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The Day the Immigrants Left
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Added March 11, 2010Video Info
| By: | mill |
| Category: | Educational |
| Length: | 57:11 |
| Resolution: | 480 x 272 |
| Filesize: | 327 MB |
| Language: | English |
| Viewed: | 8383 times |
Evan Davis presents a program exploring the effects of immigration in the UK by focusing on Wisbech,
...Evan Davis presents a program exploring the effects of immigration in the UK by focusing on Wisbech, a town in Cambridgeshire.
Since 2004 this once prosperous market town has received up to 9,000 immigrants seeking work - the majority from Eastern Europe. But with nearly 2,000 locals unemployed and claiming benefits, many of them blame the foreign workers for their predicament.
To test if the town needs so many foreign workers, immigrant employees are temporarily removed from their jobs, and the work given to the local unemployed. Now the town's British workers have a chance to prove they can do it.
Eleven British unemployed workers are recruited to go into a range of different Wisbech workplaces including a potato company, an asparagus farm, an Indian restaurant and a building site run by a local landlord.
Moving beyond the workplace, Evan Davis investigates how the town's local public services, such as schools and the NHS, are coping with the demands of the new arrivals.
As the British unemployed workers get to grips with their new jobs, this documentary examines the facts and dispels the myths around the subject of immigration.
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This was definitely thought provoking because regardless of where we are, we are all going to be affected by immigration.
An underlying theme in the US is the sense of entitlement that many young people have. In better economic times their parents provided a standard of living which now cannot be achieved. I was raised in a lower income environment and I am so thankful--it's much easier for me to deal with cutting back and saving and doing without.
I have to say I am thankful I didn't have children; I would not like to think of someone I really cared about having to face such a future.
As information, I came to your video via a link to the first part on youtube which I came across on www.audeflyer.com
Thank you for your work and your concern. I hope it has gained the attention and appreciation it deserves.