The details of taking hundreds of thousands of economic migrants are why it is unworkable.
They arrive in abject poverty and become housing priorites. So of course they are housed. This causes a backlash as local people feel badly done to and resentful. Some local authorities have housing waiting lists. of 20,000+ already. Adding another few thousand who have nothing so must be housed causes huge pressure.
They have no belongings so are given benefits, bought necessities . Again, local authority budgets are finite so it means locals are less of a priority- causes resentment.
Their children have to go to school. They are priortised on school lists because of their vulnerability. Causes resentment with oarents who can't get their children in to that school. If schools have places they will find themselves with large numbers as they arrive in influxes- I have seen it happen. Schools resent it. Many of the children arrive with no English into secondary school and yet the school is judged on their GCSE results by the government against the standards of children who have been in our Education sustem for 9 years. It can prompt an OFSTED inspection and a school falling into lower categories. Primary schools can be overwhelmed and have huge classes. Parents often hate that.
They are often in ill-health and require immediate NHS care . Anyway, they become entitled to immediate NHS services free. A system aready under pressure.
They go on benefits and are criticised for that as the benefits ststem is already under the cosh.
They want to work but unemployment is high and they are criticised for 'taking our jobs'.
Their culture is very different to the English culture and many people are intimidated by that and don't like the street they may have lived in for years becomng very different because houses are rented out to people from a different culture who seek easch other out and live close to each othet and share something of their home dulture. It causes resentment.
There is the feeling pedalled by the government every day that this country is struggling, in huge debt, we have to cut back, we hear about austerity measures, people suffer from them. Housing is in crisis and many people struggle to buy property. A large intake of migrants putting pressure on public services and and systems frightens people and causes resentment.
Think how you would feel really if you live in public housing and were suddenly told that on Monday you have to give your apare bedroom to two young women from Syria in hijabs who do not speak English at all, or two men who were in tradiotional moslem dress and you could not communicate with them. People would be terrified, angry and there would be civil unrest.
I have no idea what the solution is but unless we accept tha we are all going to have to pay more taxes to fund whatever is needed in this country lng-term I dread to think what might happen. This bastard government already hammer the poor and fund the rich. If there are half a million more poor to fund, the mega rich should pay.