"NY" wrote in message
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"Terry Casey" wrote in message
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In article , steve@walker-
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Here the increase is East Europeans, not Asians, although a few miles
away it is indeed Asians. My point is that immigration as a whole is too
high and we need to cut it down. So far governments have failed to do
that and even if they did at the moment, there would be a gaping hole in
that we have no restrictions on the numbers coming from the EU.


Without looking it up, I think that half or slighly more of
the immigrants over the past few years have been from outside
the EU, so we could (and should have done already) slash the
figures by 50% without leaving the EU.

So why didn't we?

Because we get people like a Christian friend of mine who think that it is
our moral duty to allow as many immigrants into the country as want to
come, so we can give them a "better life" and help them escape persecution
back home. I prefer putting up signs saying "Sorry, the UK is now full"
and that we choose *who* as well as how many immigrants are allowed in, on
the basis of one in for one (emigrant) out, with everyone who wants to
live here having to have a safe job to go to, rather than moving here
speculatively. I would also like to see any non-UK people prohibited from
taking money that they earn here out of the country where it has greater
buying power back home: earn it here, spend it here.

Does anyone have any statistics for the proportion of new houses that are
being built which are for non-UK immigrants, compared with UK people who
are setting up separate homes after a divorce/break-up.

Given the problem of finding the money for a new house after
a divorce/break up, its unlikely that too many get a new house
built for them in that situation. And even the stinking rich russians
and middle easterners etc appear to be more interest in flats than
houses being built for them.