Weekly Question

Immigration - Good or Bad?

OK from now on I am going to be putting up a weekly question for you all to ponder, and hopefully add your comments on. The first of these is probably the most contentious of all issues around today, and that is one of immigration.


Is the UK overrun with immigrants? Do they get treated better than citizens that were actually born and raised in the UK? Do they provide the country with much needed wealth?
Well what ever you answer to those questions you are going to be branded either a racist or a commie loving liberal (If there is such a thing!).
So after hearing that the new government agent dealing with organized crime SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency - http://www.soca.gov.uk/ ) believe that you can gain illegal entry into the UK for as little as 150 quid, I thought I would start smacking the hornets nest!
Right here we go....
This country is an island, so as such it is limited to how many people it can take on it, but still we keep allowing people in who are of no benefit to the country, and indeed a lot of the time are a severe burden on the country. Our border controls are a complete joke, and are criteria for entering the country practically non-existent. The whole cabundle needs sorting out, and sorting out NOW!
There are thousands upon thousands of failed asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and people on the run in this country, that this government have failed to deport, indeed this lousy excuse for a government haven't a fucking clue as to how many there really are! Yeah, great tracking at the borders guys!
I will admit that there are a lot of hard working, respectable immigrants that come to the UK looking for work, and who will accept any work offered, for lower wages, some been treated very poorly (another topic for another week), and they are willing to do the shitty work that home grown people would never do.
But then there are others who come here because they know they can sponge of the government and then when they have bled the government dry, they go back to their home country and set themselves up in business, which gives their home country benefits gained from our governments willingness to trip over backwards, and get their votes.
The thing that really grips my shit though is the fact they are able to set up whole communities, that concentrate and cater soley for their fellow countrymen, and have no intention whatsoever to mix and integrate with the 'home' nationals. But we are such a tolerant society we let this happen. If we tried the same sort of thing in their home countries we would be hounded out.

OK enough of the rant as I could go on all day. Here is what I would like to see put in place;

• A Points system introduced so that only skilled/professional workers are allowed access and will be of benefit to the country.
• The applicants MUST be able to speak fluent English and be capable of writing/reading English to a good standard.
• Any serious criminal offence will result in deportation with no right to appeal.
• Employment or promise of employment must be obtained BEFORE the applicant can be allowed to enter the country.
• All illegal immigrants, and failed Asylum seekers will be deported as soon as possible.
• A new border patrol task force to be set up and to be equipped with the latest equipment and tracking devices for preventing illegal immigration.
• Closer ties to be established with other countries to prevent illegal immigration at source.
• No migrant worker to be allowed employment in the immigration service unless they have been legally in the country for a minimum of 2 years.

These are a few of them, there are some more but I don't want to be branded a racist for putting them forward.

Now all I need is for a few comments to see what the rest of you think, and what would be really good is if I could see the other side of the coin by getting a recently arrived immigrants view of things, such as why you came here and what you expect from the country.