Almost every day brings fresh evidence that immigration is a crisis in the midst of which the government is flailing. Legal migration totals have hit a record high. Provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics show that, in the year ending last June, 672,000 more people came into the country than left it.
This is a staggering rise from a net migration rate of 212,000 a decade ago. If this rate continues, by the year 2046 the UK’s population will increase from approximately 67 million people today to about 85 million. The pressure on housing, schools and health services will be unsustainable. In addition, with so many coming from countries that don’t share cultural values or historic links with the West, the country’s character will be transformed in ways for which the public has never voted.
