I have no care where they come from or what colour they are but I do care that they work for a living as I know many illegals here do.
Around a quarter, 23 percent, of those classified as migrants into Britain between 1998 and 2002 were Britons returning from abroad according to the Office for National Statistics. 120,115 people were granted permits to work in Britain in 2002. The largest number, 27 percent, came from the Americas. The number coming from other European countries was just 12 percent.
Immigration into Britain was 10 percent lower in 2002 than it was in 2001. Some 244,000 people entered Britain, while some 91,000 left, leaving a net gain of 153,000. 90 million people pass through Britain every year.
One in every 35 people in the world is a cross-country migrant.
Of the world's 6.3 billion population in 2002, 175 million were living in a different country from the one they were born in.
big footed fred said:
Many come here for the fucking free cash and that's that.
Proportion of people who came to Britain last year who ended up staying permanently 0.17%
The UK's minimum wage is below a living wage. British citizens only get by with a working families tax credit to top them up, which migrants are not entitled to.
Many others have been banned from working and denied benefits because they did not seek Home Office permission before fleeing from persecution.
Refugees allowed to stay are on permanent probation, fearing deportation if they participate in protests or organise for their rights. Black migration from outside of Europe has been halted for all but a layer of highly skilled workers who can pass English tests.
Up to 1,000 people a week — including children — are imprisoned without trial and then deported, shackled and cowed, back to countries such as Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and China.
Already 45,000 doctors and more than 70,000 nurses come from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to work here. Their husbands, wives, children and parents must remain behind for at least five years.
Unskilled workers are only allowed in from the newly expanded Europe. These migrants — usually from the poorest European nations — are already banned from claiming any benefits if unemployed.
Huge chunks of Britain’s economy, especially in London, would simply grind to a halt without migrants. It’s not just hospitals and schools. Agriculture relies heavily on migrants to fill its low paid and insecure jobs. The IT sector desperately seeks workers from India in particular.
And no immigration would mean no take away and no dining out — 70 percent of all catering workers are migrants, according to home office figures from 2001.
Labour’s proposals on immigration represent an attempt to deepen the general attack on working people.
As a "Capitalist" maybe that's what you wish to see Big Foot?
it's getting a bit too Orwellian in here for my liking 
the more i look, the more similarities i see.
