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Rasczak

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The UK Government has agreed to pay £12million to fund "new fences" and "extra security" at the French port:
BBC News - UK pledges £12m to help Calais tackle illegal migrants

Appreciate the figure being paid is tiny but are there any opinions on this? I am all for stopping illegal immigration but I'm not sure why we have to fund improvements - and employment - in a French port. Surely their border controls should be sufficiently rigorous without relying on third party funding?

We could, of course, always fund Calais improvements if it were returned to England after its illegal seizure in 1558. :devil:
 
Long term, looking after the ones that got in will cost more.
24 illegal immigrants found in back of lorry in Dover  | Daily Mail Online
The madness of the £500,000 London asylum hotel for 600 migrants | Daily Mail Online

Actually, the problem in Calais is because we make Britain so attractive to illegal immigrants. Otherwise they would settle somewhere else in Europe. So the French can rightly blame us for creating the problem. We either make it less attractive or build up the security. That doesn't really work because they try and try again to get to Dover.
 
Immigrants contribute more to UK economy | The Voice Online

The study done by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published last month showed the average immigrant household – excluding EU citizens – put £2,589 more into the public sector than it took out between 2007 and 2009.

However, the study found that the average non-immigrant household’s contribution was £2,226.
 
Those will be legal immigrants though won't they?

I doubt it's very easy to collect statistics on illegal one's such ass those in Calais.
 
Immigrants contribute more to UK economy | The Voice Online

The study done by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published last month showed the average immigrant household – excluding EU citizens – put £2,589 more into the public sector than it took out between 2007 and 2009.

However, the study found that the average non-immigrant household’s contribution was £2,226.
Non EU immigrants add about £100 in aggregate, but that is not a whole cost.

It is also the wrong way to look at things.
Immigrants should be welcomed to the UK for 2 reasons, firstly economically, performing jobs that can't be performed by British nationals particularly temporary spikes while education/training can catch up, but adding more than they take out, e.g. a Batista on minimum wage should be British or wage increased until a brit wants to do it. Secondly social contribution, the above but without the financial aspect, especially prevalent around healthcare.

Otherwise we have our own unemployment we should be focusing on rather than importing people and then paying out in benefits more than their tax contribution all the while leaving our own population languishing on benefits (which is pretty immoral IMO). If business don't like it? Tough.

There is no reason we should have immigration that is a net cost, that could and should be a basic rule, as well as English language skills.
 
Barista ..?
 
An expert at making a good cup of coffee :)
 

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