Theresa May Speaks on U.K. Plan on Immigration and Europe

Britain has squandered £4.2 million of taxpayers money processing 'absurd' asylum claims by EU citizens, Theresa May will reveal today


Mass migration is harming our society says May: Home Secretary believes huge pressure is being placed on public services and infrastructure

In her words:

‘There are millions of people in poorer countries who would love to live in Britain, and there is a limit to the amount of immigration any country can and should take.’

Based on the current influx, Mrs May says the UK needs to build 210,000 homes every year and find 900,000 extra school places by 2024.

She will also claim there are ‘thousands of people who have been forced out of the labour market, still unable to find a job’.
‘While we must fulfil our moral duty to help people in desperate need, we must also have an immigration system that allows us to control who comes to our country. 

'When immigration is too high, when the pace of change is too fast, it’s impossible to build a cohesive society. 

‘It’s difficult for schools and hospitals and core infrastructure like housing and transport to cope. And we know that for people in low-paid jobs, wages are forced down even further while some people are forced out of work altogether 

‘Now I know there are some people who say yes, there are costs of immigration, but the answer is to manage the consequences, not reduce the numbers. But not all of the consequences can be managed, and doing so for many of them comes at a high price.

'But even if we could manage all the consequences of mass immigration, Britain does not need net migration in the hundreds of thousands every year.

'Of course, immigrants fill skills shortages and it’s right that we should try to attract the best talent in the world, but not every person coming to Britain right now is a skilled electrician, engineer or doctor. 

‘The evidence... shows that while there are benefits of selective and controlled immigration, at best the net economic and fiscal effect of high immigration is close to zero. So there is no case, in the national interest, for immigration of the scale we have experienced over the last decade.’

Immigration is a serious issue in Europe right now.