She acknowledged[b] that economic migrants already contributed to services through their taxes,[/b] but said the visa fund would provide extra money to "ease the transition" for areas which had seen a big influx in short periods of time.

"Where there are impacts as a result of migrants coming in on the local community, we think it's fair that the migrants themselves should be asked to pay a contribution towards those impacts to make sure that local people don't feel that they're really under strain," she said.

Ms Blears said the money would be allocated on a regional basis and that local councils, police forces and health authorities would be expected to work together to spend the funds for their area wisely.
One example was making sure people registered with their GP, to stop them using casualty departments for minor health issues.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7951721.stm

After the expensive visa fees, should these additional charges be placed on potential travellers?

In a way sounds reasonable.

But then immigration has been highly beneficial to the economy of the UK, there is no dispute to that fact. If avenue to tax immigrants the more is created, do you think the British government would not utilize that option?

Should this topic not be in the foreign affairs section by the way?

debosky:

After the expensive visa fees, should these additional charges be placed on potential travellers?

YES. . . . . .It should!!!