Government responses to migration

Competition for jobs and impact on pay

• migrants compete for jobs at low pay
• government restircted migrants from Romania until Janurary 2013
• depress wages
• causes racial tensions
• BNP stereotype migrants to coming and taking the benefits
• in 2008 a point system was introduced for outside EU
• family unification has been restricted
• Ed Milband prospes that every EU migrant employed train an appreciate

Xenophobia

• Race riots in Oldham with Pakistani people
• Anti immigrant groups exploit racial stereotypes
• Alienate people who feel they legimate concerns over migration
• Government concerned about being rasict
• Birmingham riotes in 2005 against Carribbeans and British Asians

Cultural

• Ban of Head Scarfs and women give evidence have to remove veil
• Feminism- social inequality
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