Postby Star » Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:26 pm
I did not say I'm in favour of illegal immigrants, I simply meant that there are a lack of people in this country who are British who are willing to do certain jobs and Brexit has only exacerbated it. Not just in hospitality but agriculture, social care and the NHS.
A friend owns a restaurant and was fined last year, but she was presented with fake documents. She says since the referendum she cannot find suitable and willing staff and wants to pack it all in.
I appreciate concerns about gangs but from what I've seen illegals are simply overstayers and those working more than the 20 hours a student visa allows.
There are far more things that keep me up at night; the muggings, stabbings, moped gangs and acid attacks and these are not done by illegal immigrants. We need more police and more focus on why we have such a wide gap between rich and poor and addressing it. The government has it's priorities wrong.
There was an excellent article by Gary Younge in the Guardian not this last Sunday but the Sunday before about Windrush, how his mother worked as a nurse and how immigrants have contributed so much to this country.