A significant number of NHS nurses and other NHS health workers were not born in the UK, many are EU migrants for example. I couldn’t find an accurate statistic, but I’m sure it’s a significant number based on various news articles and reports available on the Internet.
What happens if we halt immigration today as the BNP and UKIP have pledged in previous election manifestos, the BNP even go one step further and want to ‘persuade’ foreigners (through financial reward) to leave the UK?
Brexit UKIP Breaking Point Immigration Poster
We get a shortage of trained nurses and other health professionals in NHS hospitals and we all suffer.
Immigration and the UK Economy
Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a poor situation successive governments have put the UK in by NOT encouraging enough training in many sectors of industry (including nursing) to meet today’s and future needs. We need more NHS training courses for example to encourage young British workers to train as the next generation of nurses etc… rather than relying heavily on a trained migrant workforce.
Whoever wins the next general election will inherit a relatively poorly trained British workforce that even if the next government does everything it possibly can to train enough people for the future, we’ll still need highly trained foreign workers in the short term (we need trained migrants NOW): short term being decades, you can’t train tens of thousands of new nurses for example overnight.
Any political party which pledges to halt immigration (BNP) or significantly reduce it (UKIP) are committing economic suicide and reversing immigration (BNP) would be even worse for our economy and nations health!
It’s why the Conservative party have pledged in previous general election manifestos to cut immigration to the tens of thousands, BUT in government do nothing to cut migration: we’ve seen record numbers of immigrants (600,000+ some years).
We need controls on immigration, IMO current immigration policy is not strong enough, we should allow workers (from all countries) to enter who benefit the UK. Why would we not want more highly trained workers like nurses, doctors, dentists etc.. entering the UK to boost our economy and with these examples our health?
David Cameron Law
If we stopped illegal immigration (those who cross more than 1 safe border are classed as illegal immigrants) would that be economic suicide is the question.
If the illegal immigrants are looking for work why are they coming to Britain?
surely Japan, China, India and Taiwan are where they should be heading that where all the work is.
The reason they come here is because they aren’t looking for work they are looking for free money from our ridiculously soft benefits system paid for by us taxpayers.
stop illegal immigrants, stop asylum seekers vote BNP
Stop Illegal Immigrants, Stop Asylum Seekers
Have you heard yourself? You’re showing yourself up!
I completely agree there do need to be more tighter controls on illegal immigrants and unskilled immigrants ( which are predominantly EU residents) however the skilled immigrants who benefit our economy without claiming benefits etc literally dragged us through the recession and this is the thanks we give them?
Vote BNP? They’re just a lot of uneducated, ignorant idiots and people who vote for them will be the down fall of our economy!
Next time why don’t you have a think before you form such a strong opinion on something you CLEARLY lack so much knowledge of!
Tighter Controls on Illegal Immigrants and Unskilled Immigrants
You clearly do not know anything about Immigration Robbo, It is impossible for Illegal Immigrants to claim benefits in the UK.
I suggest you do some research before commenting that they come here to with the intention of claiming benefits.
: https://www.shelter.org.uk/ < overcrowded UK :(
but I heard a rumour that lefties were going to put up the immigrants on thier sofas :)
this, in spite of the immigrants NOT going to the next safe country they get to…Turkey for example, but then it is a big planet with room for all, so perhaps the rumour was an untruth.
Overcrowded UK