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64 Immigration and diversity 05 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS Compare your lists and try to think of some more benefits or challenges. You have come across the blog post below and decide to write a comment. b Among (3) immigrants, people seeking permanent employment constitute a minority; the biggest group is relatives of people already in the country. Another way of legal entry is (4) claims or coming to a country on a student visa. However, in an atmosphere of restrictive immigration policies, many people see no other way than to come (5) by overstaying their tourist or (6) visa, by crossing borders illegally – as hundreds of Mexicans do every day into the US – or by using the services of professional people traffickers. While there is disagreement among experts about immigrants’ contribution to or strain on a country’s public purse, there is no doubt about their positive impact on a country’s age structure. Considering the (7) developments in industrialised countries – a lot of which will face declining populations by 2050 – immigration is a way of buying youth. As for job losses among the (8) population, the only group whose jobs immigration seems to affect is the low-skilled. Quite often immigrants tend to compete on the job market with other immigrants who came before, whilst they complement rather than substitute native-born workers. WRiTing 14 Dr J. Warren, Liverpool 12 November, 3.17 pm Immigration makes economic sense! In the emotionally charged immigration debate, the voice of economic experts often remains unheard. They maintain that immigration is here to stay. The increasing mobility of people is part of our globalised world and globalised economy. Immigration is simply a question of supply and demand. As long as the rich world creates jobs, workers from poor countries will keep pouring in to fill them. Immigration makes economic sense. Due to aging populations and a sinking birth rate in advanced economies, immigration is increasingly becoming an economic necessity. Moreover, well- qualified immigrants are the quickest and easiest way to fill the skills gap. In your reply, you should:   comment on Dr Warren’s blog post.   analyse if there are still any barriers to (economic) migration and if so, how they could be overcome.   suggest ways to support immigrants in joining the workforce of their country of choice. Write around 250 words.  Writing guide, Blog , p. 178. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eig ntum des Verlags öbv