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eple · 10-26-2003, 10:14 AM

The reason why Norway have restrictions on immigration are mainly because of strong unions and xenophobic right-wingers. The fact is that Norway isn't able to support that many jobs (our unemployment rates are increasing heavily nowadays), and the last thing the powerful unions want, is a massive import on foreign workers who can live on lower wages and remove jobs from Norwegians. It's not too nice, but it's not easy to say what is worst.

We can import a lot of poverty and unemployment to burden our welfare system, thus reducing our common welfare, or we can stick to admitting political refugees and other forms of "charity-immigration". Unions are massive in Norway, and they have a great impact on the governent, so it's not an issue easily resolved.

I am not sure what to think...there are only so many jobs to create in this little mountain-country. Anyways, I am in favour of more immigraition, but not if there aren't any jobs to offer the immigrants. We have been known to accept immigration when we had jobs for them (ecpeccialy the 70's), so it's not really that related to xenophobia.

10-26-2003, 10:14 AM	#62 (permalink)
eple Banned Location: norway	The reason why Norway have restrictions on immigration are mainly because of strong unions and xenophobic right-wingers. The fact is that Norway isn't able to support that many jobs (our unemployment rates are increasing heavily nowadays), and the last thing the powerful unions want, is a massive import on foreign workers who can live on lower wages and remove jobs from Norwegians. It's not too nice, but it's not easy to say what is worst. We can import a lot of poverty and unemployment to burden our welfare system, thus reducing our common welfare, or we can stick to admitting political refugees and other forms of "charity-immigration". Unions are massive in Norway, and they have a great impact on the governent, so it's not an issue easily resolved. I am not sure what to think...there are only so many jobs to create in this little mountain-country. Anyways, I am in favour of more immigraition, but not if there aren't any jobs to offer the immigrants. We have been known to accept immigration when we had jobs for them (ecpeccialy the 70's), so it's not really that related to xenophobia. Last edited by eple; 10-26-2003 at 10:19 AM..