Why Is Europe Building So Many Walls?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
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"Europe has managed the Immigration crisis mostly by vibes" is so painfully accurate... and "managed" is a really generous way of putting it...
3:00 I really love this map. France doesn't exist
what is a "France"?
@@turtleburger200 atlantis
I love how Europeans joked about Trump's plan to build a wall, meanwhile we had walls going for years at that point
Trump wasn't even the first in the US
Well, Europe never said that the ones on the other side of the wall would have to pay for it, unlike trump
@@DieserAIiasIstSchonVergeben fair enough, but most people that I know, never really mentioned that part. They just joke about the wall in general. Could be different overall though 🤷♂️
@@PlutoniumDG Well it certainly doesn't help that parts of the wall that were 100% completed, are already falling apart and rusting due to weather. If we thought just building the wall wasn't enough of a headache, the maintenance would have been insane.
Because trump is a racist. He says build a wall but we’re supposed to hear “keep the brown people out”. Kinda hard to take anything he says seriously after that
700,000 a year is not “just a couple thousand”
"Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten." ~Bob the Builder
i dressed up as gdr bob the builder once
That's not Bob the Builder, that's Bob der Baumeister.
Dear Mr Car: you make great points about the walls, but remember that the google car probably did not go there in that time. Coverage is often older than you think
5:17 Oh no no no, Toycat, it is FAR greater than a couple hundred per month. It is a couple hundred PER DAY.
"Around 29,000 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in 2023, down from 46,000 in 2022"
around 2500 a month, so less than 100 per day, but a lot more than I said in the video. My bad!
@@ibx2cat thats 29,000 people DETECTED
@@ibx2cat Ah, well fair enough 🙇
@@QuackersMcCrackersYeah, bow in submission to the almighty toycat.
@@OnCydig Yes, all bow to the ToyCat. Or else 👿
1:21 I love that Spain built a wall to separate a tiny chunk of the UK from them before they built a wall to separate the entire continent of Africa from them
The uk doesn't have kebab. Morocco does.
Which is more important?
I rest my case
I love how the same people that called an american wall stupid, idiotic and ineffective totally defend building walls here in europe...
Both are stupid. Most illegal immigrants come on a visa and just never leave after it expires.
@@gljames24 is there an official source for that?
@@roejogan2693”Most irregular migrants originally enter the EU legally on short-stay visas, but remain in the EU for economic reasons once their visa expired”- The official EU website
By the end of fiscal year 2017 there were 606,926 people who had entered the country on a since expired visa estimated to still be living in the country. There were 300,000 apprehensions (notably not people who made it in) in that same time period. I can’t find more recent data, but the number of illegal immigrants in the US remained about the same from 2017 to 2021 despite a massive increase in crossing attempts so I assume that it is still the case
@@roejogan2693 He made it up so it aligns with his world view
Wall bad
you forgot the 4th and most popular way to immigrate. you can enter a country for a predefined time, as a student or tourist, for instance, and then over stay your visa. legal at first, but given time, illegal eventually.
Really been enjoying your videos lately! Borders existing for the sake of giving generosity is a great way to look at it.
A few hundred a month.... you sure about that
It's a few hundred A DAY. just in the UK which is the hardest to get to. were talking hundreds of thousands a month for Europe.
He replied to a different comment, it's about 2500 per month so just under 100 a day for the UK.
Still that number of 100 a day is a drop in the ocean to what’s coming into the US. The numbers range from 8-12 million in the past 4 years…. And that’s what they’re “estimating”.
in USA 3 mil in 3 months
@@P3rasc0that doesn't really line up with official numbers or even theories published by the Migration Policy Institute. According to them, there are estimated 47 million foreign born people in the US, which corresponds to around 15% of the US population.
Interestingly, this number has been rather consistent throughout the country's history. It dipped to an all-time low of 6% in the 1970s but it also peaked to an all-time high of 16% in the 1890s.
Throughout most of the country's history, the number of foreign-born residents has remained around the 12% mark. So although there has been a steady increase in numbers, that is consistent with the population increase within the United States and honestly humanity in general after the baby boom of the 50's-60's started having children.
the strongest walls are useless if you let in the wooden horse
I was saying for years we in EU should build a Great Southern Wall to stop illegal migration and future climate refugees
Romanians will pay for the wall
we could force illegal immigrants to build the wall
@@svr5423 that would be kinda funny
I read that as "Why Is Europe Building So Many Wells?". So Why Is Europe Building So Many Wells?😉
…for water?
@@OfficialUKGov Yes, I know that's the literal answer, but to be semi-serious for a moment, a lot of European countries are looking to pump water from their aquifiers, which, if you're not careful, is a VERY BAD THING. One, it can cause subsidence and two, once you exhaust an aquifier, it's gone, no going back, do not pass go, do not collect your lovely water, at least not for another 200 years.....
I'm a descendant of european exilees in the Americas. Italian and Spanish from one side.
Nowadays are laws that allow their descendants to claim the nationality. My mother came to Spain to work, and i studied and now work here, nobody went our of their way to offer us food or a place to live. Those laws are no use to us now, we went and obtained our nationality with years and years of burocracy and money.
I hate the ilegal immigrants and the ones that don't integrate into society.
They even have no shame and complain that our resources aren't enough, when our government owes them nothing.
I have zero sympathy for them.
They should have risked their lives trying to enter the country the legal way, a lot of people do it.
I hate when they flee from oppressive religious countries only to then demand that our own democratic secular countries be more like the countries they fled from
You know illegal immigrants don’t actually get welfare right? In the Uk they get shoved into hotels for increasingly long lengths of time but that’s only because the last government stopped processing asylum claims and they aren’t allowed to work until they are processed. Illegal immigrants aren’t given any benefits other than some healthcare in some places. Yet if they work, they still pay taxes. They are a net benefit for the economy
They tried this in Berlin and people did not like it. This will not end well.
We're just re-enabling border checks. Because so far there are none. You can driver over to the netherlands, get some of those dutch herbs, and drive back.
But the border uplrades I can see are pretty easy
The baltics are trying to prevent the Ukraine thing happening in their area. (Remember Crimea was in 2014, and the baltics were the first to declare independence from the USSR occupation.)
The border at the tunnel is just the french and brits going at it again. And why take a boat there, when you can take a boat from Tunsia to Italy.
Greece and North Macedonia had an argument for a long time (mostly over the use of the name Macedonia")
And Belarus is pretty much small Russia. I mean, the name literally translates as "white russia", they were also active in the war. And they're the only country in Europe with capital punishment.
maybe this is a controversial opinion but i would rather the native population of my country to remain an ethnic majority than for my government to have more money and then not spend it on improving citizen's lives
Its only controversial for white majority countries
Support welfare chauvinism + ethnic integration policy
@fedmcglowie7240yes, if you're literally Mussolini
No serious person thinks thats controversial.
Yes we have the right to feel safe in our own countries. And if the goverment cares more about some random criminals more than its own citizens, its nit a good goverment
Why are there walls for countries in eu
Trouble with those immigrants -- the ones that endure such hardships, and travel thousands of miles on foot, and struggle for months and years -- is that they're too lazy to work. (If you need an emoji to get the sarcasm, check your pulse.)
No need for sarcasm when what you said is accurate
Toycat, what are your thoughts on Apple Maps? I keep hearing it’s better than Google but I won’t switch unless you endorse it
It's getting a lot better, I wouldn't say its worth switching yet though
@@ibx2cat thanks!
I have a friend on the Apple maps team. His professional assessment is its better if you need logistic route planning but not for anything else.
To think in the early 2010’s Apple maps put an airport symbol for the Airfield estate in Dundrum.
Don't you need to enter a countrt to start the Asylum process?
you can ask for asylum before immigrating to another country
@@phillipanselmo8540 I'm aware but how would you practically do that from your country of origin if you're actively fleeing your country of origin?
@@micayahritchie7158 you send a letter either from the embassy within your country of residence or to your country of choice
@@phillipanselmo8540 🤦🏾♂️. I know I'm talking practically
@micayahritchie7158 there is no "practical" way of doing it if you're actively fleeing, you either deal with the embassy or not migrate legally
The sheer number of illegal crossings in the US is insane. Doesn’t really compare to Europe
It's only insane if you ignore international law and consider asylum seeking illegal
maginot 2.0 frfr very based
I dont understand why immigrants come all the way to britian and not stop at a erlier country
you have no ID cards, the rest of Europe (besides Denmark and the UK) does, ID cards are mandatory to pay taxes, open bank accounts, rent housing, buy a car, enroll in education.
Yeah, imagine crossing a sea and half of continent only to end up in United Kingdom
Most do. But it turns out that when you conquer so much of the world and make them speak English, people there will learn English and go to the country where they can actually talk to people. Many also have family here
@@Anonyomus_commenterBut the vast majority doesn't speak english
@@braziliantsar The vast majority stay in Europe
But more citizens means more taxes. Comparing European countries to the UAE, which doesn't have income tax for citizens, is like comparing apples with oranges.
If the citizens pay for themselves throuhh taxes, you don't need to treat foreigners like shit to extract wealth from them like the UAE does, while keeping paths to citizenship very limited.
maybe this is a controversial opinion but i would rather the native population of my country to remain an ethnic majority than for my government to have more money and then not spend it on improving citizen's lives
@@Perc1000 Natives are and always will be the majority here. We're not accepting millions of people in every year.
@@Perc1000Why does the ethnic majority matter? Race is a construct, in 1000 years we will probably all be mixed race anyway. A person is a person.
@@Anonyomus_commenter ok so lets start mass migrations of europeans into african countries
@@Anonyomus_commenter😂😂😂 Like you would be able to comprehend...
Because lots of people we dont want here are trying to get in
I feel like your voice and your camera are not synced, and thats throwing off
Do a video on the new NATO border now Finland’s been added! I’d be interested in seeing a Google Map tour of how some it has changed
Its best to accept immigration from former colonies with cultural ties to the European country. Algerians, Moroccans, Tunisians to France. Nigerians, Ghanaians, Indians, to Britain. Congolese to Belgium. Morooccans, Latin Americans to Spain. Brazilians to Portugal. Indonesians to Netherlands
France can keep the morrocans.
I love how you start with 2 most problematic groups 😂😂😂
😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡
There should be no immigration. Period.
Why even accept mass immigration to begin with?
Someone tell me what I should get from McDonald's
McCrispy with removed mayo and added bacon and cheese then add a sachet of bbq sauce on it
A double whopper with cheese.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot.
A cheeseburger with no cheese.
Try the Chicken Selects!
What's up with all the jumping?
I didn’t know Toycat had moved ro the US, cool!
i mean it makes sense
I'm from Poland and never supported building the Belarus wall. It was a project orchestrated by the then-ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party. However, that didn't help much and the refugees were building up, forced into Poland by Belarussian border guards. The Polish border guards in response started violent pushbacks and so the game of pulling the rope began. Agnieszka Holland directed a heartbreaking film about the situation which was critically acclaimed in the West but not so much here. The then-opposition and more left-leaning party, Civic Coalition (PO), supported her and criticized the pushback practices.
After they took power in late 2023, nothing changed. The pushbacks are as violent as they used to, with no chance to apply for asylum. Holland rightfully pointed it out and critizes the current goverment too. It's infuriating, PO politicians say that the pushbacks are now more "humane". Unfortunately, an overwhelming majority of Poles actually *support* the pushbacks. No one really cares about the lives of the thousands of refugees stuck between a rock and a hard place. They keep dying of starvation, lack of proper medical care, etc. Yet no one bats an eye.
Ah, supposed "leftists" criticizing violent treatment of immigrants, but later adopting them as well, isn't that a familiar story? The whole world seems to be sliding right, doesn't it?
@@collinshaw8744UK, Mexico, France “sliding right” 💀
Do these border walls work?
Define "work"
Hi toycat! hope you've been well
9:45
Not true. That is just something that the Tories like to peddle, there is nothing in the migrant convention that states that.
7:56 bro latvia isnt lithuania
No borders in 2024
Buhu, walls are senseless. How about implementing something proper to help migrants...
Man, i hope this doesnt come off as rude. Havent watched in a while, but you look somewhat tense and hyperactive. Genuinely, i hope thats just me and you are fine.
Nah. Yall got duped! The walls are to keep you in. Bye bye freedom! 😂
Why build walls at the boders, we are no longer in the Medieval period
It would be impossible to walk from Portugal to Finland without encountering a border crossing. To get there entirely on land you have to go into Russia.
Ferry's between tallinn and Helsinki are frequent, but also Denmark is connected to Sweden by bridge
@@ibx2cat A ferry isn’t walking, and the Øresund bridge isn’t open to pedestrians.
@@gotham61it is if you just keep walking on the ferry 😀
I joked abour Trump building the wall, and now seeing what Europe is becoming, I wish we had a wall.
Le funi wol
Seyuta and Meyila...😂😂😂
i smell an increase in production quality, i thought you were spending your dono's on tacos and kebabs! shame
These comments are making me sad, man
Please have some empathy and look at the facts
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@@ciaranReal anti immigration comments
@@goganii oh, sounded like Pro immigration
@@ciaranReal yeah it is, in my original comment I'm disappointed at the anti immigration comments
@@goganii why though?
Trump isn't even special anymore
What’s the truth behind the thumbnail image, or it completely clickbait? If so France is based.
What is that 2016 wall at the northern finnish Russian border
It's the Norwegian-Russian border actually.
@@RichardMontgomeryYT interesting, why was this wall built
@@evanspencer2509 Russia exploited a Norwegian loophole which allowed crossing the border on a bicycle and sent a few thousand migrants to Norway.
Walls work
Do much discussion about boarders and illegal immigrants. No discussion as for ehy they are migrating. Maybe solve the problem theybare facing. Last time i checked arabs were being bombed by the west and its allies. And i dont remember the last time mainstrram news talked about subsaharan africa for more than 10 seconds.
Is solving the problem there is to complex for the average: illegal migrant bad, lets build a wall. Opinioned person. Or to they not understand because they are not informed.
tbf there are many walls, but they are very ineffective
Discussing this topic without addressing the reasons behind people's immigration is absurd. We must never forget the impact of colonization by this continent. Using an example like Nigeria becoming wealthy and everyone flocking there overlooks the deeper issues. It's disingenuous to imply that people come to Europe solely for a better and wealthier life. This oversimplification disregards the desperate conditions driving people to risk their lives crossing the ocean. You must acknowledge the colonial past of your ancestors and its lasting effects play a deeper part in this. Its always what is the solution its never what is the problem right?
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People are worried about not getting enough from the government, and blaming it on immigration.
I think theres a decision that has to be made, how much immigration is sustinable, how many dependents are allowed and how much money is the maximum we spend on that.
Also how much money is it worth to pay neighboring countries to keep poor people with no skills in language and services out.
Should the eu maybe create a greater economic program to develop underdeveloped countries into middle class countries, along the way sell capital goods and get rich off that, while those countries try to develop their own industries and become a consumer market. The goal is that they commit to becoming developed democracies that bolster the ranks of a free world when dictatorships and autocracies are gaining power.
Moving up the tech tree
Edit: why do we owe those people?
We owe the border countries money if we want them to keep out people seeking opportunities.
For our own sake, we should try to make it so every neighbor country develops into a strong self sufficient market, while creating opportunities to become tied to European treaties, if applicable become union member to increase the power of the EU 20+ years down the line.
As for the people that slip through and make a living, it is what it is, a small number is no problem. Let's say 1 person per 1000 gets to be the lottery winner and that's the target for how strong borders will be
Why do EU citizens owe them anything?
@@saulspanco854 maybe colonization?
People only have a limited capacity of empathy and sympathy and my supposition is that all this immigration has severely strained or depleted that capacity that now, EU citizens want them out.
Can’t really blame them honestly. Also seems kind of like a slap in the face to the immigrants who are trying to get in via the legal process.
@@user-ry3np3vc1tah yes because without colonization those states would have been superpowers. Colonial nations didn't hinder their progress. Not to mention that most European nations didn't even partake in colonization. Tell me who was colonized by Greece , Romania , Croatia , Hungary , Poland , Czechia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Sweden , Denmark , Norway , Finland , Ireland , Latvia , Estonia or Lithuania?
@@user-ry3np3vc1t1) No they don't owe them anything
If it hadn't happened they wouldn't have been better off so reparations make no sense
And tell me who did Slovenia colonize?
Because of Trump, we're sorry
No kitties know
2:51 I know you don't mean it poorly. But "terrorist" is largely a racist term that is mostly applied improperly to freedom and independence fighters who are legally waging liberation movements, and rarely applied properly to people like, white supremacists shooting up schools or churches. "Mass-murder" "Civilian targetting" "War crimes" and "Political violence" all do plenty of a good job describing the various immoral actions. I understand the purpose of using it in this video and that it wasn't intentionally hateful, but rather trying to make a joke about how these governments genuinely work (which, btw, is often racist, of course). But I personally would refrain from using the word myself or at least being very very careful and precise about it.
Btw as someone who came for the minecraft but also is fascinated by this kind of thing, I love your content. Youre one of the best, keep doing you! 🩵
Bro is fluent in yappanese.
Tf are you on?
@@ellermg Im on a level of truth you just don't seem to be ready for, bud.
@@buildinganewworld2682More like a level of delusion. Keep taking those shrooms "bud"
@@Tovalokodonc deluded into thinking we can continuously improve ourselves and the world around us