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Free movement of workers

Does the free movement of workers across borders assure peace and prosperity?

The panellist in this discussion is:

Roland Rudd
Chairman, Business for New Europe

Roland Rudd is the Chairman of Business for New Europe, which launched in March 2006 to support the UK’s active engagement in Europe. BNE is an independent coalition of business leaders articulating a positive case for European reform. He is also the Senior Partner of Finsbury Ltd.

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It is very easy to blame

Posted by wildvt on 01/02/2007 - 20:40

It is very easy to blame foreigners for the lack of jobs and the (supposed) rising crime rate is another factor that is synonymous with immigrants. If an immigrant does not get a job he is lazy and just a parasite on the wealthfare state....so what should be done?? On cannot work because you are taking a local's job, yet if you don't the local is working to support you. Do neither and you are naturally involved in criminal activities.

Immigration is one of the best things that can happen to a counrty; ON CONDITION THAT
(i) The country accepts its new CITIZENS
(ii)Immigrants actively participate in trying to uphold the law, culture, responsibilities and people of their host country by positivly becoming part of it.
In this way it will no longer be an "us and them" situation.

On the economic side, the same horn was blown when spain became a part of the EU....i don't see a flood of spanish workers, taking siestas all day and destroying the country with their paella. Spain has one of the biggest growth rates in the EU, and it is not because they were stealing jobs in other countries.

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