If Poland can do it…
Comment on why doesn't Egypt open its borders to Gaza?
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 months ago
Accepting 2 million refugees from Gaza (~2% of Egypt population) would surely crash Egypt economy and cause many unforseen social issues.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Fosheze@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Poland isn’t a desert. Poland has farmland. Most of Poland is actually habitable.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The middle east is mostly desert, so that’s not really a reason
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 months ago
Poland also have much higher GDP per capita, much lower poverty rate, and a member of EU which increase the economic opportunity for its citizens.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Sure, a lot of Ukrainians travelled through Poland to other places though. Why can’t the countries in the region do it with the support of NGOs?
bouh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Or it would skyrocket it.
Places with high immigration are places that are doing well. Places with low immigration are places in decline.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 8 months ago
The extreme example would be the US. It received a huge amount of immigrant and eventually prosper. The native got fucked though.
bouh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh and I must provide this example : anciant Egypt culturally absorbed many invaders despite losing to them. The only changes were the name of the dynasty. This proves that sometimes even a hostile invader can integrate itself in your culture.
bouh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes. And ultimately that’s what the racists are afraid of. But it’s not year 1500 anymore. The “natives” now have armies and weapons no one can challenge.
It doesn’t change the matter : countries that flourish have a high immigration. It is both because they are flourishing and because they have the influx of people to do so.
The irony is that success fuels success and decline fuels decline, yet people are fighting tooth and nails to keep declining because they fear the decline.