For thinking that the migrant protests ...

[Ihateboris]

Should be held at the council offices, Government departments, rather than the migrant hotels? After all, it's due to the government's lack of processing that the migrants are there?

UN High Commission on Refugees data show that about 0.7% - that is,
7/1000 of the population - of the UK - consists of refugees and people seeking asylum.

We may have problems but this very small portion of the population is not driving them.

Presumably everyone reading knows that the larger class of immigrants are a net economic asset. According to the Migration Observatory at Oxford University immigrants make an average net annual contribution of over £16,000 to the UK economy while British citizens make an average net contribution of around £800. Immigrant contributions are roughly 20x higher.

Brexit caused a huge reductionreduction in GDP.
Correct. As did Covid. What is your point? They’re blips although a big one with Brexit. It’s insignificant compared to adding 5 million additional state dependent people every 8 years. Contrary to what people tell you, a thousand Deliveroo drivers does not make you any better off.

There is no evidence immigration increases crime.
Prison population:https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04334/SN04334.pdf

Austerity was a major factor in the collapse in living standards
Grow up. The majority of people born in the last 5 years are going to be living in shared houses for their entire life because of this,

Nobody gets locked up for voicing concerns abour immigration. Mixing with the far right is not a good look to voice your concern
Really?

Then there will be more protests. Perhaps there is space near you?

That’s got to be because immigrants were mainly doctors -the ones arriving as asylum seekers arent
edit and just to add that without id we have no real idea who is in the country

Damn you and your facts 😁

If an immigrant commits a crime, that would increase crime

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2025/how-many-people-claim-asylum-in-the-uk

@Ihateboris here’s an informative website containing all the stats around asylum seekers in the uk and what 5 top nationalities claim asylum here and how we compare with the rest of Europe etc…

And the best way to help these countries is allowing their young men to be trafficked into Western Europe and sold into modern slavery, where they will never see their families again? That’s racist as fuck.

A very small portion of the population? We have very different ideas of what constitutes a small portion. That’s a ludicrously large number - and growing rapidly.

All our local sunburnt bald headed beer bellied ones were waving their flags outside a hotel today. Pathetic racists.

Except of course it’s bollocks

https://fullfact.org/immigration/sadiq-khan-migrant-skilled-workers/

There is a hotel up the road from me, only found out it housed asylum seekers during last years riots.

The people are no trouble, no increase in crime, The only one arrested have been the protesters,

Refugees and asylum seekers comprise around 0.7% or 7/1000 of the UK population. This figure is from the UN High Commission on Refugees.

The figure would go down if negative decisions were made in a timely manner and those who could be returned safely, including those attempting economic migration, were deported quickly.

We can afford in every sense to open the country to those who meet the threshold for asylum. Those who have the strength and resilience to make a claim generally have a lot to offer

Racists you say, yet here you are mocking their physical appearance instead of saying why your found their ideas disagreeable. You jump straight to the racist insults yourself.

Please cite data concerning percentage growth

Sounds like they’re doing us a favour. What’s all the fuss about?

I wouldn't say disagreeable. Repulsed, yes.

Depends how you measure effectiveness, ultimately the protests closed a migrant hotel so it achieved what the organizers wanted.

So you’ll happily engage in racism against men of a certain demographic, got it.

In 2024, asylum seekers and refugees made up around 16% of
immigrants to the UK. If including the British National (Overseas) scheme
in the category of humanitarian routes, up to 19% of immigration in that
year would fall into that category.

In 2024, there were around 16 asylum applications for every 10,000
people living in the UK. Across the EU27 there were 22 asylum
applications for every 10,000 people.

https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01403/SN01403.pdf

What a load of twaddle.
They're not handing themselves over to border force because we left the EU. They're handing themselves over because they get free bed and board. They know it is highly unlikely that they will ever be deported. Do you really think that these boats would not be arriving if we were still EU members? Of course they would.

You regularly post this nonsense about the Dublin Agreement, and posters always give you the actual figures that prove that the DA was and is next to useless. Is it helping countries who are still part of the DA such as Germany? No it is not.

I can't be bothered posting the figures again as you will ignore them and post the same rubbish on the next thread, but in 2020 to use your example year, the UK returned 25 migrants to France under the DA. In the same year, the UK received 219 migrants from France under the DA. But you already knew that. Countries rarely accept requests for returns under the DA.

Oh come on. You must recognise that a very particular type turns up at these protests.

Bald white racist isn't a protected characteristic. They have no problem screaming their opinions so I'm sure my opinion of them won't hurt their feelings. It's nice of you to be concerned though.

Heartening to see that most of the protesters are being outnumbered by counter protesters.

You seem rather bigoted yourself tbf.