Quote (WNxIrvine @ Jun 11 2015 02:03pm)
So what "disincentives" would you suggest?
Of course it isn't and I never said it would be easy. It would be an absolute bitch in the starting years and people would suffer. But in the end I strongly believe that eventually it would create a stronger, more prosperous Britain.
Quote (dro94 @ Jun 11 2015 10:47am)
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How about reducing the incentive for unskilled immigrants to work here first: ban regular payments to family members abroad, limit benefits, mandatory english language aptitude tests, etc.
The topic of the EU is being used as a scapegoat to justify bad immigration policy that isn't working, and anti-terrorism laws, the latter of which deny basic human rights, so of course the EU won't allow it.
Justifying leaving the European Union on the grounds of immigration alone is incredibly short sighted and potentially damaging. With tough and effective government policy on incentives, immigration could be sorted in a matter of years. Immigrants that come here illegally (around 300000 per year) rarely face prison sentences if caught, and their children are entitled to free education up to age 16 provided by the state. What is to lose for breaking the law?
Legal immigrants that came for work can send paychecks back to their families in Eastern Europe. A lot of Poles work seasonally, so restricting how often they can go home and then enter the country would be effective. Those seeking asylum are let in for life, rather than until the troubles in their country are over or until they can relocate. People are let in because their spouse is from the UK, even if they can't speak a word of English or have any skills.
If a prime minister had the balls to implement hardline policies on immigration like Thatcher, then the cry out for European independence would be non-existent.