Middle-classes welcome UK immigration
December 02 2009 by Liam Clifford
UK immigration has a positive impact on the lives of the middle-class, making them feel 'culturally enriched.'
The Middle-classes of the United Kingdom are failing to grasp the true effect of UK immigration on the ‘poorer working classes,' says Communities Secretary John Denham.
In a speech in which he addressed Policy Network, an international think-tank founded in 2000 with the support, among others, of Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, Denham claimed that the people towards the top of the class system reaped the benefits of UK immigration, while being ‘insulated’ from the negatives.
He continued by saying that often the middle-classes were exposed to the most talented migrants whereas poorer communities had to bear the brunt of more competition for housing, jobs and public services within their communities.
“Those of us who feel culturally enriched by the benefits of migration and who are insulated from the competition for jobs, housing and public services that is potentially posed by migrants, often find these views difficult to appreciate,”
It was the second speech in which Mr Denham has addressed the subject of UK immigration, and the perceived effect on the ‘working classes’ in as many weeks.
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