UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers

Guardian (UK) ^ | 2/18/2020 | Lisa O'Carroll, Peter Walker and Libby Brooks

[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.

[dfwgator]

I see the latest videos of Warsaw, it’s just amazing how much construction is going on there. I was there a few years ago, and it already looks a lot different.

[Cronos]

If one takes all of the EU then mohammedans are 2% of the population. In the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands it is 5%

[tbw2]

Thank you, great resource.

[Cronos]

The Brexit vote was largely driven by the increased number of Christian Polish plumbers and Romanian builders

[Cronos]

True. One million Poles moving to the UK 2004-2014 naturally bred discomfort.

[Cronos]

The gif is of a Korean girl from a K-pop band. Not vietnamese

[dfwgator]

I agree, controlling immigration is a matter of ensuring economic stability. regardless of where immigrants are from. Of course some immigration is positive, but it needs to be contolled and be primarily considered on what is best for the economy (short-term and long-term)

[Clemenza]

This means less Poles and Slovaks and more English speaking Indians, Caribbean and East Asian immigrants (from HK and Singapore). In other words, UK immigrants will be MORE non western.

[dfwgator]

Here’s a cool nighttime video of Warsaw from a few weeks ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca8g13kdGQk

I loved every minute I was in Warsaw. It’s funny, but it used to be when Poles would question tourists out loud why anyone would want to visit Warsaw.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Not just the economy, society as well. EU freedom of movement has been great for big companies here having access to abundant cheap labour and forcing wages down for people at the bottom and making it more difficult to find work. I’d rather take an economic hit if it meant more ordinary British workers could earn more money. Wages in the UK construction industry have risen nearly 10% since Brexit since fewer Eastern Europeans are coming in willing to work for less.

[dfwgator]

Well you also get a nationwide version of “White Flight” where productive people leave a country, only leaving the parasites behind.

Moldova is a perfect example of this.

[unread]

"too little too late for the UK - overrun by muzzies, poles and other third-world parasites."

When you say "Poles", do you mean the Polish.?
I've known some poles here in the US (not a lot) and they always seem to be wonderful folks... Great sense of humor and hard workers...

[lodi90]

That area of Warsaw around the train station and Palace of culture was a wasteland for a long time. Although, in the gold old days the Warsaw Marriott was always interesting for the “clientele”. Ha ha. Nice to see all the new buildings there from the past decade or two.

[dfwgator]

Reminds me of the old joke, “The view from The Palace Of Culture is the best view of Warsaw, because you don’t see The Palace of Culture.”

[jmacusa]

I don’t care. Me love her long time!

[NFHale]

Christian Polish plumbers and Romanian builders aren’t the existential threat to Western Civilization that unchecked moslem barbarian hordes are.

[Cronos]

Yet the Brexit vote to leave was largely driven by the large numbers of Christian Poles and romani7who moved to the UK after 2004

[Cronos]

I really lo e living in Warsaw. It is green, clean, has wonderful bike paths and is just 30 min away from big forests. It also has museums like the uprising museum, national museum and war museum and lots of culture. A wonderful place to live imho

[Cronos]

Correct. But there are some muslims I warsaw from Oakland and they have their “islamic community centre” near dworzec zachodni. Thankfully they feel undesired and leave soon to Germany

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

According to wiki, the proportion of ethnic Moldovans has actually increased over the past 50 years.