Brexit: and the day the immigrants left

Migrant labour is used in Devon's tourism and care industries:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and migrant workers in care homes and hotels >>> Who will take care of us "when the immigrants leave?"
Futures Forum: Brexit: and migrant workers in Devon

A couple of years ago, Evan Davis went to rural England and considered what would happen 'the day the immigrants left':

The Day the Immigrants Left 

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.


LiveLeak.com - The Day the Immigrants Left (doc)
BBC One - The Day the Immigrants Left




The Day the Immigrants Left, Part-2/6 - YouTube




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See also:
Futures Forum: Brexit: and xenophobia in Devon
Futures Forum: Brexit: and globalization
Futures Forum: Brexit: and condemning xenophobia in East Devon
Futures Forum: Brexit: and Neets
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