Aardvark wrote:Change the word Britain and your talking Australia...

Sorry Aa, but that is nonsense.

Do some research, instead of relying on urban myths.

Some seventy years ago, the English Channel surely saved the UK from, at the time, those nasty Germans. Now, another threat.I say it’s time to have it widened and suggest opening the stopcocks in the Channel Tunnel, sawing off Kent (sorry Kentish Men) at its’ boundary with Surrey and towing it westward to reattach to the country, say next to Cornwall. Not so bad. And think of the money to be saved not having to upgrade flood defences, or build a new Thames Barrier. ‘You know it makes sense.’

Ok, the subject matter will tend to send me a bit crazy at times. So immigration has been ‘hot’ for years, now more to the fore in this difficult financial climate, when people start to ask ‘why doesn’t my government look after ME first’. It cannot be easy sorting out genuine applicants from scroungers. You hear of events in e.g. Africa and Burma where people literally are in fear of their lives. I was an administrator in my working life, but sorting out problems like this every day must be demanding, time consuming and expensive. But there are immigrants who do study, contribute in the UK or perhaps take their newly-acquired professional skills (e.g. doctor) back to their country of origin. It’s a case of sorting the chaff from the wheat.

But can someone answer why so many desperate to get TO THE UK? (Because their relatives are already there? ) Doesn’t being part of the European Community mean that the same benefits are on offer on the European mainline? Or does the UK fall over itself to do more in many respects? It can’t be the better weather which is attracting them!

I think the topic 'Impact of Immigration on Europe' partly duplicates this topic.