Impact of Immigration on Public Services
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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.
Population and Public Services
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.
List of Public Services in the United Kingdom
Following are a select few from the highly exhaustive list of public bodies and
services that are currently available in the United Kingdom:
- The United Kingdom Police
- National Health Services
- The Human Fertilization & Embryology authority
- Cycling England
- The Audit Commission
- Design Council of the United Kingdom
- The Health Protection Agency
- Becta
- SIA - Security Industry Authority
- School Food Trust - Eat Better, Do Better
- The Theatres Trust
- Consumer Focus
The Impact of Public Service on Immigration
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of Detention) Act was revoked