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Originally Posted by basa
That was in 2003. I believe the popular figure now is 250,000 net.
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Where does that figure come from?
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Cheap imported labour. Good for business and Govt, but bad for natives looking for work.
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Labour is an international commodity whether, in the UK's case, from immigration, emigration (don't forget) and outsourcing. I do not like the exploitation of cheap labour but we are all complicit - including me - in that we all buy from supermarkets, use NTL (with its outsourced labour) etc
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But how many denied asylum still remain here, including those using UK Tax payers cash to fight their case ?
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Don't know, for obvious reasons.
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Irrelevant .. there are ghettos all over UK. Birmingham, Leicester, Bradford.
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There are deprived areas all over the UK. I thought a key criticism of immigration/economic policy was overpopulation - which, if anything, is centred in the South East.
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I don't know the answer to this, maybe better immigration checks. All I do know is I am uncomfortable living alongside foreigners who could well be harbouring bad if not lethal thoughts about my fellow natives and our beliefs.
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The answer to me is not to stereotype Muslims because of the actions of others and to be realistic and pragmatic about the risk and how it is addressed.
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We'll have to agree to differ. I see many people supporting illegals right to challenge our immigration laws and Tax funded legal challenges in the Courts.
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Not challenging our immigration laws but ensuring they applied correctly and fairly.
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That is a risk at least you have *some* control over by being aware whilst on the roads. Suicide bombers give no warning and as I said you can't identify a terrorist until the bomb has gone off.
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I'm just being pragmatic. I'm much, much, much more likely to be run over. And of course I have very litle control over other drivers.
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Likewise, but it appears to be very inefficient at present, possibly due to underfunding and overload.
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It is unsatisfactory, whether that's due to overload I'm unsure. Certainly asylum applications have fallen.
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IMO it appears the majority coming in are from the poorest EU nations of the old Communist Block, what are called economic migrants. It would be unusual if there was an equal exchange of Brits going out there. A great many of those from these countries are poorly educated and rely on UK Benefits.
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You're not harking back to the scare stories dating back to EU enlargement are you?
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My wife was recently in college alongside a Rumanian girl who stated that if she stayed in tertiary education for 3 years (free to her of course) she then also qualified for free housing. How can that be right ?
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She may not be correct?
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Originally Posted by me283
An intervention that shows your post to have been inaccurate, or misleading, or both. My word, you get more accuracy in a tabloid!
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No. You can try and twist my words all you want. It reflects poorly on you but that is not my problem