49. UK – The Promised Land

17 december 2019

Something I try to understand already for a while is why so many immigrants want to reach the United Kingdom, even at the risk of their lives.

Based on what I find in newspapers, I come to the conclusion that the immigrants are not interested in the sunny climate, the delicious food, the friendly or handsome natives but in something completely different :

1. There are no identity cards in the UK which makes access to the labour market much easier. Both the left and the right would consider the introduction of such identity card as a threat for privacy. (The same goes for the United States.)
2. There are not so many rules in the labour market.
3. The wages are low which again explains an easy access to the labour market .
4. In the UK, society is organised in a more communautarian way than on the Continent. As an illegal it is easier to hide in your own community.