by BoogerMan 28 Replies latest jw friends
St George of England : ONS reported we have over 500,000 illegal immigrants here this year in the UK.
ONS reports that the 2021 census showed there were 545,000 "usual residents" in England & Wales who had an address outside the UK one year before the census. A "usual resident" is one who is not a temporary resident, like a student or visitor on a limited visa. As kramer points out, this is the total number of immigrants and is no indication of illegal immigration.
@Earnest - if an asylum seeker pays a smuggler for a seat on a dinghy then said asylum seeker has funded crime and crossed the channel illegally. There are both legal and illegal routes into a country.
What are the safe and legal routes?
@slimboyfat - ask Simon.
Countries are not sending trillions $$ and taking in refugees for free and for humanitarian reasons, they would be emptying out Somalia and other poor countries if that was the case. So what are they getting out of it and how will the average citizen John Doe benefit at the of the day when the bill is paid?
As kramer points out, this is the total number of immigrants and is no indication of illegal immigration.
I don't care if they are legal or illegal immigrants. I just don't want the UK population to keep expanding. We have an NHS system that is unable to cope, we have traffic congestion, power shortages, lack of dentists, the list goes on. Whenever I see crime reports I notice that the names of the criminals are usually unpronounceable!!
George
I don't care if they are legal or illegal immigrants. I just don't want the UK population to keep expanding.
I know what you mean but the powerful don‘t care. More immigrants translates into more money and control and power.
You have to keep in mind the "Elites" in most places like young, healthy, moderately educated workers who have years of tax-paying ability ahead of them. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/refugees-by-country
