Essay

There are a lot of immigrants for example from Romania and Bulgaria who come to other EU states and use state-funded services such as health care but do not work. This is a financial problem for these states because of a lack of taxes.

To counteract against this exploitation, Cameron has prepared an immigration bill which is designed to stop migrants abusing public services, reduce the pull factors which draw immigrants to another country and make it easier to remove people. In addition immigrants have to pay a levy about 200 pounds before using the National Health Service.

On the one hand there is lower financial burden for the other EU states if there is less immigration but on the other there is a risk of a step backwards concerning the single market or the open borders.

In my opinion the idea of the immigration bill is understandable because the state should only pay for people who work and therefore deserve the benefits. But this idea does not correspond to the idea of the European Union because these means the movement of people and also the liberty of the European Union would be indirectly violated. The free movement of people or here rather employees is also part of the European integration. In addition to that I think there are only some immigrants who abuse the state-funded services, but the most of the immigrants work and so they are an enrichment for the states. To sum up, Cameron’s immigration policy should not be an option for other members of the European Union.

L. A.