flow back and forth between major internationals is pretty constant and works very well. Its also important for the companies themselves. Who wouldnt want to move around the globe and get that experience. Its been common here for years now with endless reamsn of tv programming about people starting up different lives abroad from way before 9/11 and 7/7. Pretty damned exciting and a direct result of a global economy. If London is so bad then how comes so many young Australians and Kiwis and Europeans are coming here to work? Terrified of terrorism? Nope. Because it is a buzzing metropolis which affords them the same opportunities - easy work permits for one, a job and a damned healthy economy for two. Plus its a cool city to spend your youth in. Conflating this with the eurabia stuff is utter nonsense. Unless you know for certain what questions were asked of the kids in the first place eg are muslims/terrorism driving you out of London?? This makes the whole eurabia argument look even dafter. The questions were asked seperately and this guy whoever he is has conflated them to make a point.
Kerry,
I think you make good points. Certainly, when I was in London, I thought it was a cool place. I'd live there. And, in business, I have known people who did a few years there, and loved it.
However, the white flight syndrome is real, from what I can tell, and I think it applies to working class people more than white collar.
In other words, perhaps you and I can afford the tonier areas, but the people who have to live in the areas that have been ghettoized are voting with their feet as they run as fast as they can out the door.
Love it that the largest "don't know" percentage is New Yorkers. Residence therein defines the love-hate relationship.
I think 'white flight' applies better to adults not to school kids. The kids at the London schools i was referring to certainly are not white collar and are given to living and growing up in multi culti areas. generally white flight is from white collar in the UK.. i think this is really conflating a nos of for the sake of drawing a single conclusion.
Kerry,
I'm sorry for some reason I am not following your point.
Jas Tech,
Are you a Malay Hindu? Tell me about that. Are you experiencing religious persecution, or are things rather peaceful at this point?
I love the religion of Hinduism. Anytime you want to share stuff, please do.
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