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700 people died last year sleeping rough on the streets.
70 people have tried to cross the channel to the UK since November 2018
Guess which one @sajidjavid is calling a crisis?
70 people have tried to cross the channel to the UK since November 2018
Guess which one @sajidjavid is calling a crisis?
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naomi24
// Migrants drive 50% rise in rough sleeping//
From the same link
//Separate figures gathered by outreach workers in London suggested that the majority of people sleeping rough in the capital were from overseas, with almost a third coming from Romania, Poland and Lithuania.//
Romania, Poland and Lithuania...
// Migrants drive 50% rise in rough sleeping//
From the same link
//Separate figures gathered by outreach workers in London suggested that the majority of people sleeping rough in the capital were from overseas, with almost a third coming from Romania, Poland and Lithuania.//
Romania, Poland and Lithuania...
"...the majority of people sleeping rough in the capital were from overseas, with almost a third coming from Romania, Poland and Lithuania."
And Mr Javid need not trouble himself with people from those nations because they don't need to take to rubber boats at night to travel to the UK. They can simply travel by Easyjet or P&O, turn up at Gatwick or Dover and they will be waved through. Then they can kip comfortably in the pedestrian underpass at Marble Arch whilst making the massive contribution to the UK's economy that we're told they all do.
And Mr Javid need not trouble himself with people from those nations because they don't need to take to rubber boats at night to travel to the UK. They can simply travel by Easyjet or P&O, turn up at Gatwick or Dover and they will be waved through. Then they can kip comfortably in the pedestrian underpass at Marble Arch whilst making the massive contribution to the UK's economy that we're told they all do.
"Just how bad are things Romania, Poland and Lithuania that make the streets of London a more attractive place to be?"
Well, the average income in those countries is somewhere between five and ten times lower than it is in the UK. People taking advantage of the EU's freedom of movement principle are effectively economic migrants who fancy the prospect of a better standard of living here than they could ever hope to enjoy in their home country. My (lady) barber is from Lithuania. She works three days a week and, as barbers do, she chats whilst giving me a shear and has told me a little about herself. Her husband has a good job in a bank and she has a son who is now in his second year at one of the top twenty state grammar schools in England. She has a lifestyle here that she would never have achieved at home. Good luck to her - she's a lovely lady - and to her husband and son. They took advantage of what was on offer to them. But they should not have been allowed to do so. This country should not need to import barbers or bank workers. It should also not import Big Issue vendors or vagrants. It should be selective about who it invites to settle here and it cannot do so whilst it is an EU member.
Well, the average income in those countries is somewhere between five and ten times lower than it is in the UK. People taking advantage of the EU's freedom of movement principle are effectively economic migrants who fancy the prospect of a better standard of living here than they could ever hope to enjoy in their home country. My (lady) barber is from Lithuania. She works three days a week and, as barbers do, she chats whilst giving me a shear and has told me a little about herself. Her husband has a good job in a bank and she has a son who is now in his second year at one of the top twenty state grammar schools in England. She has a lifestyle here that she would never have achieved at home. Good luck to her - she's a lovely lady - and to her husband and son. They took advantage of what was on offer to them. But they should not have been allowed to do so. This country should not need to import barbers or bank workers. It should also not import Big Issue vendors or vagrants. It should be selective about who it invites to settle here and it cannot do so whilst it is an EU member.
