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Originally Posted by techguyone
We are also significantly less in landmass size than either Canada or Australia, plus we've been taking in those numbers for a long time now. In addition to that, we take in anyone with 2 arms or legs, you can't say the same for the other Countries, Australia in particular is vigorous in their system - if you're of no use to them, you ain't stopping.
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We have no shortage of land for development. There's more land given over to golf and grazing horses than housing. Much of those countries hardly anyone wants to live in - the vast majority of Canada's population reside in a fraction of the land mass, same for Australia. Nunavut is not a hot spot for migration.
I know Canada better than Australia and can assure you they've been taking in people in far higher quantities than us for longer. They were taking in over 200,000 skilled workers a year at the back end of last century.
So it's not actually the numbers you have a problem with, it's who? Just FYI Canada took in 25,000 Syrian refugees in a 3 month period end of last year / early this one. That on top of the families and other refugees coming to the country. Canada has plenty of migrants doing unskilled or semi-skilled work.
Never been anything stopping us controlling numbers from the Indian sub-continent. You know, a couple of countries immediately come to mind from around there whose unemployment rates are 50%+ higher than native Britons, and who when they are working earn significantly less.
Easier to blame EU migrants who have a higher employment rate and claim less welfare per head than those born here than ask the government why it did nothing about them I guess.