Our immigration policy..

[dosxuk]

I thought our Immigration Policy was "Let them all in and to hell with the rest of us"

 

Well you quite clearly don't understand anything about our immigration policy then.

[loraward]

My understanding is probably incorrect or incomplete; but as I understand it...

 

Our immigration policy isn't determined by ourselves; it's determined by Europe; and the reason we don't want to leave Europe, is so we can continue to benefit from free trade agreements with other European countries.

 

Is that correct?

 

If these figures are correct then we should be staying in the EU and accepting the free movement of people but banning completing all Non EU immigration.

 

Immigration from outside Europe 'cost £120 billion'

New report shows immigration from outside Europe over the Labour government years cost the public purse billions of pounds, while recent migration from inside Europe generated a £4 billion surplus

 

Immigrants who came to live in Britain from outside Europe cost the public purse nearly £120 billion over 17 years, a new report has shown.

 

The major academic study also found, however, that recent immigration from Europe – driven by the surge in arrivals from eastern European – gave the economy a £4.4 billion boost over the same period.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11209234/Immigration-from-outside-Europe-cost-120-billion.html

[ANGELFIRE1]

If these figures are correct then we should be staying in the EU and accepting the free movement of people but banning completing all Non EU immigration.

 

Immigration from outside Europe 'cost £120 billion'

New report shows immigration from outside Europe over the Labour government years cost the public purse billions of pounds, while recent migration from inside Europe generated a £4 billion surplus

 

Immigrants who came to live in Britain from outside Europe cost the public purse nearly £120 billion over 17 years, a new report has shown.

 

The major academic study also found, however, that recent immigration from Europe – driven by the surge in arrivals from eastern European – gave the economy a £4.4 billion boost over the same period.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11209234/Immigration-from-outside-Europe-cost-120-billion.html

 

 

Then there are lies, damned lies and statistics.

 

Angel1

[El Cid]

 

Immigration from outside Europe 'cost £120 billion'

 

I dont care if they were a net contributor, our country is full.

 

People talk about all those foreigners working in the NHS, but under the coalition the number of nurses in the NHS has gone down, per head of population.

We can train our own population, we dont want more people in the country polluting the air and adding to the countries carbon footprint.

More people means higher house prices, and fewer social housing, too many people chasing one job, keeping wages down. I guess that is what the Tories want, but its not what I want.

Edited April 7, 2015 by El Cid