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by **reportfromcyprus** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:49 am

Cyprus' UN ambassador says there are between 10,000-30,000 illegal migrants working on the island.

Good, bad? Necessary? Not necessary? Do we have the infrastructure to handle them all?

Inquiring minds want to know

by **Sotos** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:27 pm

Good, bad?

Good for the illegal immigrants and their employers and bad for everybody else

by **HeD** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:49 pm

I saw an agent that supplies 'domestic servants'. Servants? This is the 21st century not the 12th. While 'servants' are acceptable then exploitation and illegal workers will be here.

by **michalis5354** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:06 pm

They are good and necessary! I got a lot of assistance from illegal imigrants and I hope they come more!

by **michalis5354** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:16 pm

Sotos wrote:Good for the illegal immigrants and their employers and bad for everybody else

Why bad for everyone else? They have been very good to me and I am not an immigrant nor an employer.

by **unique_earthling** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:16 pm

What gets my goat is the way sri lankans call their employers madam, 'madam says this and madam says that' and so much abuse of power sickens me. One started to call me that and i told her in no uncertain terms my name and not to call me madam, she is not a servant but an equal and should behave as such..

by **Sotos** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:17 pm

I saw an agent that supplies 'domestic servants'. Servants?

It is just a name. Ever heard of the public servants?

Why bad for everyone else?

Because they work for less money and can cause unemployment and because anything illegal is bad :shock:

by **Sotos** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:21 pm

unique_earthling wrote:What gets my goat is the way sri lankans call their employers madam, 'madam says this and madam says that' and so much abuse of power sickens me. One started to call me that and i told her in no uncertain terms my name and not to call me madam, she is not a servant but an equal and should behave as such..

That is in their culture. They use madam and sir to show they are polite. I use plural when I talk to my boss or to older people in general just to be polite but this doesn't mean I am not equal.

by **unique_earthling** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:24 pm

Well she seemed very pleased i had said that and appeared more comfortable in my presence.

by **GorillaGal** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:30 pm

what countries are represented in your illegal immigrants?
and are they taking jobs away from the Cypriots, or doing the jobs the Cypriots don't want to do?
just wondering...

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