To say that most people in the UK want illegal immigration to stop

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I recently commented on a Facebook post to say the majority of British people are against illegal immigration. I was asked by several other users what survey I based that opinion on. I responded with the question ‘do you think most people want illegal immigration to continue then? Because if not, then surely they want it to stop?’ I didn’t receive any responses to that.
Without getting into any political arguments or name calling and giving no ifs, buts or reasons for your view, please vote as follows.

YABU - I want illegal immigration to continue.
YANBU - I don’t want illegal immigration to continue.

Most of the far right leaders who support your cause are a danger to women. Not bias, but evidenced by their convictions.

I didn’t watch Question Time and haven’t heard of this person.

But speaking generally and just guessing, I would think it is similar to losing at court, going to appeal and then winning. It’s not a black and white situation

I dont believe refugees are illegal immigrants. There is a difference

My MIL voted for Brexit and now complains about "boat people" coming over here and thinks they should be sent back. Every now and again, my restraint gives way and I point out that she voted to throw our Dublin Regulation rights down the crapper so we no longer have the right to return them to the "first safe country".

She's perfectly capable of holding two contradictory ideas at the same time though. She had a (brief) hospital stay a year or so ago and was mighty pissed off that all the ICU nurses were Filipino while simultaneously complaining that there weren't enough of them.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/03/drunk-hotel-migrant-raped-woman-after-night-out/

The Dublin Regulation didn’t work to that extent anyway. Which is why no other EU country is sending people back en masse. Look at ROI.

My anecdotal experience of Hong King nationals settling in the U.K. is they are bringing highly desirable skills with them which makes them an asset to the country and rather proves my earlier point.

It’s about a huge number of unskilled migrants entering the country illegally and claiming asylum. It’s been going on for a decade and is ramping up. The colour of skin is a red herring. I think the religion of a high percentage of these young males is far more pertinent and more of a worry for people than their skin colour.

Our culture and customs just don’t assimilate well with strict, orthodox Muslim culture and customs. That might be an uncomfortable reality but it’s a reality nonetheless.

Who is getting pocket money? If your asylum accommodation provides food or more accurately in many cases ‘food’, your asylum payment is £9.95 pcw. That is for everything else. No one could possibly be envious. Without provision for food you get just under £50 pcw or a per diem of £7. For everything. And have you seen the hotels? Grim doesn’t begin to describe it.

As asylum seekers are not allowed to hold jobs, the only tax free earnings you can be talking about are from washing cars illegally, etc - pathetic earnings at best and not the kinds of jobs our YP are aspiring to.

I agree with you that our most vulnerable pay the price for the decisions of the elite, which is wrong. We desperately need more opportunities for all - from growth. But asylum seekers are just a convenient target.

And HKers are usually hard working and very well behaved.

Yes, it was widely and credibly reported that about 40% of the men arrested in the Southport riots - back when it was falsely believed that the killer of the little girls was an immigrant - had Domestic Violence convictions. The rioters appeared to be mostly white British

It means people crossing the channel on dingys for a start!!!!

Ah, so you don't mean illegal immigrants at all.

You mean people legally applying for asylum.

There is no requirement that they stop in the first safe country, there are good reasons for that -they may have ties to this country already - if they did that, then some countries would be absolutely swamped and others not taking anywhere near their 'fair share' - the first country they come to might not actually be safe for them, it may be too close!

There is no way to apply for asylum here until you are here. YOu have to get here first.

The actual illegal immigrants are the people who applied for the wrong visa on purpose, ie a tourist visa when they had no intention of going home, or a dodgy student visa, and the people who did originally intend to go home and then ... didn't, but did not do the right thing in order to stay legitimately.

Those are (broad generalisation coming, seat belts please) the people in your local cheap takeaway, your convenient carwash, your little local nailbar etc...

We accept risk all the time in the course of a greater good.

I am strongly pro vaccine, but it is true that there is a (very, very) small risk of harm.

Planes, trains and automobiles kill, but we accept that risk for the convenience they provide. Etc

More compellingly, I am immensely grateful to the Western aid workers in Gaza, Sudan and the world’s other crisis spots. Not only are they doing invaluable work at great personal risk , but in so doing enhance the reputation of the West and, indirectly, our own security. Pulling up the drawbridges does the opposite.

Of course we need to apply common sense to minimise the possibility of harm to women and girls. That isn’t to say the risk will be nil, any more than it will be from transport. Or from our fathers, brothers, teachers and partners.

Having received next year’s code today, I’d like a lot of things to stop. 🤬

You have to be in the uk to apply for asylum, hence them making the dangerous crossing. They will only become illegal if their application is refused and they don’t leave the country.

They aren't entering legally through a port are they? They don't have their passport and visa to show border patrol? Shock horror they are fleeing France.

Seeking asylum isn’t illegal.

Illegal immigrants are ones whose permission to be here has expired.

Are they who you mean ?

How do you do that if you have no papers ?

They don’t have to apply for asylum in France, they are entitled to apply in any country. What’s your proposal to resolve the problem?

Yes the boat men are included when I say illegal immigrant. It is the number of men, the way they are coming here, the huge cost to us, the fact they could be a risk to the public and are allowed to wander the streets on their own, which is why people are really pissed off. The results of the poll so far, (and on mumsnet rather than The Sun or Daily Mail forum!) gives me hope that we haven’t all gone completely mad

We are absolutely useless at deporting people who have been refused right to remain. So yes, those people for sure.

Just wait till people get their next chance to vote.

What's so bad about France or the whole of Europe?

I just don't want them here. And I understand why many other countries don't want them as well.

And some of the people who have found asylum here would be dead if they hadn't escaped their country of origin. Why should they be denied safety because of the actions of a tiny minority? Every life is valuable.

Who are “them”