DHAKA: More than a third of Britons say they or a family member have found it harder to secure work or a good salary because of increased competition from migrant workers.

According to a survey by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party donor, 36 per cent of people said that they or someone in their family had struggled to find work or believed they were being paid less because of foreign workers.

Of those polled, 24 percent said that they or their family had been denied access to housing or other public services because immigrants seemed to have been given priority.

The study found that 60 per cent of people felt immigration had more disadvantages than advantages for Britain. Just one in six polled said that they believed immigration had benefited the country. Lord Ashcroft, the former Tory party deputy chairman, surveyed more than 20,000 people. He said that his findings showed that the majority of the British public felt the Government did not have “any strategy” for dealing with immigration.

David Cameron and Theresa May, the Home Secretary, have pledged to reduce net migration from non-EU countries to less than 100,000 a year by 2015.

The poll found major public concerns about the Government’s policies on immigration. Of those surveyed, 77 per cent said that they thought a dramatic reduction in immigration would reduce pressure on public services and welfare, making it easier for Britons to find jobs.

Source: telegraph
BDST: 0838 HRS, SEP 02, 2013
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