France - Macron Wins

[Jayjay]

When working in Asia and the Middle East I have met Germans, British, Italians and some French people who have married Chinese, Vietnmese, Filipina, Japanese and Indian women. THis may be a just a few thousand but nonetheless it is still relevant Later I will see if there any figures.

First, of course if you work in Asia and Middle-East, the Europeans you meet there are more likely to marry locals, than the average person in Europe. It's a personal anecdote of a different situation. Second, the people you work with likely would meet the income requirement anyway so they are not an issue. And third, even "a few thousand" out of 600,000 is not really that much.

I doubt it is in thousands though. More likely two or three digit numbers annually.

It doesn't matter. Human rights violations of even one person is sufficient.

Being allowed to bring your wife to the country from abroad is not a "human rights violation".

If you are referring to low-income Britons not being able to do so, and thus being treated somewhat inequally to EU citizens, that's not EU's fault. It's UK law enacted by UK parliament, with no pressure or demands from EU. When UK leaves, that law will still remain.

 

[bilby]

How many is "quite a few"? Do you have any statistics to back up the claim that it's a real problem?

When working in Asia and the Middle East I have met Germans, British, Italians and some French people who have married Chinese, Vietnmese, Filipina, Japanese and Indian women. THis may be a just a few thousand but nonetheless it is still relevant Later I will see if there any figures.

If you met them in Asia and the Middle East, then they are examples of migration FROM the EU, not to it.

 

[whichphilosophy]

When working in Asia and the Middle East I have met Germans, British, Italians and some French people who have married Chinese, Vietnmese, Filipina, Japanese and Indian women. THis may be a just a few thousand but nonetheless it is still relevant Later I will see if there any figures.

First, of course if you work in Asia and Middle-East, the Europeans you meet there are more likely to marry locals, than the average person in Europe. It's a personal anecdote of a different situation. Second, the people you work with likely would meet the income requirement anyway so they are not an issue. And third, even "a few thousand" out of 600,000 is not really that much.

I doubt it is in thousands though. More likely two or three digit numbers annually.

It doesn't matter. Human rights violations of even one person is sufficient.

Being allowed to bring your wife to the country from abroad is not a "human rights violation".

If you are referring to low-income Britons not being able to do so, and thus being treated somewhat inequally to EU citizens, that's not EU's fault. It's UK law enacted by UK parliament, with no pressure or demands from EU. When UK leaves, that law will still remain.

This is not in dispute. It is one of the asinine actions of Teresa May who of course supported the Remain policy.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-entry-couples-british-children-a7592826.html

As well as this as home secretary, she failed to meet any targets in reducing immigration.

 

[iolo]

A common custom round here is for not-terribly-attractive blokes to go off to Thailand to find a bride. Like you, I can't put numbers on it, but there are quite a few round here and everywhere else I've been. It doesn't half improve the looks of the populace!

I married a lady from the Philippines while I was working in Hong Kong. In fact I was so ugly when I was in junior school, my parents used to pay the local kids to play with me.

Actually Thailand does occur, but when Eurpeans work abroad they meet foreign women. One thing I've been told is that in Thailand, the best lookinhg women are men.

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[whichphilosophy]

When working in Asia and the Middle East I have met Germans, British, Italians and some French people who have married Chinese, Vietnmese, Filipina, Japanese and Indian women. THis may be a just a few thousand but nonetheless it is still relevant Later I will see if there any figures.

If you met them in Asia and the Middle East, then they are examples of migration FROM the EU, not to it.

Europeans will work on contract and then return to Europe. They would bring their wives with them. Most can afford it but some will have problems under these new laws.

 

[Derec]

If you met them in Asia and the Middle East, then they are examples of migration FROM the EU, not to it.

Not if they return to Europe with their wives.

 

[whichphilosophy]

When working in Asia and the Middle East I have met Germans, British, Italians and some French people who have married Chinese, Vietnmese, Filipina, Japanese and Indian women. THis may be a just a few thousand but nonetheless it is still relevant Later I will see if there any figures.

If you met them in Asia and the Middle East, then they are examples of migration FROM the EU, not to it.

They would be a migrant to the UK if they marry a British person and move from there to the UK