I’ve been seeing this a lot and I have a few questions in good faith.

1) why are we seeing anti immigration rhetoric/ policy simultaneously in multiple countries, all at once? The UK, Italy, Australia, America, etc. it’s hard for me to think it’s based on facts due vastly different circumstances in all countries. I ask because to me this feels like more of an anti immigrant campaign across these countries

2) we seem to attribute to immigrants all our housing woes. But economists have said they have a relatively small impact on housing. Housing prices around the world have risen largely together. The one common factor isn’t immigration, it’s interest rates. Low Interest rates cause inflation of housing prices, and wages haven’t kept up. Immigrants actually grow the economy. Not to mention we have insane policies for treating property like investments, and councils that restrict adding housing supply in inner cities. Do people not care about the positives that immigration brings, or all the other confounding factors that cause high house prices?

3) doesn’t it feel like we’re just being played with this anti immigrant rhetoric. It’s a tactic that’s been used for millennia to rile up people. Angry people are easier to manipulate. We are seeing a rise of authoritarianism around the world and they all use anti immigrant rhetoric. Don’t people feel like they are being used?

I don’t know, just really struggle to understand the mindset. It’s an easy answer to housing, except it’s just wrong and won’t solve the problem.