Do you believe immigrants should be allowed into Britain if they do not agree to live a British lifestyle?

Question

Im not a racist person.
I just dont think its right that if we moved to a different ethnic country and built thousands of churches or whatever, we'd get quite as warm as welcome.

No flaming please

To those who flamed: i didnt say 'should evenone living in britain eat fish and chips' i said nothing about food. by british lifestyle, i mean not planning on blowing up the country you live in (i think we can all remember the recent press about that), treating men and women equally, speaking english, and working to support the country. there are various other things too, and i dont understand why people cant adopt these things if they plan to live in that enviroment.

Answer 1

If you want to go and live in a different country its only fair that you live by their laws and their rules, If i went to live in Spain i would not expect them to change their rules just for me, so why do a lot of foreigners expect us to change our ways, we did not invite them here, and if they don't like the way we live, then they are free to leave. Unfortunately its the interfering politically correct @rse's and government seeking votes who are causing this counties problem, not the ordinary man in the street, or even the asylum seekers, who's probably just happy to be here. But once you get theses PC shouting that we must adopt another way of live to accommodate these poor hard done by soles, then the problems start. As you say if we all went to live in a Muslim country and started building Churches and demanding the local council to print letter in English, then i think we soon find we'd out stayed our welcome !

Answer 2

Respecting a country that you choose to live in is the only right and decent thing to do. You would think that if on top of that you had ended up in the UK due to war or persecution that those individuals might find that concept quite easy. Clearly some have quite a difficulty with it.

So yes, immigrants must accept our culture - that does not mean they cannot have their own in the privacy of their home or lives, however it does mean our British culture rules - as it is the culture of the majority and is generational.

As for the same old broken record being bought up about history from 100-200 years ago from one postee on here - completely irrelevant to the question. I'd like a bit of sympathy for what is happening to London (and other major cities) right now and that was the intention of this question, it is not a race issue - it is a question of assimiliation and adoption of another countries culture and traditions.

Answer 3

Why when british people who emmigrated years ago enforced their culture on other countries. Look at the Costa Brava for a start and tell me how many british pubs are there serving british food and drink. All the staff speak english not spanish.

When the british emigrate and force people to live like them it is colonizing but if someone dares to keep their religion etc in our country they should be shipped back to wherever they came from!!

Answer 4

The problem is, what do you call a British lifestyle now?

I don't think that that people relate to the fact that Britain's have over many century's "moved" to many countries and have taken over (the Britsh Empire for example).

The problem that Britain currently has is that the media have exaggerated this issue. Whilst the media leads many people to believe that foreign immigrants are a drain on the system, they are in fact quite the opposite. The NHS for example have employed many workers, from Doctors to cleaners, which from first hand experience work longer and hard than their British counterpart. It is not fair that the few immigrants that do abuse the system cause such an ill feeling to this minority.

I do however agree to a policy that many countries employ like Australia and USA, to test potential immigrants with national knowledge and skills. I do also feel that British citizens shold speak English as this is would greatly increase intergration between all that live in this fine country.

Answer 5

I beleive that a country has the right to set whatever Immigration policy it chooses.

Trying to enforce or even test "agreement with the British lifestyle" is difficult, however, since it's very broad and ambiguous.

I'm sure the lifestyle of a barrister in London is going to be different from a fisherman in Wales or farmer in Cork. So, which lifestyle do they have to agree with?

Answer 6

No they should not be allowed in, assimilate or stay where you are, I am British but I like to holiday in Greece, so I have learnt to speak Greek, why should I go to another country and expect them to speak English, respect the country you are in, and abide by their rules.

Answer 7

One assumes that immigrants arrive in Britain seeking a better lifestyle for themselves and their families, and it would seem fairly obvious to me that unless they adopted the British way of life as their own, then that way of life would cease to exist.

Now before any of the lunatic, left wing, suppressors of freedom of thought and speech, unless of course it's their own right to the same freedoms that is being threatened, label me a racist, or start burbling on about respecting other cultures; allow me point out that these immigrants are here because the lifestyle they seek is unavailable within their own countries of origin and culture.

So yes, they must conform to our way of life or leave. They should not be allowed to take advantage of our way of life and yet refuse to become part of it.

Answer 8

Yup of course, this is why there is so much antagonism in the country because they don't and to insist that some of them have their own form of law in this country is ridiculous. Anyone found guilty of inciting hatred towards this country should be stuck on a plane and sent back to their country of origin and this includes people that were born here but choose to do terrible things against the people of England.

Answer 9

Sort of.

I think they should have to learn English so they can cope at school and work.I think that they should treat people outside their own ethnic/religous groups with respect.For example I think it's wrong for Muslim taxi drivers to refuse to take dogs-we are a nation of dog lovers.

I don't care if they wear traditional dress and speak their own language to each other though.

Answer 10

No.

If they are only here for the milk and honey of our economy and have no regard for Britain then get them on the next flight back.

Britain is a garden that everyone needs to play their part in looking after not just to plunder it for money without a care for anything else about the UK

Cliff, I have met a few poles and they ALL spend the money they earn in Poland! They contribute very little to the UK economy yet we are running around printing newspapers and putting up roadsigns for them