Impact of Immigration on Public Services

The government of the United Kingdom has been making a very conscious effort to reduce the total number of immigrants coming in to the country and the system would be unable to handle it if it continued at the same rate. The government, therefore, promised to reduce immigration numbers.

The promise has been to keep the overall national population under 70 million individuals before 2028. However the rate at which the government has allowed immigration, there is a greater chance that this number will go up way ahead of that given year of 2028.

The rapid growth of this population has put a great strain on the public services that are offered to immigrants of other nationalities.

Depending on the kind of visa that the individual has entered in, they will be allowed or disallowed from using any of the public services that are otherwise provided to citizens. Most shorter term visas don’t allow individuals any access to public funding or money. However, most longer term visas allow for use of the public services.

Following are a select few from the highly exhaustive list of public bodies and services that are currently available in the United Kingdom:

There are many issues that have been brought to the fore in the recent times, around the discussion of immigration and it’s impact on public service, and vice-versa. Some of the points of discussion have been:

When this particular act was brought in, the Immigration Direction 2008 (Places of Detention) Act was revoked

Immigration

• Immigration Policy
• Immigration Rules