UK bans non-EU unskilled workers?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7129187.stm

Unskilled workers from non-EU countries will be banned from taking jobs in the UK for the "foreseeable future", the government has announced.
Spouses who apply for entry to the UK may also have to sit English language assessments under new proposals.
The moves come as ministers unveil details of their new points-based system for migrants.
About 12,000 unskilled migrants from non-EU countries in Africa, America and Asia came to work in the UK last year.

your take please

Grim Reaper - i go to college part time, one day a week, on fridays studying advanced diploma in mechanical engineering, i work part time on week ends, and my spelling is good

Guy U - hehehe, my family is already here

suzanne p - why not, was born in england, its my home, God put me here

Charon - i have no idea, i have done my city and guilds cource last year, this advance diploma is the last course at colleg, its the same thing as BTEC but more practical and a more fancy name

charon - after the advanced diploma its HNC/HND, you can skip that and go straight to the foundation degree

Answer 1

Its a start. Should have happened about a decade ago but better late than never. Although i don't think this is going to make a huge difference to the numbers coming into the country because about 90% of immigrants come from eastern europe and this isn't going to stop any of the spongers from those countries.

To grim reaper: what are you talking about? theres nothing wrong with his spelling, maybe try answering the question rather than criticising everyone.

Answer 2

Hello again Kamran, when you join the ranks of the tax payers you will take this sort of thing as seriously as the rest of us do. Do you know how absolutely gutting it is to see how much tax is taken from you every year and realise that a lot of it is going to prop up stupid causes, despotic governments and pay the over-inflated wages of the great and good at Westminster who let you down time and time again. This shambolic crew currently helping to sink the country will be out of office after the next election but that wont bother them - they'll be on the EEC gravy train. We do not want nor do we need any more workers coming into this country who are unskilled. They dont speak the language, demand housing as a right, bring disease with them and generally have cost us billions between education, housing, the NHS and welfare handouts! Let them go to France or Germany or Italy - perhaps even a few could volunteer as police men in Portugal. No one who wants to come and work here or live here should come as a burden on the state and should be able to read, write and speak english well. If they think it is worth achieving a life here then they should work hard to attain it. This is one of the biggest problems that people have with immigrants and causes no end of upset.

Answer 3

Not enough, Most unskilled migrants are coming from the EU.
Should stop the lot now. Suppose I'll get called a racist again for that.lol
Kamran,, Is that diploma a new thing. in my day Engineers studied City & Guilds or went on the Higher National course (HNC) although I believe they now have an HND.

Thanks for that. I wish you the best of luck.

Answer 4

Just stopping the non EU unskilled workers will not cure the problem. All would have to be stopped to make any improvement.
Mind you stopping the non EU imigrants should cut down on the cases of fraud.
To reduce other crimes the eastern block imigrants would need to be banned.
All these imported criminals cost the tax payer a small fortune to keep them in the lap of luxury in prison.
So deport all convicted foriegners as undesirable alliens instead of sending them to prison..!!

Answer 5

I'm very happy for skilled workers to come here to address the brain drain from the UK. A points system would seem to be a good way to slow the flow but keep the influx of desirable migrants.

Answer 6

Doctors and other health professionals who aren't at least fairly fluent in English should be banned too. Where ever they come from. As someone with a post graduate degree I'm very happy to take on the responsibility of assessing them.

Answer 7

If your statistics are true- then 12,000 is hardly an amazing number- I'm sure we could have quite happily accommodated them. Many will be from countries that were probably colonised by British Imperialists. I'm fed up with this anti asian, anti black stance of the government which is so pro eu. I was always proud of the way we helped refugees and people from developing countries- now all we do is let more and more europeans in.

Answer 8

There is a major major problem with kids who have left school without qualifications and have learning difficulties.
The jobs that are normally open to them are being taken by people whom are taken on via 'agencies'.
The problem will be when a lot of these kids reach 18 the govt is going to have to start handing out benefit.
These kids want to work but find it so very very FRUSTRATING that no one will take them on just so they can earn a little money for themselves.

Answer 9

It will be very interesting to see how this plays out in the UK. I am in the US and we rely heavily on unskilled labor to keep our economy functioning. Without them, the US economy would tank. But then again, we don't have as many social programs as the UK so it doesn't cost us much to have their labor here. We benefit a lot from migrant labor.

Answer 10

A little late in the day, but 1 out of 10 for effort for Labour today.

*edit.. when they actually act upon these suggestions and they are passed as legislation through parliament, then I shall up their overall score to 2.5 out of 10