Britain wants to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. It has made a deal with the Rwandan regime. While the deportation was stopped last month, the Boris Johnson regime is determined to implement this racist policy. No such policy is being instituted for refugees from Ukraine showing clearly that Britain remains a deeply racist country.
Muslim countries do not seem to have a coherent policy relating to immigration. Despite considerable specialized Muslim talent available in many parts of the world, there is no systematic plan to utilize it leaving Muslim countries far behind in development.
By separating children from parents, especially mothers, Trump has exposed himself yet again as a callous, selfish beast.
An estimated 138 million people live in places other than their country of birth. Many are forced by circumstances, especially wars, to flee to safer havens. The overwhelming majority, however, are economic migrants seeking a better life elsewhere.
For nearly a decade Canada has been regarded by the United Nations as the best country in the world to live in; this may be true, but there are persistent problems reflected in statements of officials and organizations that mar this image. The most obvious is racism, an attitude almost universal in European and North American societies.
As a country of immigrants, some Canadians act decidedly mean toward new immigrants. In the past, anti-immigrant feelings were passed off under the pretext of economic uncertainty. This excuse is no longer valid.
