Thread: Migrationwatch: Does this make any sense to you?
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Unread 4 Jan 2007, 11:08   #9
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Re: Migrationwatch: Does this make any sense to you?
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
Why? You dont have a right to a low-skilled job just because youve got white skin. If immigrants are willing to accept lower wages and still manage to live then good luck to them.
I don't think it's about "the right to have a job" rather than about people earning a decent wage. Yes, immigrants can "manage to live", but is that enough? And this isn't just about low-skilled work either, there are plenty of immigrants to the US who are qualified programmers (see also the H-1B issue) and a lot of the immigrants from Eastern Europe to Britain are at least semi-skilled in things like construction. In either case, wages could be depressed (whether they are or not is another issue).

Having said this, I'd still reject the idea that immigrants are to "blame" for this - while we have global inequality you're going to have migration of this kind and businesses would be stupid not to utilise it. Obviously there are issues where people blatantly misuse migrant (especially illegal) labour, and there does seem to be a missed opportunity among unions in organising in new communities. America, which is a bit further ahead of Europe in this regard, has shown some movement here recently.

In any case, the entire demographic / welfare / workforce structure of Europe seems to be totally unsustainable and immigrants are only going to be a temporary solution at best.
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