British Workers Put Last: Government Plans to Import Foreign Labourers for Olympic and Other Sites
Even though official figures show that 187,000 British construction workers are unemployed, it has been revealed that the Government is planning to bring in tens of thousands of “cheap” foreign labourers to finish the Olympic Games site and several other major engineering works.
The shocking betrayal of British workers has been revealed in a paper drawn up by Home Office advisers which has been leaked to the media.
According to the proposal, which is under active consideration by Government ministers, immigration laws are set to be relaxed to allow around 22,000 unskilled workers to enter Britain to help build the Olympic site, the Crossrail tunnel in London, the High Speed Two railway line to the north and the decommissioning of old nuclear and coal-fired power stations.
If adopted, the plan would fly in the face of repeated assurances by Gordon Brown that the points system would be “tightened to help give British workers the first chance of jobs.”
The report, issued by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has sent a survey to companies and research groups, asking: “Would the needs of large projects be sensibly met through immigration?” Respondents are invited to assess skill shortages for the Olympics and other future sports events.
Specifically, they are being asked if unskilled labour from outside Europe would be needed and which kinds of skilled labour could be provided by migrants.
Why no effort is being made to use British people for these job opportunities is not being said, but the most likely reason is that foreign workers generally draw lower wages and have fixed-term contract costs. Their accommodation is also substantially cheaper, as British workers still have households and families to support.
The MAC is also “looking for guidance on whether immigration from outside Europe is needed to deal with general labour shortages in Britain.”
Latest unemployment figures show that 187,000 jobs have been lost in construction in the past year as unemployment has risen to nearly 2.5 million.
* The British National Party is unashamedly protectionist with regard to British workers. It makes no economic sense to pay “cheap” (and often substandard work level) foreign labourers to do work which British people should be doing.
All this does is put British people out of work which will ultimately cost the taxpayers even more in benefits and support.
If unemployment continues to rise or even remain at these astronomical levels, society generally will become impoverished and disposable income will drop. This in turn will shrink the economy which will completely negate any short-term “gain” generated by employing “cheap” foreign labourers.
