What most people don’t realise is just how deeply being a member of the European Union affects us in our everyday lives. It doesn’t just affect our law and big political issues but also our culture, the NHS and job prospects. In this essay I will only be focusing on a tiny amount of the issues raised out of the enormous range including how being a member of the European Union affects our laws, jobs and immigration. I will try to weigh up all of the arguments for each side and, hopefully, come to a conclusion.
Immigration
Whether being a member of the European Union is the best thing for the United Kingdom is a very complex issue with many different layers, therefore, making it hard to reach a definite and final verdict without spending
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This policy evidently has many benefits however most people are seemingly only concerned with the fact that it allows anybody within the EU to immigrate to the UK and we can’t refuse them. There has been a huge increase of the number of people coming to live in the UK over the past few years with the UK population reaching 64,596,800 in June of 2015 – almost half a million more than the previous year .
However you have to remember that this influx of immigrants isn’t just happening in the United Kingdom, it is happening throughout the world on a major scale. For example it was reported that by the 7th June 2015 that over 50,000 migrants had already arrived in Italy after crossing the Mediterranean Sea –from Libya- in treacherous conditions and this is deemed to be only the beginning. There has been a 750% increase in the amount of migrants going to Greece this year, 63% of which are from Syria .
The main issue that arises is over who should take these immigrants into their countries within the EU as there are many plans being drawn up to relocate some of them through a quota system, however not everyone wants this. The British Prime Minister David Cameron is one example of people who want to reject the proposal about enforcing quotas of immigrants in EU countries (due to public opinion) and he is not alone in this as many others are of the same view; these include most of
In the article “In Defense of Prejudice" the author Jonathan Rauch argues that it is very difficult to have a world without prejudice. It is a fact that, in general, we see prejudice as an unconstructive word, full of negative meaning. Conversely, the author linked it to a positive statement (“in defense of”) that reflects just the opposite effect of what prejudice is really about in one’s mind. The title brings two ideas simultaneously: comfort for the ones who are racist, or repugnance for those ones who feel indignant with any kind or prejudice, racism, bigotry. The title makes us to think that we will have an article exploring the benefits of prejudice. Contrary, as the reading progresses, we see an author with varied supportive points that explain his position about prejudice and he is not fighting for or against prejudice. In many points, Rauch will explain the reasons he found to be in “defense” of prejudice.
Some believe that it is necessary to control migration in the UK, as they believe that too many immigrants could lead to overpopulation, unemployment and housing shortages. It is commonly believed that migration should be controlled, as migrants ‘come over to our country and take our benefits’; however this is not necessarily factually correct. This essay aims to discuss the benefits and problems of migration in the UK, and make a conclusion based on the evidence I have discussed, about whether migration should or should not be controlled by the UK Government.
The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political partnership between 28 different countries. It consists of about half a billion citizens, and its combined economy represents about 20 percent of the world’s total economy (Briney, 2015). Today The European Union works as a single market, with free movement of people, goods and services from one country to another. There is a standard system of laws to be followed, and since 1999 many countries share a single currency called the Euro (Europa.eu, 2015). This essay will explore the background history of the European Union and the benefits and drawbacks of the European Union.
* Migration – greater availability of skilled foreigners, however the UK is cutting more jobs for non-EU workers who would be cheaper. [16]
Around 530 million years ago, the Cambrian explosion made a significantly fast appearance of main groups of complex organism. This was confirmed by the fossil record. Along the support by an apparent diversification of various living things, including phytoplankton, calcimicrobes and also animals. 580 million years before this, most life forms were basic, made out of individual cells occasionally sorted out into colonies. The Cambrian explosion can be said to happen in waves. The initial, a co-evolutionary transformative ascent in differing qualities as animals investigated specialties on the Ediacaran ocean bottom, trailed by a second development in the early Cambrian as they established in the waters column. The pace of advancement found in the Cambrian times of the explosion is not paralleled amongst the marine creatures: it changed all metazoan clades where Cambrian fossils were found. Later radiations, the fish in the Silurian and Devonian era, included less taxa, for the most part with basically the same body plans. Despite
In 1776, we saw the American Colonies breakaway from the ruling British Empire. Nearly 250 years later, we see the complete opposite. In a 2016 referendum, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Parliament voted to leave the European Union. The European Union, which wanted to unite all the European countries, is currently butting heads with the British Government and current Prime Minister Theresa May. This battle has been steadfast over the past year with multiple votes from the British people and government officials. If the votes pass, then Britain is on track to leave the E.U. by April of 2019. The lead up to this break differs between most people. However, the reason for this split is immigration, the safety for national
Immigration as well as multiculturalism has also been a source of political and societal problems and tensions (Owen, p.3). With immigration, immigrants set their eyes on settling in their new homes and laying the foundation for generations to come. This is not always warmly welcomed by citizens of the host country as they are cringed with the fear of competition and domination. It
The issue of Britain remaining in the European Union, and the consequences of a potential British exit- sometimes shortened to “Brexit”- from the European Union, have come to the forefront of public debate. While some say that Britain’s egress from the EU would benefit it economically, others argue that the contrary is true, and that there would be detrimental economic consequences for Britain and Europe. In truth, the issue is much more complex and multifaceted. Brexit must be looked at in terms of its socioeconomic consequences on immigration, the job market, and trade; and also its political effects on British sovereignty.
The Brexit referendum has been a very controversial topic for the past 6 months. The referendum option surfaced due to the changes happening in the European Union as an organization. The European Union (EU), formerly known as the European Coal and Steel Communities (ECSC), is originally created under the vision of creating a trading agreement which ease the transaction between the members. However, the EU now not only creates a single-market system to ease the trading between members, but also holds power over the member’s government, parliament, and court. Before the crisis in 2008 which is caused by EU’s single-market currency, the Euro, the political impact caused by EU’s membership
The current immigration policy for the United States is very strict long and tedious and has led to a
The United Kingdom’s participation in the European Union was always a very controversial and divisive topic. But right now it is more actual than it ever was, because of the announcement of David Cameron. He promised a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership, if the Conservatives win the next general election. That’s why I would like to consider the arguments for and against the UK’s membership of the European Union. The biggest difficulty with the answering of the question of my essay is to conceive what exactly the policical interest of the UK is. To keep more money in the country? To protect the short-term interest of the British workers? Or to try to build a Union what can be competitive with the great powers of the world. First I summarise the most important historical events of the common history of Britain and the European Union what is a huge help to understand the present situation. Then I will get on the subject of the pro and contra reasons, what is really complex, so I won’t be able to write about every point in details.
Immigrants came to the European countries because they are searching for work so that they support their family financially. People's view immigration as bad over time because of hostile views of politicians or political parties, people think immigrants are outcasts just because of their cultural differences, and they are opposed and racist to the immigrants & give the immigrants excessive work than the others. The immigrants look different, so the people and politicians think that they do not fit in with the rest of the people and they cannot have the same rights as the citizens or the rest of the people do. When the immigrants first got here, they wanted to get a good job and a better life than they had during the experience in their colonies.
European Union (EU) member states work together through common institutions to set policy and promote their interests. Over the past several years, EU members have progressively committed to balancing laws and adopting joint policies on an extensive and increasing
Britain not only has a special relationship with the United States of America (USA), but also has a different kind of special relationship with Europe. The relationship is often described as ‘reluctant’ and ‘awkward’ because Britain is member of the European Union (EU), but has a number of exemptions, for example Britain is not part of eurozone or the Schengen area. Today, the debate is if there are more benefits or disadvantages to Britain’s membership in the EU; there is no clear answer. However, Britain’s current involvement and position is the best option; they can utilize trade benefits, but are not mandated to take part in eurozone.
The European Union (EU) was established in order to prevent the horrors of modern warfare, experienced by most of Europe during the World Wars of the 20th century, from ever ensuing again, by aiming to create an environment of trust with the countries of Europe cooperating in areas such as commerce, research and trade (Adams, 2001). The EU has evolved into an economic, trade, political and monetary alliance between twenty-eight European Member States. While not all Member States are in monetary union (i.e. share the currency of the euro), those that are form the ‘Euro-zone’ (Dinan, 2006). The EU can pass a number of types of legislation, with a regulation, act, or law, being the most powerful. Its ‘tricameral’ (European