Hat tip Dagelijkse Standaard (NL). Translation by Fousesquawk.
Here is an article from the Dutch news site, Dagelijkse Standaard. You would think that the open borders crowd would wake up and realize that having open borders during a pandemic is not a good idea. Think again. In the below article, Tim Engelhart points out an op-ed written by one of his countrymen who thinks the Netherlands needs migrants and refugees more than ever!
Attention: Pro-migration lobby wants to use Corona virus to boost number of asylum-seekers
-Tim Engelbart, 7 April 2020
If it is up to advocates of open borders, the Corona virus proves one thing above all; that it becomes necessary to take mass numbers of migrants from abroad and provide them with a residence permit in Europe. "But what stands out to me most about this pandemic is that migrants and refugees offer part of the solution," we read in Trouw (Faith) today .
Perhaps, it sounds like a simple solution: there is a certain need in the job market. How can you fill it? Simple: just lure people from elsewhere to come here. They can then work for a low wage, and it's done!
In any case, that was the thinking behind the guest workers of the 50s, 60s and 70s of the last century. We still regularly notice how this ended: Immigration and integration have been politically hot-iron topic number 1 for about twenty years. The enthusiasm for unrestricted migration and loose migration rules has gone down over time. Figuring out the balance feels like asking a rhetorical question: Was filling the vacancies really worth all the problems of the past decades?
Now that the Corona crisis is running rampant, and it is only about health care, lovers of open borders see their chance. It is time to ship planeloads full of people to Europe again, they believe. Today in Trouw :
"Not only in Great Britain, (but) also in the rest of Europe, low-educated migrants are considered the least desired migrants. In the last few years, we have seen a very polarized and toxic debate over migrants. They get the blame for many problems. But what stands out most to me is that migrants and refugees can offer part of the solution."
"Because in this specific crisis, specific occupations are urgently needed. Take the fruit and vegetable pickers: Because of all the travel restrictions, in some places, there is a shortage of people to cut asparagus and pick strawberries."
Whether the current crisis will permanently change the view of migrants, Foresti cannot predict. "But I hope that the debate in the future will focus more on the role the migrants can play in our societies and economies."
Therefore, pay attention to the coming time. It is not only the government that wants to use the Corona crisis to pass all kinds of unrelated things unnoticed through the (Parliament-Second Chamber). The asylum lobby is clearly lurking.
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