Immigration & integration
For each question, what divides the two sides and the best argument of each, without caricature.
- Should migrant boats be allowed to dock?A boat carrying 200 migrants asks to dock in your country.
- Should undocumented workers be regularised?An undocumented woman has worked in a restaurant for 8 years. Her children go to school here.
- Is immigration good for the country?Immigration enriches my country.
- Should integration programmes be compulsory?A recognised refugee settles in your town.
- Should immigration be sharply reduced?The number of immigrants admitted each year should be sharply reduced.
- Should foreign offenders be deported?A foreign national convicted of a serious crime has served their sentence.
- Should family reunification be restricted?Family reunification (bringing in a spouse and children)…
- Should asylum seekers be allowed to work?Asylum seekers should be allowed to work as soon as they arrive.
- For or against birthright citizenship?A child born here to foreign parents…
- Should asylum be processed outside the EU?Europe is considering processing asylum claims in centres outside the EU.
- Should foreign residents vote in local elections?Long-term foreign residents should be able to vote in local elections.
- Reception crisis: should more places be opened?Asylum seekers are sleeping on the street for lack of reception places.
- Should EU internal border checks return?Checks at the EU's internal borders should be reinstated.
- An asylum centre in your neighbourhood?Your city wants to open a centre for asylum seekers in your neighbourhood.
- Welfare: should there be a residency requirement?Social benefits should be reserved for people who have been legal residents for several years.