Is Cameron’s immigration policy an option for the members of the Schengen/Maastricht Treaty?

Immigration is the movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native in order to settle there. There are economic and political reasons for people to immigrate to the European countries. They all hope for a better life.

The British government published an immigration bill to reduce and curb immigration to the U.K. They intend to require landlords to check the immigrations status of tenants and to restrict access to bank accounts for people who don’t have the permission to be in the U.K. Also, they propose to stop migrants using public services to which they are not entitled and they will make it easier to remove people who should not be there.

Introducing this bill, the British government intends to reduce the burden of public services. One of the negative consequences will be that the numbers of skilled labors and foreign students will be reduced, too.

In my opinion people who move to another country due to political reasons should be welcome and supported. People who moved to another country for economic reasons should work and pay for their social services. Especially in Germany the population is decreasing and we need skilled labor from other countries to be and stay competitive.

A. L.