Re: Your views on immigration
 

Immigration is acceptable when they integrate and become British. BUT when they come over here and start a mini extension of their last country they imo arnt welcome. They are the ones that cause issues. Why are they here if they cant speak our language? Bah. :smt104

Re: Your views on immigration
 

As an immigrant I feel so welcome going through this thread :D

Carry on though, it's eye opening!!

Re: Your views on immigration
 

But are there as many British Nationals skiving abroad as there are Foreign Nationals skiving In Britain?

Re: Your views on immigration
 

You work? You speak English? You are one with the culture (not trying to change it to your home countries)? You pay tax like the rest of us fools? if the answer is yes then all's cool. :)

Re: Your views on immigration
 

I've not read all the posts. All I want to say is that you can't blame people for wanting a better quality of life. If foreigners can get that here they will keep coming.

Re: Your views on immigration
 

Exactly... but most of those that i`ve come across whilst staffing the Asylum Seekers Health Clinic can`t speak English. The better way of life to them means living in a house provided by the local councils despite the fact we have an increased number of homeless Brits and for others it`s years and years of waiting on a council housing list to get the 3/4 bedroomed accommodation that these immigrants are being given within a week of arriving in the country. They can`t work so they claim state benefits for themselves and their families and they make their demands which our government stupidly and in my opinion wrongly supports. It`s insane!!!!

Re: Your views on immigration
 

This is extremely irritating to hear - my daughter who is profoundly deaf only ever once managed to get an BSL interpreter at a Doctor's appointment and that was after getting some intervention from Patient Liason Service! Up until then the Surgery just made excuse after excuse :mad:

Re: Your views on immigration
 

As for the comments about immigrants wanting to change this country to suit their own needs, this isn't really them asking for it or asking for change, it's the liberal government deciding what is politically correct and what we should do to accomodate them. One example is the three little pigs song being banned from primary schools. This was never a request from the muslims.

However i did watch a horizon episode where that huge mosque in London was found to be teaching extremist views, and how "homosexuals should be thrown from the highest point". I think that's disgusting.

Re: Your views on immigration
 

This kind of thing makes me even more angry!!! I read this article in the British Medical Journal and thought great something is being done

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/...ds&keytype=ref

This scheme is offered to all GP`s free of charge before July 2009 so why aren`t they accepting it???

Re: Your views on immigration
 

Immigration isn't a problem if it is of mutual benefit or at least not to the detriment of the country taking migrants in. As Ed mentioned, there can be loads of real benefits which are often forgotten, but as soon as it starts affecting peoples lifestyles and jobs or creating splits in communities then something should change, stronger laws to protect the interest of people living here. Intergration whilst keeping own identities is so important. As the original post infers, we are lucky in many ways living here already, that was just luck, but can you blame people for seeking a better way of life, of course not. Just a bit of comprise and intergration is needed.