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As another Home Secretary bites the dust...
It amazes me that (im)Migration comes up at the top of the list of issues of concern to the british populace.
it astounds me that our society allows the issue to be a political football, the reactive way that the govt addresses and re-addresses the issue, suggests to me that politicians are utterly failing to deal with it in a serious way.
it is, as far as i know, the fastest-moving branch of UK legislation, the last decade has seen no less than 3 Acts, each of which has been thru the 'democratic' process which involves a constant programme of proposals, challenges, defeats resulting in a non-stop rollercoaster of crap laws, that IMHO marginalise parts of society that are already among the most excluded.
This is definitely NOT only a UK issue. As far as I know, the states are far more open about admitting the extent to which their economy relies on 'irregular' migrant labor - i.e. a source of untaxed, H&S-free, un-unionised, unregulated workers with zero employment rights - an optimal workforce. Cynically i would say that the whole reason that many countries keep their immigration system in a state of punitive shambles is to provide this exploitable labor force.
I've often seen the immigration 'debate' characterised as a choice between zero controls and zero immigration, this is obviously bolix, however the current chaotic state of things leaves the debate right open for xenophobes, maybe this is what the Home Office intends...
There are many issues all muddled up together:
- Refugees and Asylum
- Racism and Xenophobia
- Schengen and Fortress Europe
- Multiculturalism vs the melting pot - Integration vs Assimilation
- Brain-drain & remittances
- Malthus, population growth and stagnation
- The Media
and many, many more!
SO my question is...
how can we have an immigration system that is fair and effective???
(jus to declare an interest - these are issues that i'm very familiar with, so i won't say much more... i find that sometimes i can be blinkered to fresh ideas, so tell me stuff...surprise me please)
It amazes me that (im)Migration comes up at the top of the list of issues of concern to the british populace.
it astounds me that our society allows the issue to be a political football, the reactive way that the govt addresses and re-addresses the issue, suggests to me that politicians are utterly failing to deal with it in a serious way.
it is, as far as i know, the fastest-moving branch of UK legislation, the last decade has seen no less than 3 Acts, each of which has been thru the 'democratic' process which involves a constant programme of proposals, challenges, defeats resulting in a non-stop rollercoaster of crap laws, that IMHO marginalise parts of society that are already among the most excluded.
This is definitely NOT only a UK issue. As far as I know, the states are far more open about admitting the extent to which their economy relies on 'irregular' migrant labor - i.e. a source of untaxed, H&S-free, un-unionised, unregulated workers with zero employment rights - an optimal workforce. Cynically i would say that the whole reason that many countries keep their immigration system in a state of punitive shambles is to provide this exploitable labor force.
I've often seen the immigration 'debate' characterised as a choice between zero controls and zero immigration, this is obviously bolix, however the current chaotic state of things leaves the debate right open for xenophobes, maybe this is what the Home Office intends...
There are many issues all muddled up together:
- Refugees and Asylum
- Racism and Xenophobia
- Schengen and Fortress Europe
- Multiculturalism vs the melting pot - Integration vs Assimilation
- Brain-drain & remittances
- Malthus, population growth and stagnation
- The Media
and many, many more!
SO my question is...
how can we have an immigration system that is fair and effective???
(jus to declare an interest - these are issues that i'm very familiar with, so i won't say much more... i find that sometimes i can be blinkered to fresh ideas, so tell me stuff...surprise me please)