Impact of Immigration on Employment and Wages : Doc

Foundation Project

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
DATA COLLECTION....................................................................................................................3
FINDINGS.......................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Immigration simply means migrating from one country to another country and this will
result huge impact on the country and it can also bring huge challenges as well as opportunities
for the country (Wadsworth and et.al., 2016). The findings of the report of based upon various
topic like impact of political change like Brexit on immigration. Impact of immigration on
employment and wages within the country. How immigration has affected the culture of the
country and skills of UK citizens. It also focuses on whether UK government should take
necessary steps for decreasing the number of immigrants to UK or not.
DATA COLLECTION
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Name:
Age:
Gender:
Q: 1. Do you think that European Union migration have had an impact on Britain?
 Yes
 No
 Not Sure
Q: 2. Has number of immigrants decreased due to political changes in UK?
 Yes
 No
 Not Sure
Q: 3. Does EU migrants decrease the employment rate for British citizens?
 Yes
 No
 Not Sure
Q: 4. Do you agree that UK should try to improve their skills rather than relying on immigrants.
Strongly Agree
 Agree
 Neutral
 Disagree
 Strongly Disagree
Q: 5. Do you agree that government of UK should make use of Brexit in order to cut down
immigrants.
Strongly Agree
 Agree
 Neutral
 Disagree
 Strongly Disagree
 Q: 6. Are you concerned about mixing of too many cultures within the country?Yes
 No

 Not Sure
Q: 7. Do you think that immigrants decrease the wages of British workers?
 Yes
 No
 Not Sure
Q: 8. Should government take necessary steps to decrease immigration in UK?
 Yes
 No
 Not Sure
FINDINGS
Theme 1- Migration have an impact on Britain.
Q: 1. Do you think that European Union migration have an impact on
Britain?
Frequency
Yes 30
No 15
Not Sure 5
Total 50
5

Yes No Not Sure
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Frequency
Interpretation: A research was conducted by a researcher in order to identify the impact of
political changes on immigration. For this purpose researcher chose 50 respondents in order to
achieve the objectives of research. It can be interpreted from the above table that out of 50
respondents, 30 respondents think that immigration has an impact on the Britain as they believe
that if immigrants increases within the country it may have both positive as well as negative
impact. Out of 50, 15 respondents think immigration does not have any impact on the country
and 5 are not sure with the fact. As majority of respondents have replied with Yes, so it can be
said that immigration has an impact on Britain.
Theme 2- Increase of immigrants due to political changes.
Q: 2. Has number of immigrants decreased due to political changes
in UK?
Frequency
Yes 25
No 15
Not Sure 10
Total 50
6

Yes
No
Not Sure
Interpretation: Above table interprets the out of 50 chosen sample size, 25 have replied that
there is decline in the number of immigrants in UK due to political changes in the country. As
they think that political change has resulted in decline of immigrants as immigrants does not feel
it suitable to migrate to UK for various purposes. Out of total sample size 15 are with the view
that political change does not play any role in declining the number of immigrants to UK, as
there is still free movement of people between UK and other European Unions. Out of 50, 10
participants are not sure of the fact whether immigration has decreased or increased due to
political changes in UK. So, it can be interpreted that majority of participants have replied that
political changes in UK has resulted in the decline of immigration rate in UK.
Theme 3-Decrease the employment rate for British citizens.
Q: 3. Does EU migrants decrease the employment rate for British
citizens?
Frequency
Yes 40
No 5
Not Sure 5
Total 50
7

Yes
No
Not Sure
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Frequency
Interpretation: Out of 50 chosen respondents, 40 people have replied that immigrants to UK
decrease the employment rate for the British citizens as companies has got lots of options
available to them and even immigrants are will to work at lower salary as compared to citizens of
UK. Out of 50 respondents, 5 respondents think that immigrations to UK does not decline the
employment rate for the people of UK, as they believe that it depends on the skills and
knowledge of an individual to get a job. Out of 50 participants, 5 participants are not sure with
the fact. Majority of respondents have replied the when people migrate to UK it plays an
important role in decreasing the employment are for British Citizens.
Theme 4- Improve skills rather than relying on immigrants.
Q: 4. Do you agree that UK should try to improve their skills rather
than relying on immigrants.
Frequency
Strongly Agree 20
Agree 10
Neutral 5
Disagree 10
Strongly Disagree 5
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Total 50
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Frequency
Interpretation: From the above table it can be interpreted that 20 chosen participants strongly
agree that the citizens of UK should try to improve their skills but not to relay on immigrants.
The reason behind this is that they think when the people will posses the skills in them it will
increase the chances of getting employed in UK. Out of 50, 10 respondents also agreed to the
fact and out of 50 participants 5 are neutral. 10 participants disagree with the fact and 5
respondents strongly disagrees with the fact. It can be interpreted from the report that majority of
respondents strongly agrees that UK should try to improve their skills and should not relay on
immigrants.
Theme 5- Making use of Brexit in order to cut down immigrants.
Q: 5. Do you agree that government of UK should make use of
Brexit in order to cut down immigrants.
Frequency
Strongly Agree 20
Agree 10
Neutral 8
Disagree 4
9

Strongly Disagree 8
Total 50
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Interpretation: From the above table it can be interpreted from the chosen 50 people as
respondents, 20 have replied that they strongly agree the UK should make use of Brexit in order
to cut down the immigration rate in UK, as they think that it is the best way put restriction of
immigration. Also, 10 respondents agrees with the fact of using Brexit to decrease the
immigration rate in UK. 8 participants out of 50 are neutral and 4 respondents disagreed with the
fact. 8 participants strongly disagrees with the fact as they believe that Brexit will not help in
decreasing the number of immigrants to the country. Based on the majority, it can be interpreted
that UK government should make use of Brexit in order to decrease the immigration rate in UK.
Theme 6- Concerned about mixing of too many cultures within the country.
Q: 6. Are you concerned about mixing of too many cultures within
the country?
Frequency
Yes 25
No 10
Not Sure 15
Total 50
10

Yes
No
Not Sure
0 5 10 15 20 25
Frequency
Interpretation: It can be interpreted from the above report 25 participants are concerned about
mixing of too many cultures in UK, 10 participants have replied that they are not concerned and
15 respondents are not sure. As per the majority, it can be said the people are concerned about
mixing of too many cultures in UK.
Theme 7- Immigrants decrease the wages of British workers.
Q: 7. Do you think that immigrants decrease the wages of British
workers?
Frequency
Yes 30
No 12
Not Sure 8
Total 50
11

Yes No Not Sure
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Frequency
Interpretation: Out of 50 respondents, 30 have replied that immigrants play a major role in
decreasing the wage in UK, 12 respondents believe that immigration does not result in decrease
in wages and 8 participants are not sure about the fact. It can be interpreted that as per the
majority immigrants decreases the rate of wages in UK.
Theme 8- Government to take necessary steps to decrease immigration in UK.
Q: 8. Should government take necessary steps to decrease
immigration in UK?
Frequency
Yes 20
No 15
Not Sure 15
Total 50
12

Yes
No
Not Sure
Interpretation: It can be interpreted from the above table that 20 respondents believe that UK
government should take necessary steps to decrease immigration rate in UK. Out of 50, 15
participants replied with and 15 respondents are not sure with the fact. So it can be said that
majority of people believe that government should tale necessary steps to decrease immigration
rate in UK.
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CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above report that immigration have strong impact on the on
Britain as immigrations brings both challenges and opportunities for the country but due to
political change in UK this has resulted in the decline in the number of immigrants to UK.
Present report also concludes that immigration results in the decline of employment rate within
the country as companies has got majority of options available and even are available at low
rates. It is important for the citizens of the country to improve their skills which can increase
their employment rate. Also, UK can make use Brexit in order to put restriction on free
movement of people between UK and other European Unions. It can also be concluded from the
report that with the increase in immigration in UK, people have become concerned about mixing
of too many cultures within the country. When people migrate to other country it results in the
decrease of wages of labours within the country and also it can be concluded that government
can take steps to decrease the immigration rates within the country.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Wadsworth, J and et.al., 2016. Brexit and the Impact of Immigration on the UK. Centre for
Economic Performance. LSE. pp.34-53.