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[-] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That's not a dictionary, friend. That's an advocacy website. Do you not understand the distinction?

Merriam-Webster: a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence

Princeton: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

Cambridge: a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently

They will have a higher literacy level than someone fleeing Afghanistan. It’s pretty fucking obvious.

For the second time, no one is conflating economic migrants with refugees except you. I'm merely explaining that they're both immigrants, as per all the reputable dictionaries.

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, this is what you wrote

You are deliberately talking over them. They’re clearly not claiming that all migrants are illiterate or uneducated or ill-prepared for work in Europe. They’re arguing that many are, and those migrants exacerbate our problems. They certainly don’t solve them.

Migrants.

It depends on the nation. The UN collects data. Afghanistan is 62.7% illiterate, for example. Further, Almost all refugees to Denmark have zero Danish language reading and writing skills. They must learn all of these. Slightly more (but shockingly few) have any English reading and writing skills.

Surely it isn't surprising to you that refugees have limited European language skills?

We're talking about immigrants, you made it about refugees you dozy turnip

[-] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Both of those statements are congruent. The fact that you think they're not is a damning indictment of the American school system.

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, conflating the literacy rate of refugees with all immigrants is my error lol

And I'm not American ffs. I'm from the UK, a third of immigrants to the UK are university students, pretty sure they're literate, ya jabroni

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