In the last decade‚ Singapore had liberalized immigration policies thus a large influx of foreigners. There are several reasons to this decision. Firstly‚ is to keep the citizen population size stable due to declining total fertility rate‚ longer life expectancy and migration. According to AsiaOne news (a Singapore Press Holding portal) dated 24th April 2012‚ the paper stated that Singapore’s ageing population will outstrip births by 2025 if fertility rates remain low. Immigration can help mitigate
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Foreigners and Heros After a successful assassination attempt on General Zaroff‚ Rainsford will soon be rescued by a team of Asian fishermen. They gave Rainsford an abundance of food and fresh water. One of the fisherman asked a question‚”What happened out there son!” He replied‚”Long story sir.” It took roughly one week for them to arrive at the bay of South Korea. Rainsford thanked the Asian fishermen and went back to live with his attractive wife name Clarise. They live happily ever after
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Foreigners in their Native Land In the chapter Foreigners in their Native land: Manifest Destiny in the Southwest‚ Ronald Takaki describes the ideology of manifest destiny and its driving force to American colonists in the invasion of Mexican held territory in the Southwest during the 19th century. The conquest occurred in a progressive fashion that started with the war in 1936 that ceded Texas to the U.S. and culminated in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848. The Mexican-American war
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started to notice some ongoing discussions and blogs on the need to control the influx of foreigners in Singapore. These discussions seemed to be quite interesting. The influx of immigrants was cited as the reason for putting strains on infrastructure‚ increase in inflation‚ rising prices of property and rising income inequality. Slowly‚ the public opinion of Singaporeans turned against the policy of welcoming foreigners into their country. Even the Prime Minister has admitted that the Government lacked
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like that. I’m lost in a dark tunnel and can’t find the light for the exit. I feel like I’m stuck in my own world where every time I wake up I the morning I travel to the “normal” world named Earth and I try my very best to not seem like an alien foreigner and I’d speak their language as best to my abilities‚ working hard to understand their slang‚ behaviors‚ and culture. During the day I’d make slip ups here and there trying my best to cover them up so no one will now that I’m different. So as the
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Statistics shows that foreigners make up 26.8% of the current population‚ compared to 18.7% in 2000 and 10% in 1990. This shows that we are relying more and more on foreign labour. As Singapore is a small country with no natural resources and has to rely on human labour to maintain and further propel its economy. With only about 3.87 million Singapore residents. Cause for influx of foreigners and immigrants Low total fertility rate Singapore is currently facing an increase in the ageing population
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In his op-ed piece “America’s mixed messages to foreigners at the gate‚” published in the Seattle Times in 2004‚ Ruben Navarrette‚ Jr dives into a topic prevalent if not more so in the fourteen years that have passed since this article’s publication. Navarrette criticizes the message broadcasted to those who immigrate to America and specifically from Latin America illegally: “Come legally‚ or don’t come at all.” He not only retorts in his op-ed piece how oxymoronic this message comes across by providing
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Why So Many Foreigners Join Jihadists? Wang Zixuan 201201228 Mon 13:30 The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) is a jihadist group based on al-Qaeda in Iraq‚ formed in April 2013. It has become one of the main jihadist groups fighting government forces in Syria and Iraq. Its leader is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi‚ who joined the rebellion that erupted in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. Its original aim was to establish a caliphate in the Sunni-majority regions of
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In his op-ed piece “America’s mixed messages to foreigners at the gate‚” published in the Seattle Times in 2004‚ Ruben Navarrette‚ Jr dives into a topic prevalent if not more so in the fourteen years that have passed since this article’s publication. Navarrette criticizes the message broadcasted to those who immigrate to America and specifically from Latin America illegally: “Come legally‚ or don’t come at all.” He not only retorts in his op-ed piece how oxymoronic this message comes across by providing
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What do foreigners think about Bulgarians? Georgi Shterev BC 301 – Critical Thinking Rob Stevenson Inference Essay April 26‚ 2009 As a Bulgarian‚ I feel quite bad when I hear negative opinions about my nation. The truth is‚ however‚ that in the past years both Bulgarian self-consciousness and foreign feedback about the people living here have been going down due to factors such as poverty and corruption. There are both positive and negative assumptions
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