I would like to say that foreigners have a positive influence on us.0:07
They bring us their culture, language and customs.0:11
However, they have to integrate well into our society.0:16
They should obey our laws.0:19
They must live legally in my country and certainly not tell us what we should do.0:21
What do I think of foreigners coming to live in my country?0:31
Which country are we speaking about?0:35
Which country is my country?0:37
I think we live in a world which looks like a village, where people know each other, are open to each other, can understand each other.0:41
I'm sure the word foreigner is not very important now.0:50
Maybe those who come to the Earth from Mars.0:55
In my opinion, meeting different cultures can only improve our society.0:59
In my opinion, foreigners coming to live in my country are not a problem to me.1:08
I think I can open my country to new cultures.1:13
I think they have decided to emigrate because the life in their own country was too hard for them.1:16
Most of them want to find work and have a better life.1:22
But some people bring trouble.1:26
In my opinion, the big problem is that there is not enough money for all of them and Belgium cannot offer all of them places where they can work.1:28
I think foreign citizens are sometimes discriminated against.1:41
Some of them have a different religion from ours.1:46
Sometimes their customs and their culture are different too.1:48
My grandfather, who immigrated from Italy to Belgium many years ago, told me how difficult it used to be for him here at the beginning.1:52
I think that foreigners who come to live in Western Europe are sure that everybody here is rich and that you can make a lot of money in no time.2:05
Unfortunately, the reality is rather different.2:15
Television shows a nearly perfect world in the west and is responsible for the misunderstanding.2:18
People come to my country and don't often find things they had expected.2:25
They become dissatisfied and aggressive.2:31
This can be dangerous.2:35
I have mixed feelings about foreigners.2:41
On the one hand, my country is very small and there are so many jobless people in it.2:44
So I don't want thousands of foreigners to come and take our jobs.2:50
And then housing will be a big problem.2:55
But on the other hand, I find it very important to meet other cultures and people who speak different languages, because living with people from other countries opens your mind.2:59
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