Mark, you raise another issue as well, the fact that a lot of skilled foreign workers who will be forced to move back will have to go back potentially with a lot of debt accrued through their search for work, the costs of moving to the UK and the costs of moving back to their home countries. This is a level of debt that for a UK resident may seem like nothing, easily covered by regular work in a skilled profession. Take that work away and force someone to return home and what was an easily manageable debt now becomes a crippling burden that could very easily drive someone into the bleakest poverty.
The criteria should be simple, once in this country if a person is in employment the points system should be waived. They've done what was needed, they have a job that supports them and their family.
Stop targetting the people that are a benefit to this country. Stop targetting asylum seekers who come here to seek a better life, escaping from extreme poverty and repression. Do target illegal immigrants who care nothing for this country. I see no proposals designed at targetting illegal immigration, only at limiting those who have a right to be here. IMO this government hasn't got a clue what it's doing.
Mark Bestford
Posted on 20 Nov 2006 11:13 am
Mark, you raise another issue as well, the fact that a lot of skilled foreign workers who will be forced to move back will have to go back potentially with a lot of debt accrued through their search for work, the costs of moving to the UK and the costs of moving back to their home countries. This is a level of debt that for a UK resident may seem like nothing, easily covered by regular work in a skilled profession. Take that work away and force someone to return home and what was an easily manageable debt now becomes a crippling burden that could very easily drive someone into the bleakest poverty.
The criteria should be simple, once in this country if a person is in employment the points system should be waived. They've done what was needed, they have a job that supports them and their family.
Stop targetting the people that are a benefit to this country. Stop targetting asylum seekers who come here to seek a better life, escaping from extreme poverty and repression. Do target illegal immigrants who care nothing for this country. I see no proposals designed at targetting illegal immigration, only at limiting those who have a right to be here. IMO this government hasn't got a clue what it's doing.