What do Londoners think of the Current Immigration Rates?
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I think there are going to be some major problems when the Bulgarians and Romanians hit town because their way of life is so different to ours and,their definition of crime is not even close to our own.\nThe Bulgarians and Romanians just do not give a damn about other peoples human rights and see everyone as a target,as there are strong gang influences which they will bring to our streets,I have been to both countries and was very shocked at what went on.\nI predict that there will be problems never seen before in this country and are dreading it when they enter our country.
646655
Steer clear of London where rents and travel are now extortionate and you should be OK on that money. The north of England is generally cheaper and not as dreary as Londoners like me try to paint it!
183021
Brian, it's exactly the same issue in this country (UK), but I'd add three points that might not apply for Americans and the US.\n\nFirstly, some figures indicate that net migration is zero, as alot of Brits are emigrating to Australia, France, Eastern Europe etc.  \n\nSecondly, we complain about countries like Australia that have an immigration policy against us, yet are always trying to develop tougher immigration policies ourselves.\n\nThirdly, alot of Brits have moved to France largely ignoring the indiginous culture, as they pour into Provence and other regions.  We laugh at the French when they complain, yet expect our immigrants to speak fluent English the moment they step off the boat / plane / whatever.  We are also making life very hard for some countries by driving property prices up to levels that locals can't afford.\n\nPoints 2 and 3 add up to alot of hypocrisy in my mind.
954376
"Do you think that immigration should be limited or that any limits should be lifted - Why"\n\n"Do you think that it is different today than in the past and why?"\n\n"Do you think that illegal immigration should be punished and why?"\n\n"Who do you think should have to pay for the immigration process (background checks etc.)?"\n\n"What do you think should be the criteria, if any, for someone wanting to be a citizen (in the past there were job and or monetary requirements, should there be now and why)?"\n\n"Should our immigration laws be stricter or more lenient than other countries'?"\n\nHope this gets you started.  Good Luck!
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my friends moved out there last month (from uk) and my mate is going in August.\n\nDue to the low population, they need more people\n\ncheck out:\nhttp://www.nz-immigration.co.nz/
974249
Here are related polls:\nhttp://www.pollingreport.com/immigration.htm
891019
Everybody loves London. I went back home from the US last month and I realized how much I really miss living in London. Driving around you see people of all nationalities; it's a real little cross-section of the world. I just wish it were a bit more affordable.
839412
Hi notpoodle!\nI'm from Richmond South East London... think I lower the tone a bit, It's frightfully posh!!
810839
I wouldn't say that it's normal but it seem's to be very common.  I lived in London for 3 years after college and I met very few Brits who were proud of their country, culture or heritage.  Many were planning to move away - usually to Australia.  I often heard that the British policy on providing amnesty to foreign nationals was too soft and that Britain wasn't Britain anymore.
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Oh, so many!\n"illegal" immigration\ngasoline prices\nNew Orleans: or the lack there of\netc\netc
886577
Actually our population is falling slowly.  More and more retired people can afford to move abroad to better climates and Caucasian British people are now having too few children to sustain the population, without immigrants we would not have enough population to sustain our national production levels!  A scary thought indeed.\nAfter the war we encouraged people to migrate away as Britain had been badly mauled and the infrastructure was still in the process of being rebuilt, also Australia needed more people to work there.  This would not work today - they don't need any more people there.  It's a nice place to visit though is Australia (I was just there on holiday a couple of months ago).\nThe main reason for crowding is that larger houses have fewer occupants these days, 500 years ago a 5 bedroom house would have at least 7 or 8 occupants, these days it will have 3 or 4, and also most large homes do not have servants living in them either these days.  So as fewer people live in each house more houses are built and we get more crowded.  Crazy eh?\nAnyway I think given how sparsely populated the north of Scotland is we could sustain double the current population.\nHave a great day.
859478
Hello,\n\nThis is one of those questions were I believe the answers could be both Yes! and No!. \n\nOn the one hand Britain is an island nation that has seen successive invasions & Conquests from numerous different races & peoples (the romans, the saxons, the vikings,etc). Britain had a massive empire & much of our historic wealth has come from slavery, expliotation & trading. In the second world war many people escaped from the devastation that was going on in Europe and came into the UK. So you can see we've always had immagration and migration, you cannot say immagration is a new experience for us.\n\n**The problem I think is more about the fact that we ARE an island (all be it a reasonably sized one!) and being an island means we do have limits on space & resources.\n\n**The other paradoxic part to this issue, is do you see immagration as adding something to the whole, i.e. bringing benefit to our society or do you see immagration as mainly a draining of resources. In other words is the glass half empty or half full, that I believe is closer to the core of this question.\n\n**The UK involment with the EU has seen the problem become worse, the dilemma increase. why? as poorer states & countries jioned the EU club they wanted to gain the benefits of EU membership and improve their living standards. EU labour laws allow for workers to move from one EU country to another and thats yet another part of the concern about immagration. Our government wildly underestimated the number of workers who would come into the UK seeking work (I think the orginial estimate was about 10,000 in reality its been 245,000 or there abouts).\n\n**The polish workers coming into the UK are not entirely welcomed why? because they are very hard working and prepared to take lower wages than most UK workers, why? because even though badly paid by our standards by polish standards they're well paid. \n\nSo polish workers can fulfil jobs that UK workers dont want to do, but some people feel polish people are putting a strain on jobs & the jobs market. How true that is, is yet another question and hard to answer. Non of this has clear cut or black & white answers, the answer I suggest is always going to be relative or subjective.\n\nIR
402253
I agree, I'm from the US, but I can see the problems starting across the pond.  We were a nation based on LEGAL immigration.  UK has always been a semi-homogeneous society.  It doesn't have to be lilly-white, but I can see that the openness of Euro countries is taking a toll on national identity
792433
London is such a mix of languages and cultures that I dont think anyone takes any notice any more.\nSloney friends eh?  Good luck, its a tight knot group and they dont tend to admit strangers!
679876
I am an American...was born and raised in Michigan....I am currently living in England about 45 min from London.  Its alright...it rains alot....but there is alot of history here and its really cool to see some of the old castles.  The Tower Of London is great but Stonehenge really wasn't that impressive.
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Politicians are always saying how immigration is brilliant and they can get their bogs fixed on the cheap by Polish plumbers so I think it would be a good idea.\n\nPoliticians would do more if they thought their own self interests were in jeopardy.
631913
My sentiments exactly. If immigrants want to come here, fine. Just so long as they pay taxes like the rest of us.