Tuesday 25 March 2014

Is Immigration a Good Thing?

by Maria Mouzouropoulos (13 years old)



As many of you are aware of the current dispute about the UK's immigration policies, I analysed and researched some statistics, to see what migrants really contribute to our society. This graph above shows the net number of immigrants who come to the UK, after a handful leave and others maintain their new lifestyle.The graph suggests that the numbers have fluctuated throughout the past several years, but the general trend of non-British citizens is increasing. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, most of them come for work. Before I explain further, the party UKIP want to limit immigration, and leave the European union, but is this the best option for our economy?

 The national institution of economic research study showed that 13 percent of our society today have come here as immigrants, and only 1 percent of those immigrants are reliant on benefits. Although that 1 percent is around 63,000- who are presumably unemployed; they too are just as likely to be asylum seekers or incapable of finding work. Yes, they may be claiming benefits but to what extend can we say no, no more benefits for you?  I suspect a lot of these immigrants didn't choose to be ending up claiming benefits, but just imagine if we said no to every immigrant who was relying on them. Consider The asylum seekers, those who were once living in poverty, finally having the opportunity to hope for a new life here in the UK, or people who can't work because they didn't have an education as an adolescent. Consequently, they will be homeless, starving and as a result the UK reputation will plummet and reach its terminal velocity.

Still not convinced about letting immigrants claim our benefits? Let me question this; would you rather have homeless, beggars, even children on the streets of London, or alternately some hopeful immigrants, relying on the benefits to help them find work, that create our economy for more than just the British citizens. Imagine how awful our reputation would look if we didn't have a variety of different cultures in our economy; this is a huge chunk that would be illuminated if you vote UKIP.

So now we've established that if we didn't allow immigrants to claim benefits, there would be thousands more beggars than we've ever recorded, and that if we didn't allow anyone access to live in the UK, there would be no cultures and no variety of different people in our society. I have also heard a series of times that they would take our jobs, but what in the right mind gives you this conclusion, when a BBC news investigation was carried out to prove that vast quantities of these harmless immigrants charge far less for jobs, and do more of the occupations that no British citizen is willing to do. Not to mention, a lot of these immigrants return home once they've earned a substantial amount to convert into their countries currency, which would be far more to support themselves and their families than what they would earn in their country,too.

So, if you want an even bigger deficit of jobs,a unsubstantial, limited, British society with no different cultures or nationalities-which are said to be a huge aspect of bringing our economy together, then vote UKIP!

 If not, then you should think about voting for Respect!

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