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by mdw
863 days ago
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Govt policy and communication is pretty confusing around migration in the UK. On the one hand, net legal migration in the UK is reaching new all time highs. On the other hand, the main talking points for the current government is about "stopping the boats" and reducing migration. If you Google "net migration UK" (in the UK) the first link is a policy document describing steps the Govt is doing to reduce migration: https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/01/reducing-net-... |
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What you realize when you look into any of this is that it's not about stopping migration. It's about stopping the wrong kind of migration, specifcally undesirable migrants. The US had their own version of this with then-president Trump referring to Africa and Haiti as "sh*thole countries" [2], both the Trump and Biden administrations hid behind health concerns to stop immigration (ie Title 42 [3]) and now we're being forcefed a manufactured narrative around a "border crisis", which simply isn't true. Fun fact: the majority of undocumented migrants in the US are visa overstayers not border crossers [4].
Many, many years ago I remember hearing a phrase that underpinned UK immigration policy, which is "Britain is for the Britons". It seemed like this has only gotten worse.
[1]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64898507
[2]: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-...
[3]: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-biden-border-title-42...
[4]: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/686056668/for-seventh-consecu...