1. Immigration
• A touchy subject;
• Often receives political objection
HOWEVER
• Also seen as an indication of a modernity and
economic progress
• Consequently, debates on the matter can be
subjective
-statistics can also be difficult to obtain/define
• Increase in immigration in recent history
Throughout British
history, immigration has
been a catalyst for
defining and amending
nationality and
citizenship”
(Cesarani&Fulbrook, 1996).

2. Negatives
ECONOMIC ISSUES
• Immigrants taking work from natives
• Willing to work for low-pay
• Leaving natives to languish on benefits
• Immigrants limiting natives job opportunities
SOCIAL ISSUES
• Fail to integrate within society
• Reduce the sense of community
• Scapegoating of immigrants
• Minorities vs Majorities

3. Positives
ECONOMIC
• Improve the state of the economy
• Raise competition in labour markets
• Improve productivity
SOCIAL
• Import new skills and talents
• Increase diversity and innovation
-All of which are long-term effects
“Immigration isn’t just
about the movement of
labour but the movement of
individuals”
(Portes, 2013).

4. Issues on Immigration
• British labour markets opening to
Bulgarians and Romanians
• Reactions: threatened, fearful, sceptical
• Issue becomes “source of hyperbole”
(Blinder, 2013)
• Not based on sufficient evidences
• Natives get caught up in these assumptions
• Complicates the reality of immigration
• Creates xenophobia

5. Room for Improvement
• Immigrants restricted from social and
economic benefits
• Further segregates them from other citizens
• Change requires new perspective
• Finding out the truth
-not simply believing the hype
• Talking to ‘real people’
• Examining statistics
“We do know enough to
set a clear direction for
policy…”
(Portes, 2013).