Immigration policies in the UK
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News reports are warping the truth about the current immigration policies here in the UK.  Please get the facts right before extolling the benefits of open door immigration policy!  Greedy industrialists would have us believe that immigration is great for the economy.

Immigration policies in the UK - A worker building a road

It may be great for their profits by keeping down wages, but for the country as a whole it is disastrous because each immigrant has to be housed, fed, watered, have medical care, their children educated etc, etc.  This is having a great toll on all services.

I bet also that at least 200,000 cars will be put on the roads by the 600,000 immigrants we've received since 2004.  Low wages to immigrants means they pay few taxes and contribute little to the provision of services they expect as a matter of right.  They don’t have enough spare money to pay into pensions and so will depend on welfare in later life.  Therefore employers are thinking short term - money into their own pockets and to hell with the aftermath on society.

Also it is said that immigrants are doing the jobs the British will no longer do?  Now, in large parts of Britain where there are few, if any immigrants, British people are doing all these jobs.  Legal immigration at the present projected rate will lead to a requirement of about 1½ million houses in the period 2003 – 2026.

There is growing resentment among the native population of whom 70 – 80% would like to see a tougher immigration policy.  The ethnic population is also concerned about the direction of events.  A majority of them (55%) also wish to see tighter immigration control.   A majority of the population (69%) feel that Britain is losing its own culture.

It’s time to start looking at the reality; the people want to halt immigration in its tracks and the government need to re-evaluate existing policies before it is too late.  When are countries going to look after their own people instead of dumping them on other nations?

By: Steve Machin


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I'm an electrician,and in the last year was working on a major building site in Canary Wharf where 60% of the workforce were from eastern europe(i.e from WITHIN the EU).At the same time there are politicians wondering why there is youth unemployment.Well,it's becuase you have 35-year-old Romanians doing labouring work that should really be done by the currently unemployed 17 and 18 year-olds that were born on this country(whatever their ethnic heritage may be).
*Tom  25-Jan-2010 02:43

 
This is true.I'm an electrician,and in the last year was working on a major building site in Canary Wharf where AT LEAST 60% of the workforce were from eastern europe(i.e from WITHIN the EU).At the same time there are politicians wondering why there is youth unemployment.Well,it's becuase you have 35-year-old Romanians doing labouring work that should really be done by the currently unemployed 17 and 18 year-olds that were born on this country(whatever their ethnic heritage may be).
*TOm  25-Jan-2010 02:42

 
The perception of immigration and the impact it as on local economy and employment is distorted by the media and the government propaganda.
The Home Office UK Border Agency site publishes constantly updated statistics. The November 2009 data show clearly that immigration to the UK has been steadily decreasing in recent years. 2009 has seen a reduction of 24% compared to 2008, the granting of asylum has fallen 12%, the applications from Eastern Europeans to work in the UK has fallen around 30%. A large percentage of the first wave of Eastern European immigrants have returned to their countries after a short stay in the UK.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) November 2009 figures also show that net migration fell to 163,000 in 2008, from 233,000 in 2007.
Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said: 'Net migration is falling, showing that migrants come to the UK for short periods of time, work, contribute to the economy and then return home. […]
It is true that employers are thinking short term and for their own profit, whether we like it or not that's their job in a capitalist society. It is the government, in cooperation with the EU and the countries of origin of migrants that have to find viable solutions suitable for a globalised world. No government can think as an island, we are all connected.
Britain's culture is made of all these different cultures and nationalities together, that's its strength and unique character, those who dream of the "good old days" should study history, the image they have of Albion is a fairy tale.
We are all different, all equal, and all sharing the same planet, and we better find a good way to do it.
*Roberto  27-Nov-2009 21:27

 
Have you noticed how immigrants don't follow British customs like queueing and politeness? instead they push and shove and jump to the front.
*Shove-off  13-Nov-2009 22:20

 
All immigrants to these lands should be forced to take an exam in Britishness. Before applying they should be thoroughly examinad as to their motives why Britain?

Send them home. All of them.
*Purgatory Britain  13-Nov-2009 21:12

 
Congo
We have never had a conversation here and we are not off to a good start with this one as, by stating that you cannot accept the truth of what I just said, you just implied that I am a liar.

The problems with branches of major chains has nearly always been with smaller branches; we have a new Tesco express and have had a problem twice, with Marks and Spencer it was a tiny branch attached to a filling station. On nearly all of these occasions the person refusing us entry was a security guard and they are usually supplied by agencies; they are frequently newly arrived immigrants and the turn over is fast.

I don’t accept the excuse that things are different where they come from, it is the responsibility of both the agency and the store to tell them about guide dogs as part of their training.

I complained here yesterday because we were turned away by a pizza place that we never had a problem with before. They had new staff. I asked to see the manager and complained. He apologised but by then we were too upset and angry to stay as everyone was staring at us and clearly did not want a dog in there. We were the only people there not Muslim. Who wants to eat somewhere that they are not welcome?
*Rori  13-Nov-2009 16:43

 
Congo, your inability to accept all this as true is because you don’t live in the same world that someone with a guide dog living in a place that has become “diverse” does. You think you live in the same world but you don’t.

Yes I know it is illegal, which is why I said “illegally refused entry”! We have never yet failed to enter a shop; we argue and tell them that this is a guide dog and that it is illegal to refuse entry. We insist on speaking to whoever is in charge and if they still refuse us we ask for their name so that we know who to sue and, magically, they find they do know what a guide dog is after all! We stand our ground but we should not have to.

In reality she does not want to sue or to seek publicity as she is a quiet and unassuming person who does not want publicity or her picture in the paper. She has on every occasion that this has happened in a chain store or café written to complain to the CEO of that company.
*Rori  13-Nov-2009 16:43

 
Blind people with guide dogs are the forgotten victims of mass immigration of Muslims from Africa and Asia.

My area of London has seen the fastest rate of immigration of anywhere in the country. Six years ago about one in ten faces in the street were brown; now about one in ten are white.

The change was massive and incredibly fast and the whole area has changed because of it. The council’s answer to this was to encourage massive building of blocks of flats which have mostly been bought to let and have further attracted incomers resulting not just in demographic change but a big increase in population in general.

Guide dog owners have suffered as Muslims are taught that dogs are unclean and must be avoided. My friend who has had guide dogs for nearly twenty years now has regular problems with being illegally refused entry to shops and cafés. Until recently this never happened. We have learned to not go into small shops and cafés unless we are certain we will not have a problem but the same thing happens at local branches of big chains. We have been refused entry to branches of Costa, Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Pizza Hut and B&Q.

People wrinkle up their noses and look disgusted or flap their scarves at us, we have been told that we should not be on buses and have been sworn at, abused and threatened for not moving out of the disabled space so they can get their pushchairs in. Transport for London knows about these problems and does not care.

Other guide dog owners we know have been threatened and had their dogs kicked or spat at. It is a nightmare out there for us and there is nothing we can do. Neither of us are remotely racist, this is not prejudice, this is what happens to us all the time.
*Ror  12-Nov-2009 22:10

 
"Her teacher is a muslim and shows only her eyes."

I never did trust teachers. And if you can't see their face how do you know what they are teaching is the Truth?

Immigrants who come here should be forced to adopt the general customs, dress, laws and all other British characteristics. This is called "Naturalisation".

A hooded teacher is unacceptable in my opinion as un-British.
*Vehemently British  12-Nov-2009 20:17

 
I wish they would be honest and stop saying the ethnic 'minority'. Its the majority now so be honest eh. My daughter goes to a school in St Albans and she is in a class of 30. Out of the 30 she is one of two white children [and im not offended if people say im white, pale, honky etc not a problem so get a grip!] one of the white kids is polish, so that leaves her. Her teacher is a muslim and shows only her eyes, wheres the integration?. Im sad, this shouldnt be, its out of hand, were English, this is England, I love all good people, honest people whoever they are and whatever colour or race, but I dont like my memories of a childhood in England being erased and my daughter celebrating other religious festivals when she should be celebrating Christmas etc

Rant over
*Paulxxx  12-Nov-2009 15:06

 
We should train the people in this country to do this country's jobs, without having thousands of migrant workers coming here, which puts a strain on this country.
*Terry  26-Oct-2009 02:49

 
As an extension of the argument below by 'Balancing Act', I would like to see a balance in advertising. If x% of the population are white I would expect x% of the people in advertisements to be white. Currently it seems that all adverts even if they only feature two or three people have to feature at least one from an 'ethnic minority'. This is rather unbalanced and as always it's because poltiical correctness distorts reality and breeds racism.
*MikeP  18-May-2009 09:50


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