applicants being rejected for the jobs in question." (www.britishnationalparty.com). However, studies in the USA have argued that "immigrants often do jobs rejected by locals because of their unpleasant nature or low remuneration" (Bali, 1997, p210). In another US study it is argued that: "Studies of specific labour markets show small negative effects of immigration on low-skilled workers in stagnant local economies with high concentrations of immigrants, but not in other types of economies, also Self-employment is higher among immigrants than among native-born Americans." (Passel and Fix, www.urban.org, 1994). In almost all immigrant communities there will be a lot of businesses and enterprises, which have been set up by immigrants. All generating employment and revenue for the local area, good examples of this are the Southall area of London, Rusholme in Manchester and Los Angeles where Korean immigrants have set up numerous businesses. The argument put forward that immigrants disadvantage British labour forces is also weak. The 1976 Race relations' act and its successive amendments have focussed on the elimination of direct and indirect discrimination towards people on account of their race. It could be argued that the claims that native labour markets are discriminated against are bias and based on questionable data Critics also argue that "importation of labour, can delay structural change in developed economies by slowing down the move towards more capital intensive forms of production" (Collinson, 1993, pp. 19 - 20). "Other economists have argued that immigration reduced...
