So what a better place than the internet itself to clear people’s minds about this topic all at once and anywhere in the world?

This is just a summarised opinion I created when reading the publication at the Migrants Rights Network webpage about the “Irregular migrants- the urgent need for a new approach”.

It became obvious to me the importance of the migrants to the people working at this NGO. They focus their research on the situation around the UK; the way the information is shared is very good and simple to understand. For example, although I live in the UK for more than 5 years now (therefore being alert to all news there are about immigration policies and changes towards it is key for me), I notice many facts I never knew before such as that of the many illegal migrants in the UK actually come into the country legally and only become illegal or seek for asylum due to better social conditions here.

This publication also clarifies and tries to break up the taboo that the UK is the only country still allowing migrants to seek asylum, by explaining that is not only the UK ‘suffering’ with the increase flow of migrants but various countries in the European Union and the USA as well- this is just one more example of how well the internet can be used as a tool to help migrants. This and other NGOs webpage’s are not exclusively for migrants themselves but for everyone who has doubts about the topic and nothing better than the internet to actually expose such information.

They also criticise the methods used by the government to try and stop migrants from reaching the island. For them these attitudes just cause for the country to become their final target. They argue that is neither by spending almost £8 billion creating detention centres nor removing all migrants that will solve the problem, and even if it does solve the problem it would take decades. This money could actually be used to help these migrant to integrate in the society and also become possible tax payer who will help boosting the economy; thing which they already do since they gain money by doing the jobs many nationals do not like to do, such as cleaning, farming, work in factures, and many others. So what a better place than the internet itself to clear people’s minds about this topic all at once and anywhere in the world?

http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/downloads/policy_reports/irregularmigrants_summarypamphlet.pdf