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Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised... by pjc50 on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:37AM (#16903721)
Hardly. Zero immigration or zero net immigration? I'm not sure people realise that the only countries that have that state are ones that are both so authoritarian that they can enforce it and so bad that nobody wants to live there.

"Zero work visas" leads to even more egregiously stupid outcomes. No trade shows. No touring bands.

("Zero immigration" also means that if one of your nationals wants to marry a foreigner, they have to leave the country. And so on.)

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Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised... by iguy on Monday April 23, 2018 @11:14AM (#16904107)
net migration seems like an entirely irrelevant number here. It's something politicians speak of in the UK just because it's smaller. If the issue under debate is assimilation, then every native who departs increases the relevant ratio.
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