Temat: Britain: still the promised land...
Seems we've already discussed the subject:
http://www.goldenline.pl/forum/anglosphere/333648
My contribution to the thread:
North West running out of Polish workers:
http://liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/reg...
A few interesting fragments:
“There needs to be more focus put on the demand side, trying to create jobs that will ensure migrants, not just semi-skilled but high-skilled workers are attracted to the region.
Experts in Liverpool said the key to attracting new migrants was ensuring they felt able to integrate with the indigenous population.
Ewan Roberts, centre manager at Asylum Link, said: “The problem is the city is not prepared. Libraries and citizens’ advice offices don’t have the infrastructure to deal with people coming from overseas. We would be better to be pro-active.”
A report prepared by the Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory, based on research conducted in the Kensington area of Liverpool, concluded that the vast majority of migrants – mainly Poles – had taken jobs which otherwise would have been left unfilled.
Dave McCall, from Migrant Workers North West, said: “We have ended up with lots of migrant workers coming to the country with advanced skills but who have ended up doing low-skilled jobs.
“Migrant workers are bringing a lot of economic benefits to the North West, but we aren’t matching up the skills they have with the shortages that exist. We need to make sure they know that the opportunities to progress are here.”
IMO, the truth is, most of immigrants came here only for short periods of time to earn some money and go back so they took first jobs they were offered because it didn't matter that much if it was only for a while - even the educated and skilled workers didn't mind working far below their real skills and abilities.
Also, they did not fell the desire to integrate - what for if they were supposed to leave soon? It seems that the time to return has just 'naturally' come - the educated ones are fed up with their cleaning jobs and the rest have earned enough to return home, buy a house or invest some money into their own companies. Weakening pound only added to this.
And what about the ones who decided to stay? The ones more educated? Many of them have been trapped in the scheme I described above - they took jobs thinking it would be for a while, soon got fed up with them, but at the same time they wouldn't look for better jobs because the situation they had found themselves in made them underestimate their potential. What's more it's hard to start looking for a better job with the history of a cleaner in your CV while English employers look for experience in the UK - they don't pay too much attention to what immigrants did in their native countries - so even if they have suitable qualifications they are not as suitable for the post as someone who has experience in the UK. Vicious circle.
At the same time, it's true that most regions are/were not prepared - they just welcomed the immigrants who took the low-skilled jobs, didn't care if they would integrate or not - they were happy someone took the jobs which would be, otherwise, left unfilled and that's it. They hoped, the immigrants would take care of themselves, learn the language, try to integrate just out of curiosity for British culture. Rubbish of course. Instead, Polish ghettos appeared, problems started - councils are shocked how it is possible that immigrants don't speak English after living in the UK for 4-5 years, but at the same time they have done very little to help them to integrate. Vicious circle again.
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