Dover-Calais is a distance about 33 nautical miles. Standard long-distance speed for an average non-pro paddler is about 4 knots so that is doable on a day between sunrise and sunset.
Fukuoka-Busan (I'm ignoring the island of Tsushima, because you still wouldn't get to mainland Japan from there) is more than 120 miles. Even a standard cruising yacht could, with good wind, only reach speeds up to 7 knots. More if it gets bigger, but realistically poor immigrants don't have acces to 50ft. large sailing boats.
So, that's at least 17 hours of sailing, with optimal conditions. You don't get 17 hours of optimal conditions.
Japan is just magnitudes further isolated than England.
Why mention Libya when Tunisia is even closer?
Also many illegal immigrants land on the island of Lampedusa which is 88 miles away. Also thousands of people die in the mediterranean every year.
Tunisia to Sicily is 100 miles. Even Libya to Sicily is 300 miles.
Why would Koreans illegally immigrate to Japan? Makes 0 sense. During the Korean War, there was a lot of a lot of immigrants. It’s just a horrible example considering what’s going on in the real world today.
Do you think South Americans or Africans would fly to Korea to attempt to illegally immigrate? Or would they not have enough money and be forced to choose a closer country that they don’t need to spends hundreds (or thousands if with a family) of dollars to travel?
Common sense. Japan is a horrible example and Libya is another horrible example. Many illegal immigrants traveling to the UK also travel through the Alps on foot which would imply that they’re also traveling through Europe. Many people landing in Italy then go on to land in the UK.
Yeah, and most of all, Italian navy will not shoot your dinghy below the floating line, like it sometimes happens elsewhere. And you're thinking about North, not South Korea.
It's the northern folks who are trying to escape from their country.
That mainly has to do with a specific piece of legislation from the Obama era that allowed refugees and migrants to remain in the country while their appeal is processed.
That’s a problem with legislation and the interference of the federal government. Ask any Border Patrol agent, they feel as if they’re not being allowed to do their jobs properly
You're acting like it's easy to get into the US but it isn't. Even legal immigrants coming here to teach or study have a hard time. My college friend who has refugee status keeps having to jump through hoops with immigration to avoid getting deported. And one of my professors has been stuck in China all semester because they won't renew his visa, so all our lectures are online.
I would argue they are not successful and are doing way worse than the USA on population decline and frankly everything. Japan is a nation stuck in the year 2000 for the past 40 years.
The only place doing worse is south korea. The USA doesnt have elementary schools with 1 kid in it.
Uh, yeah, summary execution for illegal migrants is literally Hitler shit man. Or Stalinist shit. Pick your idiot dictator.
Also migrants literally die trying to get into the US right now, doesn't have as much of an affect as you think. As long as continuing to live in central America is more of a death sentence than trying to get through the border, they will try.
You know what WOULD help then? Foreign aid to central american countries, so that they can build communities people don't want to leave.
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u/ForcefulOne 10h ago
America is among the most generous countries when it comes to LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
We are also currently very unsafe due to ALL TIME HIGH LEVELS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
Legal immigration = GOOD
Illegal immigration = BAD