i have discovered over the past years that alot of people who migrate into these countries reduce their ages?
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Yes, this happens.\n\nWhen asylum seekers arrive in the UK, they very often do so with no travel documents. To put it another way they have a passport when they get on the plane but it's either destroyed or returned to the 'facilitator' - the 'agent' who arranges their passage for money - before they reach UK Immigration. In these situations there is no reliable way of verifying identity - although there is a fingerprint check to weed out multiple claimants - and, within reason, immigration have no option but to accept the identity details given. In the alternative they may have succeeded in travelling on a forged document which does not give the true identity. Again there is rarely any way of verifying personal statement of identity.\n\nWhy can they get away with this ? Because the 1951 Geneva Convention stipulates that an asylum applicant cannot be returned to their home country without consideration of the merits of their application. So their case must be considered - which takes time - and they can't just be put back on the plane they arrived on. It should be said that genuine refugees do arrive in this way. It can be their only way of escaping their country. That said this approach has certain inbuilt incentives for those who are not genuine refugees.\n\n1) Many countries refuse to accept the return of ' their nationals ' from the UK in the absence of a passport or concrete proof of nationality and identity. If a failed asylum seeker does nothing to co-operate with attempts to get them this documentation, the chances of them being returned are reduced. Even more so if they have given a completely false identity in the first place.\n\n2) As you say they can pretend to be younger than they are. Not to the extent of claiming to be 14 at the age of 45 but telling the difference between 17 and 20 isn't as easy as you'd think. With no documentation this can be almost impossible to disprove. There are advantages to being treated as a 'minor' - under the age of 18. As someone else said there are additional difficulties in removing them if their applications fail because of duty of care towards minors and also social security provision is more generous.\n\n3) If you happen to have any kind of criminal past - even to have connections with terrorism - there are very clear advantages in being able to use a different identity and in no-one knowing who you really are.\n\nIt's a big, big problem. We don't need to turn away genuine refugees but we do need to try and close some of these gaping loopholes.
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i suppose so. and i believe this can be concluded from the world migration levels as made possible by advances in transporation and communication. of course, this is not just the reason, many other things like political (insecurity, wars, etc) or economic (lack of jobs or low in home sending countries, lack of skilled manpower in receiving countries as a result of declining birth rates, etc.) contribute to this. and the bottomline is the mobility of people.in fact, according to an international organization, from 1965 to 2000, some 10% of the world's population do not live in their countries of birth! and this is on the rise! expect more inter racial relationships.
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There are, in fact, millions if not billions of people on the planet who fall into that age range, yes.  Best of luck.
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On average 26-30 years old.
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out migration, ageing of the work force,  increase in morality rates, decrease in birth rates, disabilities
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hard to tell without further information : are you taking into account the rise in sea level, the rise of the elderly population, people are living longer, many countries are having a fall in birth rate. so taking all these into account, i dont know
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Yes, the birthrate of US citizens (as in most developed countries) has dropped below replacement level (2 children for every man and woman), thus if it weren't for immigration the US population would actually be decreasing.
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Imagine  u had 3 brothers that went away to different far away lands. they will all develop different customs.If you see them again after a few decades have past, youll see their cultures will be different.
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older people become more of a liability and need special care. Plus they are not productive as a young person.
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decreasing......i just think that ppl are more aware of different cultures,,, hopfully
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It affected immigration from certain countries.
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Actually, that is part of what is being considered.  Or perhaps I shouldn't say 'Asians' but an increase in a type of work visa that seems most often filled by Asians.  The number is just dwarfed by the 12 million people number applying to illegal immigrants here, so people aren't paying much attention to it.
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People who live in large cities are less likely to be inbred.
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through the ages the exchange of skills and ideas have ultimately benefited countries. Those leaving for greener pastures learn new skills, earn income to send home and often return at a later point to reinvest in their home country (I take it you are making the distinction between Emigration from and Immigration to here)
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You have been here continuously, have not left the country to reside elsewhere. Not 100% but sounds like common sense.
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you get to help them which is a pluss.  and they have also been here longer then us.  meaning they know much more..  its cool listening to old folks war and salvery stories.  i dont think theres any disadvantages
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Great question, Yes the younger genreration is going down the/......, I am in the middle east and here there is no respect what so ever an man could get either from, kids or elders , the expats are treated as dirt, especially to thoese who  come from the Sub continent, or Africa