British people are
happy to welcome those who want to make a genuine contribution to the country
by finding work. However, there is concern about immigrants who are coming to
benefit from the lavish welfare state Britain provides.
Mr Cameron has
recently highlighted pros and cons of migration and declared:
“There
are good parts to movement within the EU. There are many British people who
take advantage of going to live and work elsewhere and Britain has benefited
and will continue to benefit from people with skills coming here and
contributing to our economy”.
He added: “Two things have gone wrong. One is movement to claim benefits and we need to crack down all that.
I think secondly what has gone wrong is
the scale of the movement, which has been so big”.
Mr Cameron believes
that the Government has made a big mistake in not restricting access to the UK labor
market when Poland and nine other countries joined the EU in 2004, resulting in
1.5 million people initially coming to Britain.
Data show that immigration
has been a significant aspect in British society since the 50s.
Figures from the
Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that migration has contributed to
45 per cent of the total population growth over the last 60 years. Also, 25.5
per cent of all babies delivered in England and Wales in 2011 were born to
foreign women.
While immigrants made
a massive contribution to the country’s development over the last few decades, the present
market situation requires politicians to have more control over the level of foreigners
moving to the UK.
Mr Cameron said that
every time a new country joins the EU there has to be unanimity around the
council table in Europe about what the arrangements are. In this way Britain will be able
to insist for a tougher regime.
Meanwhile, the PM is
considering a series of amendments to the Immigration Bill.
It will be much harder
for unauthorised immigrants to secure rented accommodation, open bank accounts
and obtain driving licenses.
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