Every ’political commentator’ of which there is an abundance, has an opinion on immigration and they endlessly echo each other. The public are sick of hearing their opinions, they just want action.

I quote a TV Presenter (they all think they are terribly important) “the illegal boat crossings are a drop in the ocean when it comes to numbers”. I hope there was no pun intended.

Yes, illegal immigration numbers are smaller, but focus has to be on the word illegal, they have entered or been ushered into this country without identification or visa. We are seeing record numbers of young fighting age men arriving here looking forward to being taken into the bosom of this country, we have no idea who they are or where they are from. We see very few women and children, they have been left behind to fend for themselves, says a lot about the mental and moral qualities distinctive to these individuals.

Why does this government open its arms and welcome them all like long-lost relatives giving them every possible comfort at the expense of our young families, veterans and those of all ages, down on their luck?  It is deplorable.

We can deal with these interlopers, the UK Independence Party would have no truck with these people arriving in dinghies or boats, intercepted in the Channel by the RNLI or discovered in the back of commercial vehicles. As a national of their native country like any other traveller abroad they can be returned home voluntarily or not.

It is argued that we need legal immigration to run our national health service, to build our infrastructure and care for our ageing population. What a disgrace! Let’s just kick the can down the road again, shall we? Has no one thought that these immigrants will age and will require care and pensions in the future? The problem will multiply! 

To try and show themselves in a good light the government has conveniently exempted itself from the £38,700 skilled worker visa minimum salary threshold for care workers. Health and care workers will still be able to earn less before applying for a visa.

Let’s hope the new changes to the Student Visa Regulations are watertight!

Why is there no Government Data Base for those asylum seekers already here? This is more shocking evidence of sloppy governance. Who knows how many are living here the answer is nobody knows.

The government is boasting they are settling more asylum claims but this is creating another problem, once refugee status has been granted, ‘section 4’ support stops 28 days after the decision. The Home Office do not provide accommodation to refugees so more pressure on local authorities and as we have seen, an increase in tent cities. What a shambles!

Lack of control and considered management of immigration has brought misery and despair to the World. This government and others should hang their heads in shame.

Patricia Mountain

UK Independence Spokesperson for Immigration and Housing