What would you do about immigration?

Because allowing lots of men in to the country presents a whole loads of problems. Problems that the ignorant and stupid use to tarnish all immigrants with the same brush.

I would support a system that was safe and easier for women with children from counties such as Afghanistan to seek asylum.

We don't need lots of unskilled undocumented men

All of this. Equally we do not do nearly enough re:sustainability and environmental impact here. "We" don't want refugees and yet we do relatively little to offset our envious impact which is very close to creating significant numbers of environmental refugees.

I also think it's hilarious that people from the UK - a country that has invaded and destroyed so many other countries - are complaining about immigrants.

It's so so stupid.

I think there are quite a few differences in accessibility to Australia’s borders than to the UK!

My serious answer: I'd start building a very smooth, robust, well-funded immigration system and send the word out very strongly that Britain is very keen to have as many immigrants as possible. In 20ish years countries will be (probably literally) fighting over young people - it's worth getting ahead of the rush now and get them in while they're available, then train them up and encourage them to stay and have families.

My unserious answer: I'd take every person who says they don't want any asylum seekers out of their homes in the middle of the night, airlift them to a remote location and tell them they are no longer welcome in their home town due to some infraction, then see how long it takes them to complain to authorities and try to get help. Every time they look for help, tell them no one wants them, they're complaining about nothing, go somewhere else. It's the only way to teach morons like that the reality of what so many people face and to remind them it is only through sheer luck that they are not currently wandering across a wartorn wasteland wondering how they're going to survive.

I would make it easier for UK citizens who are legally and legitimately married to non-UK citizens to live in the UK if that's where they choose to live. The income requirements are beyond appalling and cause undue hardship.

How do you return people to their country of origin if they have no id and “can’t remember” where they came from?

1.69 million migrants don’t work a further
1.5 million claim uc
then their are illegal migrants that we pay for.

We know statistically that's not how crime works.

There's massive work to be done across the UK on addressing racism. It's like a bubbling under current in the UK too because people don't talk as openly about it although I think the recent debates about immigration, brexit and the fact people in general are feeling more squeezed is bringing the ugly head much more to the fore. The fact our political parties have been quite happy to use the media to scapegoat minority groups in the UK and divert attention to their hand in the under cutting of public resources is also a big driving force.

Then perhaps they will take that into account and not commit those crimes in the first place!

Would you be in favour of capital punishment/ death or torture for any white brits convicted of any offence attracting a custodial sentence? If not why not since you think it's a fair consequence for people who have immigrated here?

Well that's stupid because you could well be sending them back to get murdered or tortured which is disproportionate.

Honestly the stupidity in the comments here no wonder Farage is running rings on you lot.

I'd ensure that any immigrant convicted of a violent or sexual offence, or any offence attracting a custodial sentence of more than 12 months would be deported and ILR cancelled. No negotiation, no delays.

How many Afghan women would you let in? There are around 20 million.

Which people are you asking me about? My comment was specifically about Afghan women.

First things first we have to differentiate between refugees and economic migrants. Now we aren’t likely to get many according to the rules as in refugees are supposed to seek asylum in the nearest safe country. So we need to lead the way in terms of getting people stuck in camps and situations like that over here and someplace safe. Data indicates refugees will usually seek to return home once whatever crisis exists from their origin abates. The fact that refugees and migrants are lumped in the same box is unhelpful. I am personally okay with as the 7th wealthiest nation globally shouldering a bit more than others.

I think there is a case to be made for a comprehensive citizenship test for those that wish to move here. They need to be fluent in English (and or Welsh). I’m less bothered about just hoovering up the best and brightest from around the world and more so people who feel a cultural compatibility with us and would seek to become British overtime.

I’d also like a three tiered system with commonwealth countries given an easier time of emigrating here followed by any non commonwealth ex-colony of ours. These nations and their ancestors are partially responsible for why we rank so highly as a modern nation and fairs fair they should be able to participate in that success and opportunity now.

We have to pursue ruthlessly any human traffickers. Given there are people trafficked and dismantle any criminal networks particularly the elements of any organisations that operate domestically. Trafficked victims who are discovered should be offered temporary residency and support and a pathway to stay if they so wish.

An awful lot of these things are not things we can just enact on our own. They are going to require careful diplomacy and working with ally nations to make any headway. I think the nonsense about Brexit being good for reducing immigration needs to be put front and center in any discussions as our exiting the EU made it harder not easier to co-ordinate our borders effectively.

I think where possible we should keep reviewing infrastructure requirements and adjust overtime so we need more doctors and nurses? It should be easier to plug gaps in what we need. I don’t want to lose a social safety net. However we need a complete retooling of the benefits system as there are now generational patterns of people languishing on benefits, and classifying them all as workshy chancers there has been a learned helplessness that’s been inculcated in some communities that just some sort of draconian economic policy isn’t going to shift.

I’d also like to ensure broadly even figures between men and women settling here as upending the population balance even by a minor amount has social issues downstream.

First things first we have to differentiate between refugees and economic migrants. Now we aren’t likely to get many according to the rules as in refugees are supposed to seek asylum in the nearest safe country. So we need to lead the way in terms of getting people stuck in camps and situations like that over here and someplace safe. Data indicates refugees will usually seek to return home once whatever crisis exists from their origin abates. The fact that refugees and migrants are lumped in the same box is unhelpful. I am personally okay with as the 7th wealthiest nation globally shouldering a bit more than others.

I think there is a case to be made for a comprehensive citizenship test for those that wish to move here. They need to be fluent in English (and or Welsh). I’m less bothered about just hoovering up the best and brightest from around the world and more so people who feel a cultural compatibility with us and would seek to become British overtime.

I’d also like a three tiered system with commonwealth countries given an easier time of emigrating here followed by any non commonwealth ex-colony of ours. These nations and their ancestors are partially responsible for why we rank so highly as a modern nation and fairs fair they should be able to participate in that success and opportunity now.

We have to pursue ruthlessly any human traffickers. Given there are people trafficked and dismantle any criminal networks particularly the elements of any organisations that operate domestically. Trafficked victims who are discovered should be offered temporary residency and support and a pathway to stay if they so wish.

An awful lot of these things are not things we can just enact on our own. They are going to require careful diplomacy and working with ally nations to make any headway. I think the nonsense about Brexit being good for reducing immigration needs to be put front and center in any discussions as our exiting the EU made it harder not easier to co-ordinate our borders effectively.

I think where possible we should keep reviewing infrastructure requirements and adjust overtime so we need more doctors and nurses? It should be easier to plug gaps in what we need. I don’t want to lose a social safety net. However we need a complete retooling of the benefits system as there are now generational patterns of people languishing on benefits, and classifying them all as workshy chancers there has been a learned helplessness that’s been inculcated in some communities that just some sort of draconian economic policy isn’t going to shift.

I’d also like to ensure broadly even figures between men and women settling here as upending the population balance even by a minor amount has social issues downstream.

First things first we have to differentiate between refugees and economic migrants. Now we aren’t likely to get many according to the rules as in refugees are supposed to seek asylum in the nearest safe country. So we need to lead the way in terms of getting people stuck in camps and situations like that over here and someplace safe. Data indicates refugees will usually seek to return home once whatever crisis exists from their origin abates. The fact that refugees and migrants are lumped in the same box is unhelpful. I am personally okay with as the 7th wealthiest nation globally shouldering a bit more than others.

I think there is a case to be made for a comprehensive citizenship test for those that wish to move here. They need to be fluent in English (and or Welsh). I’m less bothered about just hoovering up the best and brightest from around the world and more so people who feel a cultural compatibility with us and would seek to become British overtime.

I’d also like a three tiered system with commonwealth countries given an easier time of emigrating here followed by any non commonwealth ex-colony of ours. These nations and their ancestors are partially responsible for why we rank so highly as a modern nation and fairs fair they should be able to participate in that success and opportunity now.

We have to pursue ruthlessly any human traffickers. Given there are people trafficked and dismantle any criminal networks particularly the elements of any organisations that operate domestically. Trafficked victims who are discovered should be offered temporary residency and support and a pathway to stay if they so wish.

An awful lot of these things are not things we can just enact on our own. They are going to require careful diplomacy and working with ally nations to make any headway. I think the nonsense about Brexit being good for reducing immigration needs to be put front and center in any discussions as our exiting the EU made it harder not easier to co-ordinate our borders effectively.

I think where possible we should keep reviewing infrastructure requirements and adjust overtime so we need more doctors and nurses? It should be easier to plug gaps in what we need. I don’t want to lose a social safety net. However we need a complete retooling of the benefits system as there are now generational patterns of people languishing on benefits, and classifying them all as workshy chancers there has been a learned helplessness that’s been inculcated in some communities that just some sort of draconian economic policy isn’t going to shift.

I’d also like to ensure broadly even figures between men and women settling here as upending the population balance even by a minor amount has social issues downstream.

@coulditbeme2323 we don't want you either but alas we're stuck innit

Even women who left due to oppression face racism and rejection in thr UK, it's a myth that an Afghan woman on her own will be more welcomed, even if she was 'westernized', spoke English, left Islam and works there is still a sentiment that she shouldn't be in the UK because someone British could have done her job and she is accessing healthcare for free, her asylum case costed money and she should have stayed and tried to change her country. The racism and inacceptance remains always by contrast see how white Ukranians are treated. Nothing you could do would change the racism cloaked as immigration concerns they are only concerned when you are brown that is the bottom line and it makes me feel incredibly disappointed when I see or read mixed or brown people stand with Reform and Restore and talk about anti immigration, like a poster above said refugee status should be temporary and those having kids here, meanwhile it was alright for her refugee grandmother to settle here. It's like they don't realise they too are included in the racism they think they are another tier or different but it's all part of a plan and they could well be the next targeted group like how the conversation was about illegals, but then legals too.. refugee Afghan bad, refugee Ukranian good... it's all deeply dehumanising and disgusting.

How many people would you allow in? I have never heard anyone give an actual figure? 500k a year? 1million? 10million? Bearing in mind that we have a housing crisis, corridor care in hospitals and millions of people here that are living in poverty.

Anyone who can look at the suffering and oppression of Afghan women and say that “we don’t want them” is not somebody whose opinion I would value.

Where are you getting your info from?!?!

A local restaurant in my area was recently caught employing several illegal immigrants. It happens all the time. If it didn't, they wouldn't come here.

I've lived all over the UK but in one area, my first rented house was in a street where at least a third of my neighbours were stay at home mums and didn't speak a word of English. They came to the UK via arranged marriages. Their kids then learned English once they started school.

I lived in France for a while and learned French. It's incredibly rude to make no effort to learn the language of the country you live in!

@Sophiehoney "I'd make it safer and easier, that's what I'd do. All welcome, it's a free world. Borders are imaginary lines"

Have you told the rest of the world that? Because most of them won't agree with you, from China to Greece to Pakistan and Fiji. Whilst your vision is borne of benevolence, it is currently untenable. Even philanthropy has to have a proper structure in order to benefit those in need whilst sustaining infrastructure, health care, education and security for everyone. If you want a world without borders you need to formulate that structure. Who will govern and who will choose those governing bodies for example?