Another controversial question!?

Question

Marriages. They make life sweet dont they? According to some research it is claimed that the number of Brits specifically heading out to the Indian sub-continent to marry and then bring back their spouses has increased dramatically. Not a crime i know. Here is some food for thought. The number of brits doing this has steadily increased annually so much that the UK government is now intervening to make it tougher to do so. So what is the problem? Records show that it isnt just the spouse but the spouse's family who then comes to the UK. A lot of them dont speak English, dont work and thus drain the economy with benefits an drain the NHS (they arent paying their 'stamp') Also it further stretches the boundaries of integration making it harded to do so and it helps those doing 'sham marriages' for the UK passport.

I know international marriages can happen anywhere but the UK govt is now concerned with sub-continent ones (for reasons like above) What do you think? Do you believe this?

source(s):

Research conducted by politics show via government reports including a exert interview with Lord Ahmed who says (i saw him say this) 'I cant believe i am being told who i can/cant marry People should be able to come here and SHARE WEALTH...'

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this is about a lot more than interracial marriage. There is a developing rift in the Asian communities between traditionalists and progressives. It’s also about participation in your adopted country. Many of the women brought here are little more than slaves. They speak no language other than their native one; they are dissuaded from becoming integrated into British Society. There are large areas of Britain where no English is spoken at all. While not a negative thing at all, what it does is isolate the community that doesn’t understand. How can they participate in local government, welfare and benefits decisions, or get help from police if they can’t speak English.
I think that embracing multiculturalism is exceptionally important in this day and age and making multinational marriages harder should not be the issue. The more important issue is societal integration, and ensuring that people contribute to their adopted country, e.g. No benefits unless you’ve paid your national insurance.

Answer 2

I think that if you are going to permanently bring someone to the UK from another country, then there should be a system where by that person has to have an income and not rely on benefits. I'm aware you are talking about marriage but so many other people come here illegally and get free housing and money from the government. It a real mess! More people entering the UK means higher taxes and house prices. Its OK if you come here for work or a holiday, but sponging of the state is not fair to the rest of us who work hard and pay our own way.

Answer 3

Seems a very one-sided report to me. Source?

I work for an advice centre in Leicester - a city probably about as typical a sample population as you could hope for - and all of the social policy and statistical info that I am privy to doesn't suggest such a problem. Inter-continental marriages have gone up, there's little evidence to suggest that whole families are then relocated to the UK, just perhaps a trickle of relatives who might make their own legitimate way over. And in all of this there is also an issue of British citizens emigrating - the UK population has been in decline in recent years.

Answer 4

Frankly speaking this is a subject where you cannot generalise for there are a lot of genuine cases amidst a few so called 'sham marriages'. As regards to sham marriages both the parties are to blame. Political mileage can be garnered from any situation it the people are hostile enough so the government intervention is appreciable as though it may make things difficult for genuine cases however I hope it does enable greater transparency.

The world maybe getting smaller but it sure ain't gonna get closer as long as people with thought processes like Andy exist.

Answer 5

What a good question , and without been a rascist, I have to agree, maybe the law should change, so that the many people you talk of should marry within the UK, also the NHS has to change, they will treat anybody who isn't a tax payer, although to an extent, people come before money, but there is a limit to funds and we have to be realistic... Maybe America have it right....I think do away with the NHS and lets go private...I am living in France and their healthcare knocks spots off the UK

Answer 6

In the late 1960's Belgium started to import Turks for the blue collar work Belgians no longer felt like doing, what the Belgian government did not figure on was that the Turks came with 4 wives. Belgium pays for each child you have a monthly payment. So you figure it out, 4 wives X 4 kids each. Results before you knew it the Turks drove large Mercedez cars to fit everyone and did not have to work anymore. Then the Belgians started to become racist about it all. Now decades later there are doctors, lawyers, politicians who are the product of this movement. The lessons to be learned from all this are many but in the end we will all have to learn to co-exist. Governments are not very smart in general to figure out what will kill the budgets so we are stuck.

Answer 7

I know exactly what you mean! where i live is on the list as 40th most inhabited place by ethnic minorities in britain (minorities! ha lol). Me and my partner work full time and cant get a council house or help off the government to start a family. Its not just the fact that they shouldnt be here, its the fact they are not making any contribution whatsoever and they are denying people who are making contributions to society opportunities such as housing etc. The government also fully kit out there houses with widescreen televisions etc, give them a car and driving lessons and in some cases even give them the bus fare to go and pick up there dole money!

Answer 8

If they are British then they can do what they like. Rather than stop the process encourage it and ensure that we have enough resources back in the UK to cope.
I suspect that the Government is being a little racialist here. Are they suggesting that it is okay to go to the US, for example, and marry and bring back some white people but we do not want people from the India.

Answer 9

I think our economy and NHS is suffereing because this is really happening. If people fall in love and want to get married then that's fine but moving the whole family to Britian to drain our country's resources isn't. Sham marriages need to be stopped now. It is unfortunate that some real marriages have to suffer because of this but immigration in this country has to be tightened as it is already at breaking point.

Answer 10

I think the brits should embrace diversity a little more. Cus ppl from nigeria also marry british, americans blah, blah,blah. The british govt is just looking for more way to not allow ppl migrate to the UK. But then i blame those that can't sit in their own country and develop it instead of going to other countries like America and UK and doing manial jobs like gate guards and cleaners