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Old 10-12-2014, 11:50   #15
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Re: LBC Call: The Man too poor to eat

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Originally Posted by arcimedes View Post
I don't accept that it is that simple. The reason that migrants can accept any job is more likely that they come over in a group and can save on accommodation costs etc. compared with one individual. Its more a breakdown of support within the family that's causes the problems.
Here's an article that claims that foreign workers are used only because there are no UK workers for this particular skill (bricklaying):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30390005

As usual, the reality is far more complex that the headline writers want you to believe: EU migrants steal all of our jobs, sizable minority of the poor are scroungers, etc.
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