Should immigration into the UK from muslim countries be curbed?

Answer 1

Not only Muslim countries, ALL immigration needs to be curbed!! The whole immigration system needs a good overhaul. Its common sense that as a small island, we cannot sustain the huge influxes of immigrants,no matter where they come from!!
Immigration is now on an unprecedented scale.
The pressure on our borders continues. Demand for visas has risen by 33% in 5 years and is now 2.5 million per year. The economic benefit from this inflow is very limited. Government arguments are fallacious. Immigration is not essential to our economic growth. It adds to economic growth but also adds nearly proportionately to our population so that the benefit to the host community is small.
Immigrants will have little impact on our ability to pay pensions in future. The Turner Commission dismissed this argument for the simple reason that immigrants too will age and require pensions. Their financial input to the Exchequer is, despite government claims, approximately neutral.
Immigration is welcome to many employers because it holds down pay levels, especially for the unskilled, and contributes to lower interest rates. It can also be a source of cheap skilled labour with no training costs. But it is the tax payer who picks up all the costs of the extra infrastructure required.
To the extent that immigration holds down wages it makes it more difficult for the government to achieve their stated aim of moving from welfare to work the 1.5 million unemployed and the 2.7 million on Incapacity Benefit. There are now one million young people in Britain who are neither in work nor in education.
Are immigrants doing jobs the British will no longer do? No. In large parts of Britain where there are few, if any, immigrants British people are doing all these jobs. The fundamental problem is the benefits trap. Wages are held down to a level where for some there is little benefit in working rather than collecting benefits. Wages should be allowed to rise to make lower paid jobs worthwhile and to encourage productivity. Increasing productivity is the only way that a nation can become richer.
There is growing resentment among the native population of whom 70 – 80% wish to see a tougher immigration policy. They feel that their concerns are being ignored, or dismissed; only 10% feel that the government is listening to public opinion on immigration. The ethnic population is also concerned about the direction of events. A majority of them (55%) also wish to see tighter immigration control. A majority of the population (69%) feel that Britain is losing its own culture.

Answer 2

I suspect that by saying, 'muslim', you are implying they pose a terrorist threat???

By that same token, are you implying that all Catholics were terrorists back in the days of the IRA?? Of course they weren't!!

Its just a minority of radicals that become terrrorists and you cannot tar everyone with the same brush by refusing entry into the coutnry on the grounds of religion. My best mate is muslim and he wouldnt hurt a fly

Curbing immigration is not a way to reduce terrorism, 7/7 was all home grown afterall.

However, I do agree that immigration from all countries into the UK needs to be more controlled regardless of race or religion.

Answer 3

It should be curbed from all countries and based on labour needs and in that respect should only be via short term work permits. Unfortunately with us being in the European union we have signed up for the free movement of peoples within it so can't do this.

Whether the person coming in is islamic or otherwise is irrelevant. Just wait till all those Romanian gangsters get over here!

Answer 4

No- as long as all Muslims that enter this country are willing to accept the fact that this is a foreign country to them and if they want to reside here then they should leave their old habits,customs and ideas back where they came from and accept a new life here is just that- a new life.
We should not have to bend and change to conform to their beliefs and ideas just as any Brit moving to their native country should expect them to change for him.
Just try opening a Christian Church in Saudia Arbia and see what religious intolerance really looks like.

Answer 5

If you swallow too much in one gulp, you'll choke. We have not succeeded in integrating those who arrived 30 years ago, except by positive discrimination, at the expense of the natural population. We have to digest slowly, especially cultures alien and reluctant to accept our history, traditions and institutions. Governments from Thatcher days, have been grossly negligent in securing our borders. We are paying the price with disharmony, discontent, and loss of cultural identity. Time to stop. The coming elections will be a watershed. Big political changes are swelling and it's time to stop the rot. A new dawn is on the horizon. Britain Fights Back. It's what we want, that matters from now on, not what foreigners, old and new, demand.

Answer 6

Immigration cases should be treated on their merits within the law. If people have a contribution to make, or are fleeing bad conditions in their homeland, then whether their country of origin is Muslim or not is irrelevant.

Answer 7

i've got study the object. thank you. what's faulty with those human beings? i will make certain some trend of habit the place the comparable good judgment could be used to reach at a call to apply mayhem and terror to accomplish a protest against "infidels." If a individual of the muslime faith can do this to their own blood and relatives, what greater with the intention to any unknown residing individual who basically happens to be of a distinctive faith? they're their own worst enemy. Their intolerance is largely a ask your self. yet they prefer to stay in a Western society, although such shameful habit can nevertheless relatively take place. extraordinary. i might anticipate human beings will say "this is an remoted case. we will proceed importing and letting immigrants to our u . s . a . because of the fact we choose greater multiculturalism." I heard that Britain, being a former Imperial capacity, is an authority in multiculturalism...and basically choosed the "good" cultural millieu to import. yet i will make certain the place this is heading and your government ministers ought to have rocks interior their heads. The handwriting is already needless to say on the wall and that i doubt if the choose of the persons is relatively being heard.

Answer 8

yes. but not just from Islamic countries. as a country we have got to reduce the number of immigrants,the labour market is not that stable,,just look at the job layoffs,businesses are crippled by a far heavier tax burden than in most other European countries and with more eastern European countries all wanting to join the collective with full access to the job market,health service,benefit system, remember they have not contributed one penny before being eligible
the same rules do not apply in their own countries, their own job market and economy is depressed and i fear if quotas are not introduced than we could have another very long winter of discontent.FL

Answer 9

Immigration should be controlled, of course, so it can continue to enrich our great nation. Those who pose a threat to our safety should not be allowed in. Stopping immigration only from Muslim countries would be a racist act, and therefore not a reasonable act.

Answer 10

Only on National Security grounds. Other than that there is no reason, other than outright racism, to curb immigration from any country, particularly as more people are leaving the country than ever before.