IMMIGRATION IN UK

Political and Public Reaction to Immigration in the UK: The Union of Immigration Law Enforcement and Crime Control in Present Era

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Aims and Objectives3

Research Questions3

Significance of Study3

Limitations of Study5

Summary6

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW7

Competing Principles in the Politics of Immigration7

Logic of Economy and Labour Market8

Immigrants and Policing10

Immigration Control and Crime13

In the eyes of Public14

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY17

Research Method and Design Appropriateness17

Researcher's Role19

Data Collection Procedures20

Data Analysis and Interpretation23

Feasibility and Appropriateness26

Quality and Verification27

Informed Consent and Ethical Considerations29

Summary30

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS31

Reaction31

Ethnicity & Economy32

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION35

REFERENCES37

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

This chapter of the research tends to develop an understanding and identify the reasons for conducting a research onto the identified topic. However, in the context of this paper this chapter would inculcate the notions related to the political and public reaction to immigration in the United Kingdom in the present era. Different notions would be inculcated into the fold in order to develop an effective and efficient understanding of the subject.

Background

United Kingdom has changed its face in the last 60 years; this change holds its roots in various factors. One of those is identified as the post war development and the need to grow and integrate. As a result the demographics of United Kingdom suffered a significant change as it was in 1900's. The fact cannot be ignored that the native population of United Kingdom has failed to produce the required individuals who can match up with the amount of the progress after the war period. Thus, as a result United Kingdom serves as one of the most significant attraction for the people around the globe (Elizabeth 2006, p. 12-34). Although the immigration law formed to control the rate of immigration and to monitor the individual who tends to migrate to United Kingdom has failed to appeal to the public. As immigrants does not come alone and work for the prosperity of the country they are moving to, rather it is mutual. When immigrants came to United Kingdom, they brought their cultures and values with the. As a result it became quite difficult for the existing police to control them with the policing strategies designed for the native English population. Over the years UK has been the battle ground of the individuals who tends to debate in favour and against immigration. As immigration is not digested easily by the some of the local's or British, they tend to be of the view that those coming from outside United Kingdom tends to bring in their culture with themselves thus altering the original culture of the United Kingdom. Thus, there is a need for the immigrants to be provided the gears or information to assimilate into British society.

This is vastly different than what several other British Scholars tends to opt for. Many view immigration as a problem in and of itself, which no amount of assimilation will take care of. This can be seen in the phenomenon of immigration as a threat frame, however, the laws of United Kingdom were altered to address the issue of mass ...