In this essay I will discuss whether foreigners are the reason for the rise in unemployment in the UK or are the youth to blame.
Unemployment has risen from 7.8% up to 8% from 2011 to 2012. This is determined by the adolescence becoming too particular in what occupations they take up. Also not as many students are not getting enough A*-C grades for GCSE’s; therefore not enough qualifications for jobs. Also, recession plays a part in the rise of unemployment as going to university cost more every year; as a result less students are able to pay to go for further study in university. Getting employed is extremely difficult in this generation’s time as more professions demand a degree.
Youth unemployment rocketed to its highest level since records began 20 years ago. It is now more than a million, and one in five of those aged 16 to 24 is out of work. Bosses say many young Britons are too lazy and unpunctual to be worth hiring. But young people are not just less likely to be taken on by an employer; they were also more prone to being laid off than older workers. The youth argue that research has shown that someone who is unemployed (when they are young) is more likely to be out of work in later life, and suffer a higher risk of low income and poverty as a result- which gives them an excuse not to work at a young age.
However, many individual would argue that number of overseas-born people taking jobs in Britain rose by 181,000; meaning that there are less job opportunities for the younger generation. British citizens blame the foreigner for their unemployment decrease. There is also a political party called British National Party (BNP) who support the idea of outsider to ‘go back to their country’ as of the lack of work.
Foreigners come to this country to achieve their dreams. Theses foreigners are willing to do manual labour as well as longer tiring hours. British teenage employees