Why should we believe your comments on numbers are accurate?Take one area, and it's just an example. Nigerian immigration into the UK. It's an example that is separate from the EU rights to work here.The 2001 UK Census recorded 88,378 Nigerian-born people resident in the UK.[4] More recent estimates by the Office for National Statistics put the figure at 140,000 in 2008.[8]A Council of Europe report gives a figure of 100,000 Nigerians in the UK but suggests that number should be multiplied 3 to 8 times since it does not include irregular migrants or children.[9] Meanwhile, in its country profile for Nigeria, the British Foreign Office states that the Nigerian community in the UK has between 800,000 and 3 million members.[10]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_BritishSo about 100,000 official Nigerian immigrants. Actual figure vastly higher. You are basing your argument on numbers that are clearly wrong. Even the home office has it wrong.The problem here is that for every immigrant at the low skill end, the cost to the UK is at least 10,000 pounds. Benefits, including housing allowance, NHS,... because they deprive at least one low skill person in the UK of a job. On low skills or in the black economy (not meant in any racist way), they pay little or no tax. Not getting rid of illegal immigration is costing the UK vast sums of money. At the other end, there are very few illegal immigrants with high paying jobs. It's a different set up.Nick
Comment by Anonymous on 15 Jul 2011