Yes and no. As i said the government underestimated the effect it would have. They estimated that there would be around 12,000 Eastern European migrants per annum. As we all know there were considerably more than that. Some of them are going back, the majority have not gone back. This is part of the reason for the BNP success as a lot of Brits are fed up with no border control within the EU, but the main parties ignore immigration because they don't want to be labelled as dearly beloved. That's another discussion mind. This is not helped by the fact that, according to EU laws, the first EU country that an immigrant arrives in has a duty to look after them. Yet somehow a hell of a lot end up in the UK? You only have to look at Calais and see how happy the French government are to pass them on to us to see what a resounding 'success' that EU policy has been.
It is not the first country an immigrant arrives in is the one to take them in....it is actually the first country they are stopped in. So if an Iraqi is not caught by an immigration control until the UK then it is up to the UK to sort out their request for aslyum!
I agree with some of your points....but I hate this Eastern European...they are not Eastern they are Europeans fullstop....just like they have the right to work in your country, you have a right to work in theirs!
The majority might well do. However then it begs the question, 'why have you come here illegally in the first place'? Quite frankly i have very little time for people who have knowingly entered illegally and knowingly overstayed. That's my personal opinion.
Okay so alot of people overstay visa...etc which ruin it for the other people to come here legally! But please why do they become illegal? Maybe because their country is war torn/dictattorship??? Maybe they come from places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe or Palestine? Do you really think they would ever be issued with visas? Some of them don't even own passports! I'm not saying illegal immigration is right....but in some cases they have no other choice!
Most of us have personal experiences of embassies etc....with the issuing of visas? If it is difficult for spouses and family members.... imagine what it is like for these poor people!
The only reason that blantantly dearly beloved parties like BNP won is because how the media protrays immigration.....giving us statistics like 1 million per illegal immigrat....when in reality the majority of these people want to work and pay taxes!!! Not live off the state?
Just my personal opinion......i have noticed how dearly beloved people have become over the past couple of years.....when most of us in our families have someone who has immigrated at on time or another!