But that isn't what people voted for. Something like 80% or more of EU migrants work, so using the latest EU immigration figures, that still represents 140,000 or so people. Rudd has spoken about numbers of 10,000 or down about that figure, and not just from the EU but from everywhere, whilst shaming companies that employ foreign workers.
I guarantee that the costs involved in policing this (taking back control innit) will far outweigh any 'costs' involved in people coming here and not working. I've said to Joey many pages ago, the problem isn't migration, the problem is that our system of distributing funds to local authorities is disjointed. An influx of people to a town would be difficult to manage under the current system regardless of if those people came from Manchester or Madras.
All this has done is fueled a 'blame the foreigner' culture that whilst may not be present in the more sensible people on here, is nonetheless present in the wider society. The sad thing is, those folks don't realise that they're being played by politicians out to further their own careers. It's classic in-group/out-group politics, the kind of which has been played out for centuries, just with different people on the outside. It's ugly, it's mendacious and it should have no place in a decent kind of society.
