But what happens when there are no houses to put the alyslum seekers in ,when they have alyslum granted and have to move on from where they were waiting.
Then you build more houses, using the tax money that you have acquired from a larger working age population due to immigration.
What about the many many British families in temporary accommodation,whole family's in one room of beds ,with a microwave to cook with . bringing children up in that environment while waiting years for council housing that doesn't exist.
Should these British families not be the priority for housing
The housing crisis in this country is an absolute scandal. It's rooted in a combination of obscenely unequal land ownership, government policy starting with Thatcher (and continued, shamefully, by Blair) of selling off council stock, and the knowledge that keeping housing scarce shores up property values, upon which many middle class people rely for their retirement plans and for a sense of security that they can't get from stagnating wages and a shrinking state.
All of these things need to be challenged and addressed (and JC has been as forthright as anyone about challenging them), and the right to a decent and secure home for all made a higher priority than swelling the wealth of the already asset-rich, keeping their property ownership profitable, their inheritance secure and their taxes low.
Playing off the poorest and most vulnerable against each other on the basis of immigration status or skin colour - successful as it has been so far for those its intended to serve - has not served the interests of those poor and vulnerable yet and is not likely to magically start doing so any time soon.