Immigrants - including asylum seekers and refugees - don’t come to ‘sponge’ off the country they go to, they come to make a life in that country. That means contributing - and they *do* contribute. We should understand and welcome that. It’s that simple.
You have to be energetic, you have to be dynamic, you have to be brave, even to undertake that kind of thing. It’s not easy. That means that immigrants - again, including asylum seekers and refugees - are even *more* likely to make a contribution than most.
Anyone who spends time with immigrants - and yes, I’m married to one - knows this. If you imagine they’re lazy or spongers, all that shows is your ignorance and bigotry. Nothing else.
Oh, and if you imagine immigrants are lazy, and would sponge, that also suggests a wee bit of projection. You imagine that you would do that.
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