OECD: Anti-migrant activists must be silenced and countries MUST embrace immigration
A POWERFUL international economic forum is demanding Britain shuts-up about migrant problems and starts championing inward migration.
By ROMINA MCGUINNESS
Express.co.uk
Tue, Sep 20, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) called on Britain and other member countries affected by the migrant crisis to come up with “tangible solutions” in order to stop anti-immigration parties and activists from gaining ground.
According to the OECD – whose members include France, Turkey, the UK, Germany, and the US – 1.65 million people applied for asylum in 2015, 1.3 million in Europe alone.
Now a new OECD study, called ‘International Migration Outlook’, attempts to highlight the benefits of immigration in order to push countries to adopt more migrant-friendly policies, and help governments better integrate migrants into society, rather than just shunning them.
According to Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, governments are failing to send a “pro-migrant message” and have lost people’s trust.
Across Europe people disappointed by their government’s failure to come up with a solid immigration policy are turning to far-right leaders, whose political stance on migration is far more radical.
The report strikes a particular chord with the French, where plans to relocate more than 12,000 migrants living in the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp to reception centres across the country sparked national outrage, after right-wing mayors criticised the plan and warned migrants would not get a warm welcome.
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