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It’s probably been posted somewhere, I’m not on social media so I’ve only just seen this now
I don't know that you'll get many people coming here that aren't looking to work or study. As I hinted earlier, even without that as a basic requirement of getting a visa, it's hard to imagine people uprooting themselves without something to go to. I mean I doubt we'd move to another town without a job and a house to live in, much less go to another country. Even the asylum seekers I mentor are gagging to start working and living a normal life again. What's stopping them is our red tape.Aye, clearly anyone studying or coming here for work should be embraced. Along with their families. I also don't think any student should pay any tuition fee. I was the first to pay tuition fee - nobody should pay it.
Not sure the figures are the most accurate anyway.
Bringing the army in would be a disaster for him another police as it would look like he has lost control of the country within a month andthat he police are worthless. I cant remember when the army was last used in the UK for something like thisWhere is Starmer? He needs to get the army in because innocent people are going to die.
But he and they have lost control.Bringing the army in would be a disaster for him another police as it would look like he has lost control of the country within a month andthat he police are worthless. I cant remember when the army was last used in the UK for something like this
There must be enough police officers in the area about to deal with Middlesborough and Rotherhan
I don't know that you'll get many people coming here that aren't looking to work or study. As I hinted earlier, even without that as a basic requirement of getting a visa, it's hard to imagine people uprooting themselves without something to go to. I mean I doubt we'd move to another town without a job and a house to live in, much less go to another country. Even the asylum seekers I mentor are gagging to start working and living a normal life again. What's stopping them is our red tape.
I find it weird tbh. Every asylum seeker and refugee I've ever met has gone through the kind of hell we can barely even imagine in order to get here. They're among the most determined and resilient people you could ever hope to meet. Imagine a footballer moving heaven and earth to join us. They want that because they want to prove their stuff at Everton, not to put all that effort in and as soon as they're here sit with their feet up. These are people utterly determined to make their new lives work. All we have to do is help them. Yes, they've almost certainly got the legacy of a great deal of trauma to deal with, but you're unlikely to meet more inspirational people, if you're willing to take the time to talk to them.This is our migration achilles heel. The likes of Farage and even the last government use this to cloud the critical requirement we have for migrnats within our economy. Stop the boats and all that.
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What concerns the British public about immigration policy?
Around one in five (22%) suggested that the government should be doing more to reduce immigration. One in eight (12%) mentioned the ongoing English Channel refugee crisis in negative terms, while a similar proportion (9%) suggested that the government’s currently policy on immigration was...yougov.co.uk
Impressive clean up work, pity it was needed

Of course, and you can add built more houses to that equation. It was mentioned a while back, possibly in another thread, but there used to be government funding to help places deal with changes in their population. There was also EU funding available (which we declined to accept). Now? Bugger all.Improve the public transport and increase the capacity for sewage treatment for a start.
Any links @edge ?There is a go fund thing for the library.
It's half way there already.
I'm not sure people outside of the sector understand how critical international students are to the current university model. Int UG students, for example, can be paying over double what domicile students pay and the combined benefit to the economy is over £40 billion, or at least it was. Take them out of the equation and it would be the working class who would find themselves priced out of the University experience.And most of those are students. There are around 700,000 overseas students enrolled at UK universities, which represents around a quarter of the total student body. I mean we "could" limit their numbers, and start massively increasing tuition fees for domestic students. I can't see that going down well, can you?