Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by fiblye on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:03PM
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The number of countries with population growth large enough to serve as a stable supply of immigrant labor is shrinking by the day. The sooner we adapt our economies to operate without being dependent on an underclass of foreign workers, the better we can avoid actual serious trouble down the road.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by threeseed on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:08PM
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UK had a massive supply courtesy of the EU and they benefited immensely from it.
Now that it is going to dry up what is the long term solution for health and social care workers for example.
You can't automate genuine human compassion and understanding with a DL neural net.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by fiblye on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:11PM
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The UK benefited from it, sure. Meanwhile Bulgaria's population has dropped by about 25%. They deserve health workers just as much as Brits.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by plantain on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:01AM
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Are you really pro-brexit because you're concerned about Bulgaria's healthcare?
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by fiblye on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:49AM
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I'm from nowhere near Europe and I'm not letting anyone pin me as pro/anti-brexit. I just think it's weird how some "common sense" policies that benefit one country often come at the cost of another country.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by Tomis02 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:50AM
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You make it sound like Bulgarians were enslaved and sent to work on foreign lands. No, people left voluntarily for a better life.
Also, these policies benefitted Bulgaria as well, otherwise they wouldn't have joined.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by myle on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:40AM
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That would make a lot of sense if he is from Bulgaria. Also, in other cases too.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by holografix on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:25PM
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The solution is lower rates of population growth. Romanian youth were already preferring to stay home and seek office jobs than to travel to the UK to work low paid manual labour jobs. It’s inevitable that economic growth around the EU drains the pool of cheap labour.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by thinkingemote on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:36AM
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I think nursing would be classed as skilled?
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by aSplash0fDerp on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @03:12AM
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I believe the article mentioned investments going full speed towards automation for the industries that allow it and retire low-skilled and manual labor jobs for the rest of eternity.
I'm located in the US and they moved many of the LS/ML jobs overseas decades ago, so we can expect a consorted effort from the UK, US and AU kindly stating that selective immigration is in everyones best interest.
It may also be a guise to limit fallout from climate change migration, but that remains to be seen.
Re:No visas for low-skilled workers, UK government says
by SamReidHughes on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:20AM
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They could raise wages for low skilled workers to attract more people. The poorest working Britons will be better off, instead of the richest.
(1) They already had a major shortage for low skilled workers to assist in agriculture and social care. And yes they have tried to raise wages and encourage UK applicants with little success. Given the lack of consultation with the agriculture industry I am guessing they are just going to let it wither and die.
(2) Given how poorly the Home Office has treated EU citizens wanting to remain in the UK as well as scandals such as Windrush I can't imagine too many people trusting them to look after you over the long term.