I didnt say we've never benefitted from Immigration, unless you can show me where?

I said going forward we have a problem with it now, as an overall effect


I have no problem with an immigrant coming over here, with the skills to work and some cash to get set up and applying for a job like any other person. The same as you or I would do if we were to emmigrate to Australia for example.

What happens though is they come over (legally), we then have to house them, support them and educate them to a level of basic written and spoken English and basic numeracy before they can work, then when they cant get a job we pay them benefits. When they do work its usually at the minumum rate so they still get benefits.

All the while we're having to do the same for English Nationals who sidestepped the education system and cant/dont work

It costs a hell of a lot, in fact my company is funded to the tune of £35million by the government to do exactly that every year.......and we are small-fry in our industry.

Thats not mentioning immigrants who dont go through the proper channels of which there are a lot.....

The cost of them to our economy is massive, you cant keep increasing the number of people who are taking cash out of the pot then eventually the cash will run out

The situation also has effects on crime, the housing market, local labour markets and many other facets of the UK economy.

The UK has had net migration in recent years, but unfortunately it's high level earners and skilled workers who are leaving and unskilled immigrants who are coming in.