Really distressing to see how the UK’s generosity is viciously exploited by uncontrolled migration

Every day there is a new report in the press, on a Syrian or other murderer or fraudster found living in the UK, in a council flat, claiming benefits as a refugee or asylum seeker.

It is so, so depressing because the logic behind granting helpless people refuge and granting asylum to those fleeing persecution, was such a decent concept. Decades ago, you get a handful of academics escaping from countries where they were facing oppression. You get a handful of students who overstay their visa. Today, it is thousands of strapping young men who think it’s an adventure to jump on rubber boats and row across into Europe to select any destination they want, by paying people smugglers and just barging in. Such action now fuels intolerance and violence, as people are getting fed up with it!

In the UK, we will not allow such behaviour to turn us into barbarians! We are not going to lose our civility. But we need the government to disincentivise this behaviour. It may seem harsh initially, but it is indeed now hugely necessary, to bring in a system that makes it impossible for any employer to employ anyone who isn’t authorised to work in the UK. And when illegal migrants get the permission to work, if their asylum/refugee application is successful, they should be on a tax code that recoups the money/other help they received from the government prior to their employment. Something has to be done.

A group of people who are themselves living on benefits, gathering to intimidate illegal migrants, is not the type of image the UK should be projecting to the rest of the world. How likely is it, that the anti-migrant protestors hauling bricks at the police are people on £200,000 a year salary, paying £90,000 a year in income tax and funding our welfare system? Nope, it is more likely a bunch of jobless (hence the free time they have to go around protesting) or low-earning folk. But in fairness, they are taking action – albeit, violence is criminal – because they have lost faith in the government. One would hope that the new UK government can restore faith by decently tackling the issue.

It will be most unfortunate, if we end provision of asylum or refuge to those who truly need it, because the system has been destroyed by people exploiting it.

The government must act and act decisively! Good luck Mr Burnham! Pls save the day sir!