Bless our immigrants... We don't need no stinkin' MINUTEMEN...!

”Thank you, Vassily. Immigrant Portugal, Tolerant Portugal.” ”We are grateful, and so are they.” These slogans, accompanied by a picture of a Ukrainian worker, are part of a campaign launched in Portugal to debunk the myth that the arrival of foreigners has a negative impact on the country.

The new campaign was launched Thursday by the High Commissioner for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (ACIME), through supplements inserted into the country's major newspapers.

The supplement points out that for centuries, this was a nation of emigrants, which eventually led to the need to take in the 400,000 immigrants legally residing in the country today, ”to make Portugal a better country.”

ACIME notes that when it comes to the public's perception of immigration, a number of ”truths” have developed based on preconceived and apparently coherent beliefs, ”which are nonetheless profoundly misguided,” and almost always ”serve the purposes of certain interests and ideologies.”

The campaign is aimed at tackling some of the myths about immigration - such as the claim that foreign workers ”come here to steal our jobs” - through scientific and rigorously interpreted facts, while bearing in mind that ”there are 4.5 million Portuguese living abroad.”

how very refreshing to know there's a country out there who is celebrating its immigrants and recognizing the value they bring to society... all of these close-the-door-behind-me bastards in the u.s. need to be exposed for the racist hypocrites they are... if the truth be told, everybody in this damn country is an immigrant except for the native americans, if you ignore that they too were immigrants thousands of years ago when they crossed into present-day north america via the bering strait...

Submit To Propeller
Tweet