8:00am Thursday 9th July 2009
Sir – Bob Churchill clearly thinks I want to “send all immigrants back”, so let’s argue about that .
It’s precisely because I don’t want us ever to get into the position where we are sending people back that I try to bring some rationality to the debate about immigration.
Environmentalists tell us there are far too many people in the world yet the churches, Red Cross and sundry politicians and lawyers assure us immigration into Britain is a good thing.
How these worthies square this with the facts about homelessness and our disappearing industrial employment prospects I simply don’t know, but the fact that we are a soft touch is not lost on those who queue at Calais waiting to gain illegal entry to Britain.
We already have asylum criteria that could easily bring billions of people into Britain with a credible case to stay.
And, the Nice treaty gave most Europeans the right to arrive and stay here as though it was their own country.
Then we have thousands of bogus and legitimate students who may stay here as well before we begin to guess at the numbers involved in illegal migration.
I don’t want to “send them all back” but I want to know when this social injustice to the legitimate residents of Britain is going to end as it’s obvious Britain can’t offer our current population a job and a home and a secure and civilised life any longer. How will we cope with millions more?
Jim Evans,
Worcester.
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