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 Is immigration good or bad for Britain?

Immigration is the movement of people from one country to another. Mainly the immigrants are refugees, asylum seekers or invaders. Britain joined the EU in 1970. After that, 10 countries joined the EU in May 2004. Immigration has become an important issue for Britain recently. Because large numbers of the countries population that is within the EU, decided to migrate to Britain and take advantage of EUs legislation which allows freedom of movement states. Moreover, immigration is also a complex issue because people commonly have different opinions about immigration. Some people think it benefits Britain in many different ways like economically. However, other people think its bad for Britain because Britain is not a very big country and it is now overcrowded.  

Some people believe that immigration is bad for Britain. For instance the government is spending too much money on the immigrants. Therefore immigration is stretching the resources above all, people are coming over and they can’t speak English, can’t communicate and they also can’t integrate with society. Contently the country ends up spending more money on translators. In the daily mail the writer says that the government is giving out money for free.  This is shown in the Daily Mail when the writer sayes”According to the home office, 5500 are now in receipt of handouts such as tax credit”. The word “handouts” gives the reader the impression that the government is giving out money for free. To that purpose the word “handouts” is bias. Similarly people also think that immigration is bad for Britain because it is overcrowded in housing and Universities, in certain towns where there is no work. This is shown in the Daily Mail when the writer says” the growth in population is the equivalent   of a city size of Sheffield. The reader is giving the impression that the population of immigration is the same size as a town called Sheffield. However they don’t mention how many people is leaving or left the town for that reason that statement is bias.

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Other people believe immigration is good for Britain because they argue immigrants contribute greatly to the economy and society. Britain needs more workers because people in Britain are getting older. Also the government is paying out too much in pensions and they are not getting enough income tax from workers. The immigrant brings more money in business links and trade. According to the BBC article” The UK has lifted its labour restriction on workers from Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and many other countries that are new in the EU”. Therefore it is easy for immigrants from these countries ...

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