Most immigrants don't do that, they live in houses as a family like most people, and the is nothing to stop natives doing that either, When I was in college myself and 3 friends shared a 3 bedroom trailer on a campsite (4th guy on fold out couch in the living area) and the rent was through the floor.
Well I can only mainly comment on the people in my area of course. But we are one of those places that has had the massive influx of immigration. The local town has swelled from 25,000 to 45,000 in the past 5-10 yrs, with no extra money given for any infrastructure.
And of course, not all do this. I personally rented out a house to a portuguese family Mum, Dad and 2 kids (and didn't mind when they afterwards moved in 2 more family members, the house was big enough). they worked bloody hard and looked after the place very well.
But I don't live in the town, like a lot of my friends do, so i know plenty of the places where 2 up 2 downs are filled with 8+ people, and when complaints are made to the council nothing is done. Also there is a big problem in this area with untaxed/uninsured cars, they get towed off and crushed all the time, but it's cheap enough to buy another banger and carry on.
So, I'm not just talking out of my arse from reading daily fail articles, I can relate first and second hand experience of what is happening around here.
Not that I personally have any issue with the immigration, I dont blame them coming over here at all, if thats what our govnmt signed up to, then they have every right to come here and work and claim the benefits they are entitled too, as it was our governmnt that gave those entitlements.
What isn't right is when the laws arent applied equally, which then ends up with an unfair playing field.
But that cuts both ways to, I have a couple of friends who work for companies that employ this cheap labour, they treat them like **** and dont give them their employment rights, who are they going to complain to? (which personally I find disgraceful and tell them so) They have employed people from every part of the world and they do say the eastern europeans are the hardest working lot they have ever had.
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