[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Some are asylum-seekers, some are economic migrants. It's probably not great being a Christian or gay in Afghanistan and Iran, for example.

These people are not here for benefits, the government won't allow them to work until their claims have been processed and that's been underfunded so is taking too long. Fortunately, that's being improved so wrong to say nothing's being done about it.

Obviously, once immigrants are working they will more than pay for themselves and will probably be very motivated. Many great companies were founded by immigrants generating considerable wealth for this country. Recent examples are easyJet, Babylon Health and Revolut.

Of course they're here for benefits - see the hotels and healthcare for details. They don't get treated so well in France - hence the boats. You do see that: right?

As for your ridiculous assertions of the eventual benefits that these migrants would bring to the UK: If they had the intellectual prowess of Ali Parsa (Babylon Health), then yes. But these are not of that ilk and would be of little or no benefit, including the massive cultural differences. You do see that: right?