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European Immigration Paradox

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:00:12 +0000

Europe is stressing on the high number of immigrants floating the continent, and some of the biggest economies like Germany and UK fear that immigrants harm – rather than support – their economies and cultures.

In UK the immigrants, who are increasing extremely fast, are filling up the job availability, and the UK nationals fear that the unemployment rate will keep growing. In addition, the constant wave of foreigners coming into the country is bringing foreign traditions and customs with it, and is thus completely changing the national culture – slowly but surely.

Despite all fears and problems coming with the mass immigration to Europe,…

Immigrating to the UK might become harder

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:37:13 +0000

On May 7, the Conservative party won the elections with the majority of the votes—10,706,647. If the conservatives keep their promises about better immigration control, they will tighten up the rules for everybody who wants to enter and stay in the country.

They will supposedly start monitoring closely immigrants from outside the European Union coming in for economic reasons; introduce stricter rules for UK student visas; apply English language test for non-EU immigrants entering the country to get married, and reduce illegal immigration.

It will soon become obvious whether the plan will work out or not. We only hope for clarity and fairness.

Labour Party on Immigration

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:45:50 +0000

The Labour party believe that controlled immigration has a positive effect on the country. Based on the years of experience, they are confident they have done a lot of positive changes in the immigrant rules. They are implementing “a new Australian-style points-based immigration system,” which will help to let only the skilled immigrants in the country—to help build a stronger economy, per www.labour.org.uk.

They promise that by the end of 2010, in addition to the 100% biometric visas and ID cards for foreign nationals, they will start electric border controls to count people in and out of the…

Liberal Democrats on Immigration

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:32:53 +0000

According to the Liberal Democrats, the Government has acted ineffectively and incompetently with the immigration problem. As a result, the public has lost confidence that the country can be liberal towards immigration–as it’s always been before.

The Liberal Democrats see immigration as beneficial for Britain, thus they will support legal immigration and promote integration, but will not allow uncontrolled border passing.

“Liberal Democrats would take control of our borders and immediately reintroduce entry and exit checks,” say the Liberal Democrats according to libdems.org.uk, adding that the National Border Force will be empowered to arrest and…

Immigration & the UK General Election 2010

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:50:24 +0000

A lot of issues are being discussed and a lot of promises made. No doubt, there are a lot of important topics to mention, however we decided to stress on what effects people traveling to the UK. One of the biggest problems UK has is the immigration. The country has been trying to cope with the chaos among immigrants and more specifically, the lack of effective rules on who, why and for how long can stay in the country. Lenient immigrant rules have led to rise in crime, people trafficking, etc. The new candidates from the Conservative, Labour and…