BRITISH JOBS FOR BRITISH WORKERS
The recent prominence in the news given to the issue of British jobs for British workers ignores the longstanding nature of the problem.
Labour’s policy of mass immigration, from both the EU and elsewhere, has led to the gradual replacement of British workers who are having to compete with those from other countries with far lower standards of living [see the English Rights Campaign item dated the 16 December 2006].
A report from Migrationwatch UK before Christmas revealed that most of the 1.34million jobs created since 2001 had gone to foreigners. Over the same period, the number of British born people in work fell by 62,000. Eastern Europeans had taken 469,000 of the new jobs.
This debate is coming against the backdrop of many politicians and pressure groups, including Tories, who are demanding that illegal immigrants be given an amnesty to enable them to work legally. Boris Johnson has pronounced that there would be ’hugely increased’ tax revenues if illegal immigrants were granted citizenship.
Sir Andrew Green of Migrationwatch UK said that such an amnesty would cost at least £500million per year. Even Labour balked at the suggestion. Phil Woolas, the immigration minister, said:
Nevertheless, Labour has been introducing amnesties in practice. Failed asylum claimants and those whose claims were never even decided are being given permission to stay, in an attempt to clear the backlog of asylum applications. The approval rate is 40% and up to 180,000 are expected to be granted permission to stay. Furthermore, Linda Costelloe Baker, who monitors government visa refusals, told the Commons Home Affairs Committee that around 15% of short term visas issued by British embassies were issued in error. This is being exploited by organized crime and illegal immigrants. With 2million visas issued each year, this means that 300,000 illegal immigrants are being allowed into Britain every year.
Net immigration in 2007 was 237,000 according to the Office of National Statistics. 577,000 immigrants entered Britain. This is the second largest total after 2006. In the decade since Labour came to office in 1997, the number of immigrants increased by 2.5million.
The OECD has urged the government to employ more immigrants in the public sector. Martine Durand said, ‘immigrants are the most vulnerable in times of economic crisis’. The OECD pointed out that immigrants would be unlikely to return home as their home countries would also be suffering from the economic downturn.
Sir Andrew Green wrote:
Labour has only reduced the number of work permits to non EU nationals by only 14,000. Labour are letting in even more Bulgarian and Romanian workers. Under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, the permits issued will be increased from 16,500 to 21,250.
The whole concept of allowing in immigrants to fill alleged job vacancies where there are skills shortages, or where it is alleged that there are recruitment difficulties, is nonsense. If there is a shortage, then the price [the wage rate] increases to attract more workers. We have a large reservoir of unemployed and the number registered unemployed is expected to reach 3million by Christmas, with incapacity benefit hiding yet more millions of hidden unemployed.
The population is expected to reach 70million far sooner than originally thought. Such a figure is now expected to be obtained in 2031, according to the House of Commons library. The points system is being used to legitimize mass immigration and not end it.
To make matters worse, Labour is aggressively pursuing political correctness. Harriet Harmen, the so-called Equalities Minister, has proposed new equality laws that will allow companies to discriminate against Englishmen in favour of women and blacks.
The increase in unemployment is the direct and inevitable result of government policy.
Labour’s policy of mass immigration, from both the EU and elsewhere, has led to the gradual replacement of British workers who are having to compete with those from other countries with far lower standards of living [see the English Rights Campaign item dated the 16 December 2006].
A report from Migrationwatch UK before Christmas revealed that most of the 1.34million jobs created since 2001 had gone to foreigners. Over the same period, the number of British born people in work fell by 62,000. Eastern Europeans had taken 469,000 of the new jobs.
This debate is coming against the backdrop of many politicians and pressure groups, including Tories, who are demanding that illegal immigrants be given an amnesty to enable them to work legally. Boris Johnson has pronounced that there would be ’hugely increased’ tax revenues if illegal immigrants were granted citizenship.
Sir Andrew Green of Migrationwatch UK said that such an amnesty would cost at least £500million per year. Even Labour balked at the suggestion. Phil Woolas, the immigration minister, said:
‘I have always thought that Boris was a bit of a nincompoop and these proposals are naïve in the extreme.’
Nevertheless, Labour has been introducing amnesties in practice. Failed asylum claimants and those whose claims were never even decided are being given permission to stay, in an attempt to clear the backlog of asylum applications. The approval rate is 40% and up to 180,000 are expected to be granted permission to stay. Furthermore, Linda Costelloe Baker, who monitors government visa refusals, told the Commons Home Affairs Committee that around 15% of short term visas issued by British embassies were issued in error. This is being exploited by organized crime and illegal immigrants. With 2million visas issued each year, this means that 300,000 illegal immigrants are being allowed into Britain every year.
Net immigration in 2007 was 237,000 according to the Office of National Statistics. 577,000 immigrants entered Britain. This is the second largest total after 2006. In the decade since Labour came to office in 1997, the number of immigrants increased by 2.5million.
The OECD has urged the government to employ more immigrants in the public sector. Martine Durand said, ‘immigrants are the most vulnerable in times of economic crisis’. The OECD pointed out that immigrants would be unlikely to return home as their home countries would also be suffering from the economic downturn.
Sir Andrew Green wrote:
‘Australia starts with an annual limit to immigration and uses the points system - based on age and qualifications - to select successful candidates within that limit.
The British system does not limit the numbers of immigrants and is not intended to. It is certainly not tough - as the Government claims. It allows tens of thousands of migrants to come here “on spec” looking for work.’
Labour has only reduced the number of work permits to non EU nationals by only 14,000. Labour are letting in even more Bulgarian and Romanian workers. Under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, the permits issued will be increased from 16,500 to 21,250.
The whole concept of allowing in immigrants to fill alleged job vacancies where there are skills shortages, or where it is alleged that there are recruitment difficulties, is nonsense. If there is a shortage, then the price [the wage rate] increases to attract more workers. We have a large reservoir of unemployed and the number registered unemployed is expected to reach 3million by Christmas, with incapacity benefit hiding yet more millions of hidden unemployed.
The population is expected to reach 70million far sooner than originally thought. Such a figure is now expected to be obtained in 2031, according to the House of Commons library. The points system is being used to legitimize mass immigration and not end it.
To make matters worse, Labour is aggressively pursuing political correctness. Harriet Harmen, the so-called Equalities Minister, has proposed new equality laws that will allow companies to discriminate against Englishmen in favour of women and blacks.
The increase in unemployment is the direct and inevitable result of government policy.
posted by erc @ 11:12 pm
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