As post-Brexit immigration plans begin to be unveiled by the government, there are five new immigration laws that will affect workers. Low-skilled workers will not get visas under these plans, because the government is urging employers to move away from cheap labor and invest in staff retention and automation technology. Home Secretary Priti Patel said that the government wanted to "encourage people with the right talent" and "reduce the levels of people coming to the UK with low skills". The UK is suggesting the introduction of a points based system that would value immigrants with higher education and job skills over those who are low-skilled. According to the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, the impacts of the new immigration legislation would be "devastating" for Scotland.
The population growth stalling in Scotland is one main argument for needing more immigration, as it would boost the working-age population and keep the economy going. The new immigration laws being imposed by Westminster will disproportionately affect Scotland because of their demographics. That is why the Scottish Parliament is proposing a different immigration policy as their situation is sufficiently different from that of the rest of the UK. Currently, migration policy is controlled by Westminster but Scottish ministers are advocating for extra powers to set up their own system. The proposed system would add a Scottish-specific visa to the immigration system. The requirements for the visa would be decided by the Scottish government and would assess applications before sending them to the UK government for security checks. Do you think the UK government will accept this proposal?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51558830
5 comments:
I personally don't see Britain passing this proposal by Scotland because they do not need more immigration, in fact, they are trying to reduce immigration after Brexit. Scotland and England have opposing issues where Scotland is in need of immigrant workers, and England's new policies would hurt them. Scotland's proposal will get denied because they have the opposite goals in mind.
I agree with Libby - I don't see Britain supporting a proposal which is in favor of immigrant workers. Providing Scotland with a separate immigration policy than the rest of the U.K will further create a division between Scotland and England, and dividing the country further at the time of Brexit would have severe consequences.
Immigration was one of the main factors of the support for Brexit. Many of those low-skilled immigrants came from Eastern Europe and many British people were resenting them for taking labor from its citizens. But its ironic considering that the immigrants are taking jobs that no other British person would take.
With the problem of Scotland, parliament would not agree to that proposal when it comes to immigration. I actually think this issue could lead to more differing opinions between Scotland and Great Britain and that could potentially lead to Scotland thinking of leaving the United Kingdom and becoming an independent sovereign state. It may not happen now and it may never happen (if Brexit policies actually work later down the road) but it is always a possibility after all. No one thought the U.K. would actually leave the EU but they did.
I personally see this referendum as great for the labor of the UK. By requiring this new system in order to allow new workers into the country, this will benefit the common worker more than the business owners and the wealthy of the country. This legislation will help end the employers from hiring more and more low skilled workers and using the cheap labor to only benefit themselves and put hardworking British out of work. It will also help increase the need to hire the British and the properly skilled workers who are there or can get into the country, and allow them to require to be paid more. This is great for the UK and I believe that many working class citizens will benefit from this system.
I cannot say for sure if the UK government will allow the Scottish to make their own system. It's a good thing that the UK wants to move away from low-skill labor, but certain regions are just not capable of doing that. If they were to allow the Scottish government to have their own policies then I could see both parties benefiting and not just one.
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