Do you have evidence to say that immigration damages your country?

Economic or otherwise. This is not gonna be a debate about the legality or ethics of immigration, just the impact. Anecdotal evidence is less neutral and less significant than statistics.

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Ironicman · 56-60, M

Planned and controlled its fantastic. Unplanned economic migration to the UK has had a significant impact on some communities where the infrastructure cannot support volume Rogue private landlords have exploited vulnerable groups. Where settlement is high it's created community cohesion problems. Demand for housing in city areas has pushed rents sky high. Meanwhile wages have been held artificially low for too long with cheap labour. Many people I speak with, particularly the younger generation feel forgotton.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Ironicman Can you provide evidence?

Not that I disagree about landlords or wages being artificially lol. Its just that I don't see immigrants as responsible.

Ironicman · 56-60, M

@Burnley123 I work in social housing and environmental protection and can confirm we are nearing a national crisis in key locations. Returning to the days of Rachman. Many homes in multiple occupation stacked with immigrants living in appalling conditions. If you look for jobs in housing recruitment you will see a massive recruitment drive for EH officers to keep pace with the crisis. Regulation is urgently needed in the private sector housing market and regretfully mass economic migration has fuelled the return of Rachman property speculators.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Ironicman I agree with have a housing crisis. We have also stopped building new houses for three decades and have an unregulated housing sector. I disagree with the causation, not the problem. Also, with respect (because I do like you) its mostly anecdotal evidence.

InOtterWords · F

@Ironicman isn't that more a population issue?

Ironicman · 56-60, M

Yes it is, however economic migration settlement has hit areas of deprivation . Particularly on the fringes of city centres and those communities, not all, are struggling to keep pace with demand. Meanwhile migrants exploited. It's not the migrants fault it's government policy. The question was has migration damaged your country. Not has the migrant damaged your country. I think it's fair to say that mass economic migration seen in the Blair years has impacted on many communities negatively @InOtterWords

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