Immigration..proposed changes? Could Government do more..illegal?

Question

Immigration – do you think the proposed changes will work? Could the Government do a lot more to find illegal immigrants? What sort of things could they do?

Today's news on Yahoo!

“Britain is set to become the most populated European nation within 50 years because of high immigration and birth rates.

By 2060 Britain's population will have risen from today's figure of 61.2 million to 76.6 million, making it the most crowded nation of the European Union's 27 member states.

Immigration and birth rates are the main contributory factors to the changes predicted for the UK.

The numbers are almost equal - 7.7 million people are forecast to have migrated to the country by 2060, while a further increase of 7.69 million as a result of births and deaths will raise the population total by 15.4 million.

A Home Office spokeswoman said: "Projections such as these are proof that we are right to be carrying out the biggest shake-up to the immigration system for a generation.

"Centre-stage is our new Australian-style Points Based System which means only those we need can come here to work or study." “

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080827/tuk-britain-to-be-most-crowded-nation-6323e80.html

Answer 1

The immigration services already do all they can to find illegal immigrants.  The problem is with illegals, they don't want to be found and are hard to detect.  

Don't believe the right-wing rubbish that this government turn a blind eye to illegal immigration and have slack rules- it isn't true.

The immigration service will deport pillars of society, who are virtually settled here, basically because as they play by the rules, they are soft targets.  The chancers and the exploited are well hidden.

Answer 2

dont forget, those illegal immigrant are helping britain economy and improving their crime rate as well

Answer 3

Skilled immigrants is what the UK needs as we do not train up our own citizens.

The whole mass immigration argument put forward holds no water.

The UK has now the lowest social mobility & the highest discrepancy between rich & poor since records began. Quality of life is in free fall & the Brits are leaving on mass.

Of course the government could do more, but I have zero faith in them.

Answer 4

The British politician has had no steel in the spine apart from Margaret Thatcher  and Enoch  Powell.Now is too little too late,even the immigrants already settled in Britain agree,enough is enough.If you want a better living and freedom etc in your country ,you stay and fight for it and make the needed changes,not run to another country and then complain,only you can do it together,there will always be bloodshed with advancement ,it is the nature of man.

Answer 5

First what is your definition of immigrant?

The government s is anyone from outside the EU. Mine is anyone from outside UK.

To regain control we must operate a border control, to stop the influx.

Immigration is good if it is controlled, and not too much, we don't control it, and we have far too much, too quick at the moment. We must have a moratorium on all immigration to allow those that are here to integrate before we allow any more in.

Answer 6

Is the horse out of the stable, over the field, jumped the fence and disappeared over the hill on this one?

I think it is.

What should have happened all along was a quota-based system implemented, where at the end of each year the economy is analysed and quota's set based on skills shortages, housing etc. I’m all in favour of letting in skilled people where our own skill set is lacking and who will make a contribution, but why should we foot the bill for people who breed like rabbits who are looking for an easy ride?

PS: It’s a travesty that James McGrath who said “If you don’t like it here, you can always go back home” was forced to resign.

Answer 7

You got to look beyond the spin, don't listen to what the government say because they want many more immigrants why?  Because we are about to have the baby boomers generation of the sixties about to retire and need a pension paid!   The immigrants will help in the payment of taxes towards the increasing elderly population.  It also helps to create religious and cultural tension so that we are all fighting with each other while the government scre* us over.  Divide and conquer.  Remember what happened in Yugoslavia? the same will happen here.

Answer 8

I think the govt should have enough intelligence to find illegal immigrants and deport them quickly. Maybe there should be small rewards for reporting illegals to officials. The govt needs to fix a few of the current problems caused by past bad immigration policy. I guess there must have been a period where the UK was allowing a lot of low educated and skilled poor people in the country. Now the country is in a bad way because of low standards of living, high crime, rubbish everywhere, knife crime, gun crime. To fix it, the govt may need to start taking away citizenships of people and deport them back to where they came from. Skilled immigration is the way forward. But there also needs to be a focus on encouraging immigration from countries that have similar values and culture as in the UK. Professional immigration is the best type because they pay high amounts of tax, don’t rely much on education and healthcare, and can afford to live a nice lifestyle.

Answer 9

We don't need to deport them. We can achieve our goal by cutting off all the social programs directed towards them and revoke business licenses when a owner is found knowingly hiring illegals. It will cost nothing to do and we will save tons of money on the way. The "cheap labor" that we have lost can be replaced with able bodied welfare recipients that wont get off the couch. I figure they will work when you cut out the entitlements they are receiving.

Answer 10

Immigration is the enslavement policies of the EU. I hate the EU and it's sinister ideals to eliminate the unique cultures, languages, and ethnicities of Europe. Imagine the beautiful Bavarian(German) town of Munich playing Islamic music from mosques and instead of seeing a blonde haired blued eyed German girl you see a Turk! I have no problem with Turks or Islam, I just hate immigration. I am not being biased also because I believe we should all stay in our own countries, I would just hate the old tradition of Europe to disappear by dominate cultures imposing on the rights of Europeans. It really makes my blood boil.