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MarmeeMarch · M
MarmeeMarch · M
@Brenda Didn't know you had that problem and also did not know that you had those folks doing it.
TheThinker · 56-60, M
@MarmeeMarch The thing is, Brexit will do nothing to reduce the numbers of people from India and Pakistan (neither of which are in the European Union, yannow).
On the contrary, it's been said that it might even increase their numbers, as someone will have to fill the gaps left by all the Eastern European immigrants that are now going back to their original countries...
So the people who voted for Brexit because they don't like brown-skinned people and/or their culture(s) may well have just shot themselves massively in the foot.
On the contrary, it's been said that it might even increase their numbers, as someone will have to fill the gaps left by all the Eastern European immigrants that are now going back to their original countries...
So the people who voted for Brexit because they don't like brown-skinned people and/or their culture(s) may well have just shot themselves massively in the foot.
MarmeeMarch · M
@TheThinker
On the contrary, it's been said that it might even increase their numbers
I dont see how travel restriction and tightening on movement in and out of England will increase anything. The die is cast, now to fill the mold, it will happen. Brexit is another word for Make Britain Great Again.
TheThinker · 56-60, M
@MarmeeMarch It's a complicated issue, but my understanding is sure, it won't increase the overall numbers (and it may well tighten them), but what it will do is redistribute where they come from.
The British economy still needs immigrant workers to perform its low-paid jobs. With the ending of free movement between the UK and Europe, they'll have to come from somewhere else.
So say at the moment there are 100 immigrants a day, of which 90 are from Europe and 10 are from India & Pakistan, because it's so much easier to arrive from Europe.
Now, say, under the new rules the total number is cut in half but it's made equally difficult for people to come over from wherever they are - they all have to meet the same academic and financial criteria and so on. Then you might have 25 people a day from Europe and 25 from India & Pakistan.
End result: you now have 2.5 times as many brown-skinned people coming over after Brexit as you did before.
These figures are only example ones but I hope they illustrate the principle involved. Far from being "Nothing but a KEEP OUT sign for people from India and Pakistan", it could well end up being the opposite, as what it actually is is a KEEP OUT sign for people from Europe (regardless of their ability) thus opening the doors to better-qualified people from elsewhere in the world.
The British economy still needs immigrant workers to perform its low-paid jobs. With the ending of free movement between the UK and Europe, they'll have to come from somewhere else.
So say at the moment there are 100 immigrants a day, of which 90 are from Europe and 10 are from India & Pakistan, because it's so much easier to arrive from Europe.
Now, say, under the new rules the total number is cut in half but it's made equally difficult for people to come over from wherever they are - they all have to meet the same academic and financial criteria and so on. Then you might have 25 people a day from Europe and 25 from India & Pakistan.
End result: you now have 2.5 times as many brown-skinned people coming over after Brexit as you did before.
These figures are only example ones but I hope they illustrate the principle involved. Far from being "Nothing but a KEEP OUT sign for people from India and Pakistan", it could well end up being the opposite, as what it actually is is a KEEP OUT sign for people from Europe (regardless of their ability) thus opening the doors to better-qualified people from elsewhere in the world.