Half of Britons back ending immigration and deporting recent arrivals

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‘Almost half of respondents believe immigration is primarily illegal rather than illegal’. Pretty insane

Also apparently 27% of Lib Dem voters support mass deporting recent arrivals, which is somehow an even more ridiculous stat.

And half of Britain fell for Brexit lies, too. Just a new set of grifters now propping up their views and likes with migrant hate. So sad that there are so many gullible people in the UK especially after they can clearly see they were duped by Brexit lies.

Ending ALL immigration? Seems a pretty crazy idea IMO.

We have a rapidly increasing elderly population who need looking after and aren’t contributing anymore to the economy. We have a rapidly decreasing replacement rate of babies being born (thanks in-part due to deliberate government policy and also in-part due to environmental factors).

Someone has to pay for all the shit.

Prior governments knew about this issue but did nothing to prepare or remedy the situation so they fucked about, refusing to invest in the country or critical infrastructure to improve living standards. If they did then maybe we wouldn’t have the housing crisis or the squeeze on critical services that everyone here is so eager to blame on immigrants – hint, it isn’t their fault, it’s squarely at the inaction of government and their deliberate mismanagement and cost cutting / austerity, and total refusal to plan ahead and have any kind of infrastructure in-place for any kind of shifts or changes in society, not a bunch of people in boats.

Say we do end all migration – that is a slipperly slope. The UK (for example) has a very active scientific community that is very important for UK industry and academia and the nation itself (just think what it did during Covid). If there was a total ban on migration, we wouldn’t be able to have scientists visiting on work visas to help us find cures for diseases, do cancer research, etc. When you put a total ban in-place you don’t just target the low-skilled, you also target those with important skills – some of which may be in niche industries that may not be easily trained or even expertise that exist within the UK.

**Note:** I’m not saying we just let anyone in, I’m all for controlled migration, I’m just saying don’t lock the doors entirely.

Are the other half willing to let them live in their house ?

Half the population are also below median intelligence as well. It doesn’t mean their analysis is as valid as the other half.

A snapshot of headlines from 4 years ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-58252294.amp

‘Most of the front pages report on the government’s plans to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Afghans in the UK.

The Times believes the scheme will go some way towards placating opposition demands for a rapid resettlement programme.

The Daily Express hails “big-hearted Britain”. For the Daily Mirror, though, 5,000 refugees in the first year of the scheme “isn’t enough”.

The Conservative chairman of the defence select committee, Tobias Ellwood, dismisses the scheme as a “totally inadequate response”, telling the Mirror that ministers need to grasp the scale of the crisis.’

Even the Telegraph printed Priti Patels call to the EU to help more and pushed the new Afgan Relocation scheme she and Tobias above help setup 

https://archive.is/20210817222458/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/08/17/uk-will-always-stand-have-had-lights-switched-liberties/

So the switch is quite jarring.