TV documentary late last night:
Gov policies actually supported a lot of (legal) immigration - we got more than expected. Large chunk is care workers, NHS workers and their dependants.
I.e, they're employed in jobs brits wouldn't want to do.
Problem is often the (non) housing policy.
They tend to be young, so not demanding much from the NHS, and are actually glad to be here and aren't very demanding because it's a hell of a lot better than where they came from.
The prog moved on to foreign students - I was dozing off.
We do not have enough trained people - trades & crafts, or technical /graduate level. So half decent Polish plumbers etc are welcome.
Universities need a load of foreign students to pay for the rest. Money comes in, so technically the education is an export. We could do a lot better at it. For example there are lots of very well educated Indian folk who would come if the facilities existed.
Chinese we need to be careful about, they develop things and go back to China.
If the county is to be better off we need to earn forex from skilled industries, produce a lot of our own goods/food/staples, and be very savvy financially , like we used to be. We can learn from eg Singapore, we don't need to try to be like them.
I think we're worse off going forward, being outside the EU, but can't back that up.
if the japs are as thick as the average brit.
They're better educated - they value it more.