Quote Originally Posted by Zacha341 View Post
Yes, very compelling points, adding perspective. These details and considerations are often lost in the general judgement some feel re. UK's immigration situation and beyond. And speaks to why I cannot reflexively state that resistance is always solely xenophobic!
One more data point: those hundred thousand immigrants are going to be looking for jobs. Most will probably not be native speakers, so they will be hunting for low-skill, low paying jobs. The kind of jobs that the existing poor are looking for.

If you are one of those fat-cat "1%er" that people hate so much, and you want to keep wages in certain industries low, importing masses of cheap labor is a good way to do it.