that is a shocking thing to say.

Didn't shock me. Moslems don't drink. But a universal wage would mean less incentive for everyone to work not just those who already don't.

I agree with number 1 but remember the asylum process is pretty thorough. It is before successfully completing that process where there is an issue.

But number 2 I have previously opined upon. If you want to move your family you send a man first. Women are in real danger on the journey. It only takes one member of the family to successfully claim asylum for the rest of the nuclear family to be allowed to join that person in the UK.

Regarding 3, immigrants historically are far less demanding on the NHS and on housing than indigenous people but pay more on average in taxes. So it is they that are funding the established population. We need to adjust the system to the demand they bring, they easily pay for themselves. And they are also highly over-represented in NHS employees.

Edited by Mapletree (09 Jan 2019 3.50pm)

For me to gauge the scale of the problem, do you have statistics on the numbers?

I have never come across such an example. Do you have a source?

This is from the House of Commons Library

Immigration issues
It has been the policy of successive governments to prevent the formation of polygamous
households in the UK. A UK resident cannot sponsor a non-EEA national for permission to
enter or remain in the UK as their spouse if another person has already been granted such
permission, and the marriage has not been dissolved.

Edited by Mapletree (09 Jan 2019 7.32pm)

Of course it is their preference and their desire. Does this make it acceptable? Absolutely not, we cannot sustain the numbers that are arriving, it is not just the odd inflatable from France. They are arriving everyday at Gatwick/Heathrow/Dover/Newhaven.
People who say they should be welcomed and have a right to be here think about the following:
1) Who are they? They arrive undocumented so can/do give any personal details
2) If they fear for their lives in Iran (or wherever)why are they predominantly young men who, if married, have left their wives behind?
3) You cannot also complain that the NHS/housing are stretched to the limit.

For those who feel my reply is that of a racist/xenophobe you could not be further from the truth, just that of someone who has been dealing with these people over many years

For the people who welcome refugees ,what are your thoughts on people traffickers?

What I can't understand is if a people trafficker is caught it's illegal but the refugee is legal? Surely if one is illegal they both are?