Why is asylum such a big issue in Britain

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Why is asylum and immigration such a big issue in Britain?

Better to discuss about asylum and immigration first and than about reason of asylum and immigration, reason of movements of people. Without knowledge and quiet understanding of what is asylum and immigration it going to be very hard to define correctly our main question. Clear knowledge will give us better and clearer view of main topic why it is a big issue in Britain today. It is very important to define reasons of issues. Later on will talk about several main reasons of why asylum and immigration such a big issue in Britain. Yes it is very big issue for British people and it was already extolled by media.  

A asylum seeker known as refugee is "a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country" (according to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees). Every person has his own right to live free from prosecution or fear of prosecution based on race, nationality, religion, political opinion or membership in particular social groups. And government of home country is obligated to give this protection for every citizen of his country. When government of home country fails to protect these rights, people have the right to move to a country that will protect them. This is right of asylum.  In 1951, this part of human right was established by an international treaty, the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Signed Convention meant that country was obligated to provide asylum or refugee to person who fleeing prosecution.

Immigration actually is movement of people to another place with the aim of settling in another place. All this people migrating to another countries with aim of settling not from good life. There are plenty of complex reasons of immigration. Most common and wield spread reason is war after there are political situation and economic reasons. War is always root of a lot of problems and crisis’. Situation all over the world is not so good everywhere. We have several wars passed, crisis’ in many parts of world. People always want better life for them and for their children. So, most part of immigrant and asylum seekers moving with hope of good life. As we can see Great Britain was always one of the first countries in the world with leading economy, best living facilities and stable political situation. People cannot earn minimum wage what they desire in their home country, cannot provide that amount of safety for them and their children which they can afford in Britain. Because of that a lot of people trying to migrate to Britain. Dramatically rising numbers of immigrants and asylum seekers in Great Britain is not surprise for British society. Moreover, this fact is affecting on Britain too. According to BBC News nowadays immigration is third issue for British society. Reason of that is well known for everyone. There are reasons for worrying:

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  • Immigration can attract crime elements to Host country and street crime facts are rising
  • Immigration may become political/social issue. Cheap labor, exploitation of immigrants
  • Impact for social working groups.

Those who were hoping to earn enough money for their live minimums and don’t get that may go to crime. After migration people always cannot get that they desiring it may push them to do crime. Poverty level going high because of numbers of poor people will increase in face of immigrants.

Immigrants are ready to do black job which local people will reject. Also immigrants are ...

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