Home Secretary branded "racist" for her immigration plans.

True, once Brits start getting kicked out of other countries because they're getting fired, the issue of a shortage of jobs will arise again.

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If they were skilled enough to 'steal' a job in another country perhaps they will be skilled enough for one of the jobs a migrant worker would be recruited for in the UK <rhetorical question mode off>

The other week I read a stat ( in the Grauniad no less) that showed in the last twelve months 80% of all newly created jobs went to people born outside the country.
Make of that way you will.

The rhetoric coming from the Conservatives suggests they want to turn the UK into a safe space to protect delicate Brits from nefarious foreigners and their undesirable characteristics like work ethic and willingness to migrate to obtain employment.

I don't like the idea of making companies publish lists of foreign workers, that sounds too divisional- those who are here legally, working and paying taxes should be treated the same as Brits, not 'outed' like an enemy. However I agree we need to do more to help get Brits into work such as by equipping them with the skills they need- I believe big businesses especially need to do more in this by paying for training costs where necessary and not cutting corners with pay and standards which freedom of movement has allowed them to do.

This is reminiscent of the Saudisation process currently happening in Saudi; it has reached the point at which they are now fining companies who don't employ enough Saudis and subjecting them to heavy sanctions. I don't think that companies should miss out on hiring exceptional talent just because they came from overseas. After all, it has already been made much more difficult for non-EU migrants to move here for work and international students to stay following their studies. The proposals don't make her racist but they are extreme.

But as of April 2016 it became a lot cheaper for companies to hire people at home and overseas. Now they have to pay out salaries of at least £35,000, which is higher than most graduate jobs if they want their non-British employee to be granted Teir 2 visa. That's why I think that a measure such as this one is too extreme. It is now much harder for people to migrate to the UK for work if they are not EU citizens, and I can understand why it was done but the new measure will ostracise people who already live in the UK permanently. If they have a spouse or children who are British, obviously it's going to be problematic.

It has nothing to do with KSA. The idea there is to reduce the phenomenon of companies only using foreign labour as it is cheaper. I don't think the minister is complaining about immigrants working in banks.

I dunno, I'm a little torn.

Firstly, it's definitely not racist. Not even xenophobic, per se. It's perfectly reasonable for a government to want to resolve national unemployment issues and get more of its own citizens into work and gaining experience.

However, I also feel that if a employer wants to to hire foriegn workers, that's their business. The government shouldn't force force employers to hire certian people over others or force them to disclose their employees' citizenship (provided they are in the country working legally). Too authoritarian.

I pro-immigration of high skilled foreign workers from any country (e.g. teacher, sciences,nurse, doctor est) as there are more people in Britain who are pensioners than children and numbers of pensioner are going up each year.

However, low skillied foreign workers from any part of the world should only be allowied in on working holidays. Low skillied workers can stay if they got a skillied that needed in Britain e.g. a brink layer which we don't train another off.

I already addressed the claim that skilled foreign labour is cheaper.

The assumption seems to be that local workers are:

- anywhere near as hardworking as immigrants
- anywhere near as productive as immigrants
- anywhere near as cost-effective as immigrants
- anywhere near as reliable as immigrants
- as willing as immigrants to move for a job

But other than that wild stretch in imagination, I see no reason why foreign workers should be employed before a local worker

and your assumption is that the people who built one of the most successful nations in human history are less intelligent, less creative and less hardworking than people from failed states. Funny that.

Having a handful of intelligent people help make mass progress doesn't mean the entire population is intelligent.

Also trying to ride off other people's historic achievements is such a typical attitude which shows why the local population of this country are falling behind.

Haha let's ignore the fact that this nation stole and pillaged from several countries with force and violence which helped propel itself forwards at the expense of others.

Also I'd argue that the previous success has made the current generation more lazy and with a bigger sense of self-entitlement.

Or is there another reason why such a big number of the local population can't or can't be bothered to get jobs?

Gives a **** about local people/isn't prepared to commit treason? Probable waycist

What rhetoric have they come out with that is in any way Safe Space like, huh? Quote please

The name and "shame" policy is nothing more than a political populism exercise, pandering to the far-right.

If the government really wants to help the unskilled Brits, they should double or triple their effort in training them and not redirect their failure on businesses.

Businesses are in business to do business, not social engineering, not to protect those Brits that are benefits scrounging against hard working taxing paying migrants.

Agree, but you haven't answered my question

Aye, bit pathetic really e.g. attempting to delegate responsibility for foreigners pervading our society/workforce, and using shame to do so. What the country wants is direct action on immigration and integration. Intention is good, policy is silly