Reply to: A simple solution to the migration crisis

[milanbenes]

on the other side,

what about this, a like minded group of people with sufficient financial resources, join together, and buy up all the properties in a run down neighbourhood, therefore making it a nice neighbourhood overnight and obviously enjoying watching the property prices rise accordingly

you could do that in any city in any country

all those who have stable jobs paying sensible local salaries but are finding themselves priced out of their traditional local market could join together and buy up a swathe of properties in a run down area and voila problem solved,

principle applies as well in the UK as other countries

it's called gentrification isn't it

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

Plans for an artificial island off the coast of Indonesia.



We could extend the Isle of Wight right out into the channel, with a footbridge to Calais, to make is simple for them.

[NotAllThere]

Luton.

Too cruel.

[Old Greg]

Luton.

[OwlHoot]

Stick em on one of these:

Islands to start a new country

or a new island, such as Uunartoq Qeqertaq

No nation can justly lay claim to that, as it was in the North Atlantic under a shed load of ice until a few years ago.

[DimPrawn]

Something like this: Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawaris offers to 'buy island' in Mediterranean to help refugees | Middle East | News | The Independent

Stick em on one of these:

Islands to start a new country

[darmstadt]

Something like this: Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawaris offers to 'buy island' in Mediterranean to help refugees | Middle East | News | The Independent

[VectraMan]

Would that be the land that they were forcibly evicted from centuries earlier?

Unless any of them were centuries old, then I'm going to say no.

[OwlHoot]

There was also Liberia, founded (I think) after the US civil war.

[LondonManc]

I seem to remember the international community seizing some land in the Middle East to make into a home for some people. Does anybody know how that's going? Any trouble with the locals?

Would that be the land that they were forcibly evicted from centuries earlier?

[Mordac]

I was thinking about this on the way into Reading this morning & I'm not actually aware of such a proposal ever being made before so there must be a flaw.

I'll leave it to you lot to point it out.

1) The international community seizes a tract of land somewhere & declares it international territory.

2) The territory is administered by the UN or suchlike and all member nations contribute to its upkeep and there will be an adequate level of healthcare, education etc.

3) Any undesirables arriving on our shores with no papers are immediately deported to this place where they will be free to remain at their leisure.

Good idea or what?

The French are proposing something along those lines, I read today, as discussed in a high level French Government meeting recently...

"If this mythical place is to be run by the UN, that should be reflected in the name, so United something would seem a good place to start" suggested one.
"United what though?" asked another. Republic was suggested, but it was pointed out that the French don't seem to be having much luck with that, they're on their fifth to date, so not going terribly well then.
"How about Democratic?" "Too socialist, even for us, we're in North Korean and East German territory here".
So how to make the new migrants feel a bit more important when they enter this new mythical land?
"How about calling it a Kingdom?"
"Brilliant idea. We shall call it the United Kingdom".
"Er, there's already a United Kingdom. It's that lot over there who don't want anything to do with us anymore".
"Great, we'll send them all there then".

Stranger things have happened...

[jamesbrown]

I was thinking

Please don't. Writing too.

[vetran]

Ahh, Hitler's Madagascar plan then?

they can't go to Madagascar its full of penguins.

[stek]

I was thinking about this on the way into Reading this morning & I'm not actually aware of such a proposal ever being made before so there must be a flaw.

I'll leave it to you lot to point it out.

1) The international community seizes a tract of land somewhere & declares it international territory.

2) The territory is administered by the UN or suchlike and all member nations contribute to its upkeep and there will be an adequate level of healthcare, education etc.

3) Any undesirables arriving on our shores with no papers are immediately deported to this place where they will be free to remain at their leisure.

Good idea or what?

Ahh, Hitler's Madagascar plan then?

[VectraMan]

I seem to remember the international community seizing some land in the Middle East to make into a home for some people. Does anybody know how that's going? Any trouble with the locals?