Net migration up again

Uther · 26 Nov 2015 at 12:38

Must be our awesome weather that draws them here.

MooMoo444 · 26 Nov 2015 at 12:42

As long as the cute polish girls keep coming, I'm all for it. They're a little eager too, if you know what I mean.

subbytna · 26 Nov 2015 at 12:44

The majority leaving are potential high earners and tax payers, the people coming in are mainly unemployed males needing medical care and free housing

Any hint of truth to that?

bayo000 · 26 Nov 2015 at 12:45

Think the problem here is that locals are not emigrating to make room for more immigrants

McBain · 26 Nov 2015 at 12:51

bayo000 said:
Think the problem here is that locals are not emigrating to make room for more immigrants

Fear not, I look forward to adding to that 'emigration' figure :cool:

kitch9 · 26 Nov 2015 at 12:53

MichaelAwkward said:
Why don't you tell us what negative effects they have had instead of making baseless claims and relying on others to prove you wrong?

Google Hexthorpe Roma.

Good times.

Feel free to extrapolate that across most large UK Northern towns.

Eurofighter · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:03

Britain is set to become the biggest economy in Europe thanks to immigration.

MichaelAwkward · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:07

kitch9 said:
Google Hexthorpe Roma.

Good times.

Feel free to extrapolate that across most large UK Northern towns.

He already linked to that story. Why would I extrapolate that across most large UK Northern towns when it was an isolated incident? :confused:

Kreeeee · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:11

Jasonst888 · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:12

The trouble is so many people seem to want all the perfect immigrants (highly skilled, hard working) the reality is even a perfect system (the much lauded Australian system) is bound to let in bad eggs. Then because of general public ill feeling, we have the Daily Mail and other such press outlets spouting lyrical about how bad all immigrants are and how it is the EUs fault, blah blah blah. Simple fact is they are just people, good, bad, liars and saints. I live in Devon where we have quite limited immigration and we still have crime, people sponging off the system, vandalism.....all the ills that so many want to lay at the feet of immigrants.

Not saying we don't need to control it somehow, but it needs to be approached logically and with proper consideration. Simply pointing to bad eggs and then painting all immigrants with the same brush is naive and in the end counter productive, such statements tend to weaken any legitimate anti-migration arguments and simply turn what is an important discussion into something petty.

squerble · 26 Nov 2015 at 13:25

MooMoo444 said:
As long as the cute polish girls keep coming, I'm all for it. They're a little eager too, if you know what I mean.

Where can I find these. I'd be straight up

Jasonst888 said:
The trouble is so many people seem to want all the perfect immigrants (highly skilled, hard working) the reality is even a perfect system (the much lauded Australian system) is bound to let in bad eggs. Then because of general public ill feeling, we have the Daily Mail and other such press outlets spouting lyrical about how bad all immigrants are and how it is the EUs fault, blah blah blah. Simple fact is they are just people, good, bad, liars and saints. I live in Devon where we have quite limited immigration and we still have crime, people sponging off the system, vandalism.....all the ills that so many want to lay at the feet of immigrants.

Not saying we don't need to control it somehow, but it needs to be approached logically and with proper consideration. Simply pointing to bad eggs and then painting all immigrants with the same brush is naive and in the end counter productive, such statements tend to weaken any legitimate anti-migration arguments and simply turn what is an important discussion into something petty.

I don't think anyone would argue that the Aussie system would be "perfect" but the current "open door" policy is a little worrying. I'm all for some kind of points-based system.