UK immigration helps fight world poverty

United Kingdom, 1st June: According to a latest research by the UK think tank, the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), UK immigration helps in fighting the menace of poverty not just in the UK but the world over.

Hence, the UK government should think over again over its decision to cut back the number of immigrants allowed into the UK every year.

The four year study by the IPPR questioned more than 10,000 people from various nations including Ghana, Columbia, Fiji and Jamaica who were UK visa holders.

The study found that around 90 percent of immigrants admitted that spending money with them increased after they came into the UK. Not only this, they also claimed that more than half of the money was sent back home for their near and dear ones living in their native nations.

Moreover, the study findings state that those getting cash from Britain were nearly 12 percent less likely to go below the poverty line.

Also, people hailing from Ghanaians spent increased amount on education due to the savings from the extra money received by them.

So, the good effects of immigration are the opportunities for improving standards of living of not only the immigrants in the new countries but also their families and even their communities in their native homes. This, in turn, helps in new enterprises coupled with higher savings for the immigrants.

Also, when the migrants return to their native countries, they bring back with them several new skills, networks and resources that contribute significantly in promoting entrepreneurship as well as trade in their respective native lands.

No wonder, the project directors of the report are calling upon the new UK government to extend whole-hearted support to the UK migration policy simply because in the long run, it would prove much profitable than the aids.

Hence, the need of the hour for almost all the developed economies is to formulate well-chalked out policies to allow controlled immigration rather than putting a total curb on the opportunities to migrate, the report clarifies.

Migration need not be stopped, urges the Project Director of the IPPR and a research associate, Dr. Danny Sriskandarajah.