Rascal said:Seosa said:The debate of immigration has always caused controversy, from the Irish in the 1800's to the present day. The one thing history has shown us is that we can count on leftists to side with incoming migrants and those on the right to side with the country's regulars.
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It was the govts. of the right in the 50s that first encouraged mass immigration to feed the countrys need for workers.
On the left as i am im not in favour of mass immigration, im in favour of specified immigration. If we need nurses let them in, if we need students to pay for our unis let them in, if we need cleaners let them in. Immigration should be used to plug gaps in our skills base.
Europe mind allows free movement of labour between its member states, people will flow where the work is and that is a capatilists dream. It has a bigger choice of workforce and it can keep costs as in wages down. Keep costs and wages down and that in Laissez-Faire circles means growth.
In simple terms, MCFC had a skills gap for a world class goalscoring centre forward, so we immigrated Sergio Aguero as the requisite skills were not available in the UK workforce.
That's exactly it, specified immigration allows for a country's need to "fill in its gaps" but also allows for social progression. Open door policies on the other hand are dangerous.