Immigration in the United Kingdom: Challenges and Solutions

This essay examines the complex issue of immigration in the United Kingdom, exploring its causes, the problems it poses, and potential solutions. It delves into the historical context of immigration in the UK, focusing on the post-war period and the influx of immigrants from Commonwealth nations. The essay analyzes the various challenges associated with immigration, including unemployment, wage disparities, housing pressures, and cultural differences. It then proposes a range of preventive measures, such as a friendly guest worker program, bilateral agreements, stricter border security, and a focus on attracting skilled workers. The conclusion emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to immigration, acknowledging both its benefits and challenges.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Immigration and its causes....................................................................................................................4
Immigration in the United Kingdom......................................................................................................5
Problems owning to immigration..........................................................................................................7
Preventive measures..............................................................................................................................9
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................10
Presentation.........................................................................................................................................11
References...........................................................................................................................................18

Introduction
Immigration is an International movement done by the people into the destination country of
which the particular person does not possess the citizenship or not the domicile of the
particular country. The movement is done in order to receive a permanent nationality.
Another reason can be the employment, due to which a particular person used to do
movement into the destination country. In the destination country, a particular person applies
for the citizenship of the particular country. There are different rules of getting citizenship in
the different countries. Some of the countries used to provide visa of the employment for the
specified time. These years have to be completed by the particular person in that particular
country then after the particular person can apply for the citizenship in that particular country.
In this report, there is a discussion of the problems that are imposed by immigration that are
high level in nature. After that, there is the discussion of the constructive and preventive
measures that are taken by the government to solve the problem of immigration.

Immigration and its causes
The immigration can be done because of the job change or a new job acquisition, trade, study
and other miscellaneous works. The key reason for the immigration of a particular person is
because of making the high standard of living. For the better future of the particular person,
the immigration is generally done. There are different types of push and pull factors that also
results in the immigration (Klein & Williams, 2012).
The pull factors are the factors that attract the particular person to go in the particular
country. These factors can be better services, good climate, political stability, less crime,
more wealth, higher opportunities for employment, lower risk of natural hazards, more fertile
land etc. in that country (Migration watch the UK, 2018).
The push factors are the factors that enable the particular person to move out from the
domicile country of that particular person to another country. These factors can be lack of
safety, poverty, political instability, war, crop failure, draught high crimes etc. in the
particular country (Klein & Williams, 2012).

Immigration in the United Kingdom
People from India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Kenya, Pakistan, Hong Kong and the
Caribbean come in The United Kingdom as immigrants. There can be different reasons for
each type of immigrant. The Other types of immigrants in the United Kingdom are the
Asylum seekers that used to seek protection in the United Kingdom and they are considered
as Refugee. There are other immigrants from other mentioned countries but their Percentage
share in the population of immigrants is very low. In 2013 total number of 526000 people
arrived in the United Kingdom from which 212,000 persons did not leave the United
Kingdom what considered as inward migrants (Wikiwand, 2018).
There is the presence of a good amount of population of immigrants that come in the United
Kingdom in the post-war period that is 1945 to 1983. In this period population from the
Soviet Union controlled territories came to the United Kingdom. After the Independence of
India, the people from India started settling in the United Kingdom. A total number of 60000
people or more came to the United Kingdom to settle permanently in this country. These
workers used to work in the textile industries of the United Kingdom. The independence of
Pakistan also resulted in the immigrants from Pakistan to the United Kingdom. Pakistan is
also the part of Commonwealth Nations, therefore, immigration from Pakistan to the United
Kingdom was easy British colonist bring East Asian to African countries. These people hold
the passport of the United Kingdom. These people entered the United Kingdom from the
Kenya and Uganda. Until 1962 there was an act called Commonwealth Immigrant Act in
which people of all Commonwealth countries can stay in the United Kingdom without any
restriction (Migration watch the UK, 2018).
Enoch Powell was a politician of the United Kingdom that aware the population of the United
Kingdom and the government about the uncontrolled immigration of the people from the
Commonwealth Nations in the United Kingdom. In 1968 these politician gives any speech
called rivers of blood about the same issue. This politician received the total number of
110000 letters that favours the issue raised by this politician. In the same year race relation
bill was introduced in the house of commons. From 1972 the people having the permit of
work and the person whose parents and grandparents were born in the United Kingdom
having the permission to become immigrants in the United Kingdom from the
Commonwealth Nations. From the 1983 contemporary immigration started. There were

several provisions in the British Nationality Act 1981 was made. In this act, there are a
different type of and definition and the provisions of immigration nationality of the United
Kingdom. In the immigration act of 1971, there are different changes that are made in 2012
strict the rules of immigration (Wikiwand, 2018).

Problems owning to immigration
There are different types of problems that used to arise in the United Kingdom because of
immigration that is as follows: -
Unemployment
There are different types of jobs that are occupied by the immigrants in the United Kingdom.
The reason for Occupancy of the job by the immigrants is because of the presence of skill in
the immigrants that are not having in the local population. The immigrants used to ready to
work in the industries at the lower wages. There is a great population in the United Kingdom
of the skilled labours that are immigrants. Beasley used to work efficiently and effectively for
the growth and development of the industries in which they are working. These labours used
to work in the reasonable wages and not demand high wages like the local population. This
situation creates a great Employment issue for the local population that is present in the
United Kingdom. In 2015 total numbers of 2.1 million jobs were created, out of which 53%
of the population that consumed these jobs were not from local population (Boswell, 2012).
Access to different government services
There are different types of government schemes and services like Health and Medical
Services provided by the United Kingdom to its citizen. The government faces a different
type of problem like the government has to enhance budget every year because of
immigrants. The different types of services that are provided to the citizens of United
Kingdom are also provided to the immigrants and the Asylum seekers in the United Kingdom
(Carvalho, 2014).
Wages
There is an issue of disproportion of the wages among the different industries in the United
Kingdom. The distributions of the wages among the labour and average level of wages that
are provided to the labours are the issues that used to be created because of the immigration.
There is the difference between the wages that are demanded by the local public and the
wages that are demanded by the immigrants. Immigrants are generally ready to work in the
United Kingdom Industries at the lower visas. The local population used to demand high
wages (Boswell, 2012).

Housing
The problem of the housing is faced by the government of the United Kingdom. The
immigrants that are coming to the United Kingdom for the job used to buy the property in the
United Kingdom. The rise in the demand for the property also and enhancing the cost of
property in the United Kingdom. This is creating problem and issue for the local people of
the United Kingdom. The rise in the rates of the property creates the situation for the people
of the United Kingdom that their affordability declines (Hampshire & Bale, 2015).
Economic impact
There used to be the economic impact because of the immigrants that are Asylum seekers.
Asylum seeker if illegally comes into the United Kingdom then they are caught by the police.
After that charges on such people are charged under the law of immigration act. The police of
this country apply immigration application from the Asylum seeker side for the immigration.
The immigration of asylum seeker has an impact on the economy of the United Kingdom. It
pressurises the economy of the United Kingdom because the whole responsibility of the
particular citizen is used to be in the United Kingdom (Ruhs & Vargas-Silva, 2014).
Transportation
The immigrants are involved in the daily working. They need the transport services for
accomplishing their movement from one place to another. There is a large population that is
present in the United Kingdom of the immigrants that are affecting the transportation of
United Kingdom. There is great Rush in the buses, metros trains and the other transit system
(Wikiwand, 2018).
Cultural differences
There used to be the cultural differences between the people of the United Kingdom and the
people of other countries that are immigrating to the United Kingdom. The behaviour style of
each of the national citizen is different. There used to be the issues created because of the
difference and behaviour and culture of the local people and the people that are from another
country in the United Kingdom (Ruhs & Vargas-Silva, 2014).

Preventive measures
 Friendly guest worker program can be implemented by the United Kingdom
government to lower the number of immigrants in the United Kingdom. This would facilitate
both the industries and the economy of the United Kingdom.
 The bilateral relationship between the different countries can be focused on the
immigration. In such relation, the steps can be taken by the United Kingdom government that
would lessen the immigration in the United Kingdom while making good relation with that
particular country (Wadsworth, 2013).
 The imposition of high penalties can be charged on the people that are involved in
illegal immigration in the United Kingdom. This would help him lowering the number of
immigrants and the United Kingdom.
 The talented and the skilful employees and a student should be provided with the
visas to stay with a friendly atmosphere. The citizenship should not be given easily. There
should be the system that makes such type of citizen to prove their effort for the United
Kingdom.
 There should be more security at the borders of the United Kingdom as there is a great
number of asylum seeker that used to come in the United Kingdom. There can be the use of
resources and Technology that would help in stopping in such type of immigration.
 To control the number of immigration in the United Kingdom the government can
make more procedural laws that would help in less immigration in the United Kingdom.
There can be guidelines issued for the industries that are involved in involuntary migration
(Carvalho, 2014).

Conclusion
It can be concluded from the assignment that immigration in the United Kingdom is a major
concern. There is a large number of immigration that used to take place in the United
Kingdom. The immigration in the United Kingdom is at a higher rate after the post-war
period of 1945. The immigration from the different countries is impacting positively and
negatively on the United Kingdom. The negative effects are more as compared to positive
effects. The economy of the United Kingdom is also disturbing because of the immigration.
The local population is suffering from the immigration in job opportunities as well as salary.
There can be different preventive measures that can be taken to lower the effect of
immigration and lessening the rate of immigration in the United Kingdom.

Presentation

Immigration is the International movement that is used to be done by the person for the
search of a good job and high standard of living in the destination country. This presentation
will focus on the different issues that used to face by the United Kingdom government
because of the immigration.

There are different causes of the immigration by the particular person. There are different
push and pull factors. Push factors are the factors that make a person to leave the country
because of lack of safety, crop failure, high crime, water scarcity and political instability.
The pull factors are the factors that attract the person into a particular country. These factors
are better services comma good climate comma lower risk of natural hazard comma more
opportunities and wealth in the destination country.

Immigration in the United Kingdom mostly from the Commonwealth Nations. These
countries are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh Kenya Uganda, South Africa and the Caribbean.
This country is making strict laws on immigration from 1981.

The issues that are faced by the United Kingdom Government and the people because of the
immigration in the. are unemployment, wages disproportion comma economic impact comma
transportation cultural differences ok these are the issues that have a negative impact on the
United Kingdom.
They can be different preventive measures that can be taken by the United Kingdom
government like high penalties on illegal immigrants. Got it security can be implemented by
the United Kingdom government on the borders. There can be strict procedural laws on the
immigration. Good and friendly work ambience can be provided to the outsider employees
and visas are issued not citizenship.

The presentation concludes that there is great immigration in the United Kingdom. The
United Kingdom government is taking strict steps 2 lessons the immigration in the United
Kingdom.

The local population of the United Kingdom is suffering in the job opportunities, inflation,
the rise in properties rates and low wages.

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