Are there too many foreigners in Britain now?

Question

We're a small country and quite insular in our outlook because we live on an island, we are not like the rest of Europe at all.

Are there simply too many foreigners arriving here?
or is it as the Labour government said that they there should be no upper limit to the level of immigrants coming here.

Please don't just fling out the 'Racist' noun. if you can't say anything original don't bother.

it's too easy and is getting rather tedious to have people just cry RACIST and expect to brook all further argument that way.

Tracey H if the west is multicultural and 'all the better for it'

Why on earth would the 'Greeks complain about the number of Brits in Greece?'

your argument doesn't follow logic.

Answer 1

For me, the problem is there are too many people who have not integrated into a "British" culture, (which can be done without losing their own). This causes both sides to be isolated from eachother and resentment and racism to boil.

Its not the numbers of foreigners that is the problem - Its just how we integrate them into our society and more importantly how they integrate into OUR society. For example, I believe foreigners migrating to England should have to have a certain level of English language and have a willingless to live with and not aside native people.

Answer 2

Sure it would be great to be able to say to everybody - "Just come along and stay".. But yeah, I have to agree, there unfortunately has to be a limit somewhere. The problem of space isn't going to go away, no matter how much some of us love the idea of always letting everybody in (and I'm one of them) - we just wouldn't be able to do it. We are only a small island after all.

I'm not sure how we could go about detracting people from wanting to come over though, unless we got a little bit tougher on immigration than we are now. But I definitely wouldn't like to see us get to the stage where we start turning away genuinely desperate people. That should never be allowed to happen.

Instead we should be encouraging the whole of Europe to take in a more equal share, with the larger countries taking in more people than we do. As there are only so many new homes that they can build here before we start running out of room. We have a while to go yet I'm sure, but it will probably happen eventually. :-/

Answer 3

Now this is an interesting question, but who can really answer it?

Is your white doctor or accountant or solicitor, Jewish?

If so, how would you know without asking?

As for "foreigners," what do we mean....people who speak one or more languages, or understand other cultures?

Isn't that what politicians, journalists and teachers do?

However, the moment we see people with different eyes, dark skin or certain mannerisms,we assume that they are foreign.

The last person like that I made a mental note of was a dirty little Scally with a black-eye and an attitude, who stuck two fingers up at me in Liverpool; but he wasn't foreign.

As for the flood of Eastern Europeans, they are not foreign at all other than the fact that they speak another language and come from another country. They will understand your music, laugh at your jokes (when they have finally mastered the language), fall in love with your relatives, work alongside you, befriend you, drink your vodka and earn your respect. Finally, when they have children, you'll think of them as "English" even if they eat garlic-bread and evil smelling sausages.

Do we reject people simply because their first names start with a 'Z' or their last names with 'Ws' ?

They are fellow Europeans, unlike the ugly thugs who make up the BNP and call themselves "British".

If they ever get to power, I shall be living in Poland, the Czech Republic or Slovakia!

Answer 4

Britain needs immigrants to replace all of its own citizens now living abroad. I'm sick of hearing people demanding an end to foreigners coming to GB when no-one is recalling the ex-pats from Spain, France, Australia etc (anywhere there is a beach, basically).

I've been in Scotland for 6 years now and understand the media is always biased, but am forever surprised and disappointed when the general public believe what they read/hear. I dream of a day when the majority of the population can think for themselves and try to see both sides of an argument before opening their mouth.

Answer 5

. . . John Reid the Home Secretary announced today the government's plans to restrict the number of Bulgarians and others coming to the UK after the c0ck-up with the Polish workers.
The British Government anticipated about 30,000 immigrant workers and instead we've got around 300,000 (that they know of).
The Polish authorities are now appealing to the Poles here in the UK to go back home because of the shortage of skilled workers in Poland.
Southampton has become a virtual Polish city. Leeds and other northern cities are becoming eastern-european; thankfully London is too expensive for most new immigrant workers although there has been a boom in the number of cleaning and ironing services on offer!
In essence, how many more fruit-pickers, domestic cleaners and "trainees" do we really need?

Answer 6

stop remarking about Brits going abroad..when they go they take capital into the other countries and job skills..most immigrants that come here come with little more than the clothes on their backs.

I've no objection to the immigrants in the country already although I dis-agree with the governments policies on keeping the flood gates open.
At some point in the near future (if we havent already reached that point)
this little island will be over-populated.
I also think the way immigrants are vetted before admission is a complete farce.
Bulgaria is soon to join the EU and the sight of seeing the ppl applying for a visa is quite alarming, this all adds up to thousands more adding to the already busting at the seams population.

LMAO.... you all wanna know what's going to be amusing in another decade.....

once global warming does the buisiness..the polar caps melt....the sea levels rise...50% of the UK will be underwater...there wont be enough land to live on...lets see then if ppl are so eager to live over here!!!!

Answer 7

Britain has always been full of foreigners. The first mob arrived back about 12,000 years ago when the last iceage ended. Since then, they have continued, without so much as a by-your leave, to arrive by the boatload. The Celts, c500BC. Even the blessed Julius Caesar, [who the hell invited him anyway] and millions of others. Get used to it.

Answer 8

Yes I do think there are too many foreigners here. It is in no way a racial statement but a statement of act. The British people are suffering by having their identity removed. We are not allowed to act as we are in our own country without being looked upon as being a racist. Obviously there are the racist element which exists, unfortunately in all societies, but on the whole it is good to have mixed cultures, but there has to be a limit otherwise we all suffer.

Answer 9

Sorry if a make u feel bad... i'm mexican and i'm living in london now....i also have spanish passport... but we're not abusing of ur country we're using it... imagine! the salary in mexico is 85 pounds... a month!! imagine! nobody can live with that! all the people die.... all the people robbed, all the people ask 4 money in the streets, all the cups are corrupted to get more money, all the people.... go to somewhere else... and i tell u this... EUA have more mexicans that any foreign people here in britain... i'm not even working my mom sends me the money...i'm just 15 years old....i just want to study the university cuz u have the best universities in all the world and it will make my curriculum a lot bigger! so thanks for the country u have and sorry if i make u feel bad living in ur country...

Answer 10

I'm sure the Saxons might have agreed 1,000 years ago that there were too many foreigners, what with the hordes of Normans and all. Before that there were the Vikings, before them there were the Romans, and Celts. Foreigners should be welcomed but should also be encouraged to integrate - learn the language, accept the customs, and over time share their own customs and traditions as they assimilate into UK society.

Answer 11

I think the real question here is "Can Britain cope with the influx of immigrants?" Of course, the answer has to be "NO". We are already seeing an increase in British people emmigrating to avoid all the associated problems, such as integration (or lack of it), racial attacks, lack of schools, hospital beds, jobs. You are quite right to point out that we are an island and it stands to reason that geographically we can only hold so many people/houses etc. I am not a racist, indeed I have friends of many colours and creeds, but it does anger me that we have so many people, genuine British people, who are struggling to find employment and housing yet so-called refugees are given housing, furniture, clothes etc without putting something back into our society. I fear that this will lead to a civil uprising. A more stringent control on immigration is required - Mr Blair please note!