Posted on 02/19/2020 2:13:22 PM PST by RightGeek
Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those who can’t speak English as part of a fundamental overhaul of immigration laws that will end the era of cheap EU labour in factories, warehouses, hotels and restaurants.
Unveiling its Australian-style points system on Wednesday, the government will say it is grasping a unique opportunity to take “full control” of British borders “for the first time in decades” and eliminate the “distortion” caused by EU freedom of movement.
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A 10-page briefing document outlining the new immigration policy states:
• UK borders will be closed to non-skilled workers – and all migrants will have to speak English.
• Anyone wanting to come to the UK to work must have a job offer with a salary threshold of £25,600 – though a salary “floor” of £20,480 will be acceptable in special cases where there might have a skills shortage skills, such as in nursing.
• There will be no route for self-employed people coming into the UK, spelling the end to, for example, Polish plumbers or Romanian builders arriving without a job.
• Border control will no longer accept ID cards from countries such as France and Italy. This, it is understood, is an attempt to clamp down on non-EU workers beating the system with forged ID cards.
• The skills threshold for foreign nationals wanting to work in the UK will be lowered from degree to A-levels or their equivalent. The cap on the numbers of skilled workers is being scrapped – and a small number of highly skilled workers will be allowed to come in without a job.
• The right of artists, entertainers, sports people and musicians to enter for performances, competitions and auditions will be retained.
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Hispanics are 18% of the U.S. Muslims in Europe make up a similar proportion there. Our statistics account for illegals; due to European law, their statistics only account for legal immigrants, so they have a serious undermount. Nevertheless, I agree with you. We are every bit as overrun as they are. The benefit of their system is that it is much easier to pass a law & seemingly more reluctance on their judiciarys part to overturn majority passed legislation. Our judiciary is absurdly out of control! Please, God, if you hear me- let Britains passage of tighter immigration controls (like Australia & Canada before her) be an impetus for the USA and all of the anglosphere to follow suit & pass similar restrictive measures here & cling to one another & our common culture, while the rest of the world goes nuts!
They just recently adopted it. I think Australia has had it the longest. We are next!!!
Totally understandable since UK is losing its culture and competitiveness.
[ Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those who can’t speak English as part of a fundamental overhaul of immigration laws that will end the era of cheap EU labour in factories, warehouses, hotels and restaurants. ]
That’s an interesting development.
[Too little... Too late...]
Well, we might as well work in some Pat Benatar since I was thinking about this song last evening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84TB8C50nos
I saw her perform during this tour
meant to ping ya
In the UK it’s still only 6-7%
Agreed. The Poles are (as a rule) hard working and well behaved.
I live among them.
If they can shout “death to America! Death to UK! Death to Israel! Death to Europe!,” does that count as speaking English?
True. (((Wince.)))) Very true indeed.
“...Polish plumbers or Romanian builders arriving without a job. ...”
Something tells me that “Polish plumbers and Romanian Builders” aren’t the problem there... Can’t quite put a finger on it... Hmm... Whatever could it be???
Good for the Brits, for trying to take their country back. Hope it’s not too late for them.
Outstanding!
Is that right??
The population of the UK is 91% white European. The population of the US is 62% white European.
Who’s worse off than who??
Pat Benatar, nice Polish girl, born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski.
Jealousy often makes people poke fun.
If you are not jealous the UK is getting it done you ought to be. You should be so lucky for someone in the US to get this done.
It’s a start, but as I pointed out, this doesn’t cover values. You can have an English speaking skilled carpenter from Pakistan who makes bombs in his basement to kill the infidels.
We as in the United States? I’m Canadian and my impression has always been that legally immigrating to the United States was virtually impossible. Or took so long that you might as well give up on the idea.
My grandmother came to the US in 1927. She never mastered English and partially forgot her Yiddish and Polish, so spoke a heavily accented hybrid English. But she loved America and married a man who came from Lithuania as a baby and spoke not a word of any language other than English. He became wealthy “by his bootstraps,” and his factory/warehouse/store on Broadway in Buffalo employed a couple hundred people. Was my grandmother a “third-world parasite”? She worked in a sweatshop and married well, and loved America, adopting American values and knowing how to live cheap from her years growing up in a shtetel hovel.
You may not want non-English speakers in the UK, but don’t go smearing a whole category of people. Those who come from the third world might or not speak English, but those who come to do honest work and who love their new country and support it are an asset. And generally, Poles, whether Jewish or gentile, have a good history as immigrants. They are not “parasites” imho.
A-ha! (no not the band)
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