The impact of Immigration

[Jerry_Atrick]

Seems this topic needs a thread of its won.

 

What is the impact of immigration - not only to Australia, but around the world?

 

There seems to be a lot of opinion about it - naturally. 

 

In my eyes, there is good and bad about immigration. 

 

In the UK, immigration, which has been on a net basis quite high compared to Aus, even on a per capita basis, is under immense pressure at the moment. And it is blamed for the eroision of public services. But this is a convenient blame., A lot of the publoc services have suffered real cuts over the years, leading to less capacity regardless of whether there was any net immigration. For example, this morning on the BBC, I hear that in England and Wales, the number of health visitors has reduced over the last 10 years form 10,000 to less that 5,500. So, even if the population stood still, there is just a little over half the capacity - that is noit the fault of migrants. 

 

Then there is the cultural impact - how prevasive is it, when the population of nany new wave of migrants is so small?

 

Then there's the discussion about crime. The stats say they commit less criome per capita than the home population, but there are a couple of things to consider. What is the nature of the crime? Is it petty stuff, or serious? And there was the Rotheram grooming gangs debacle, where there is credible evidence the police didn't take it seriously because they avoiding beign called racists - or was it more sinister - let the grooming gangs get on with it to make all migrants look worse and feed an agenda?

 

Do they keep wages low. We often say migrants come in and do the work no locals want to do. I was discussing this position with my son and he disagreed somewhat, or had qualified agreement - whichever way you want to look at it. Locals will be willing to do these jobs; just not for the pay that migrants are willing to do it, and therefore keeping wages artificially low. I am not saying one is right or wrong, just stating a viewpoint. 

 

The reality is humans have been migrating for time immemorial. Without it, none of us would be Australian (unless there are First Nations people on the forums). 

 

So, when you cut through all the rhetoric, stereotypes, ideological opinion and the like, what has the impact of immigration been on you personally as well as what do you think it has been on the country?

Edited 5 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[facthunter]

It's very good for scaring and stirring up People and where would Pauline be without it? Britain should have remained in the EU.  The far right is More of a Menace than anything else. People today don't know much about HITLER. It's too Long ago.. Racism is Not a good Basis for anything. We all bleed and feel Pain and Protect our Kids. Looks at the damage that has been done in the name of a Religion down through the ages all of which are Patriarchal.  Nev

[rgmwa]

57 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

So, when you cut through all the rhetoric, stereotypes, ideological opinion and the like, what has the impact of immigration been on you personally as well as what do you think it has been on the country?

Thanks to my parents I'm a post war immigrant from Holland so the impact on me personally has been quite significant. Likewise, I think our family's impact on Australia has been quite significant, but that's just my opinion.

Edited 4 hours ago by rgmwa