Why do so many immigrants want to come to the UK especially London? Am I missing something here?

mellouckili

I think how these Eastern Europeans benefit so much from being in Britain is they come in groups and get a place together, they basically use their accommodation like dormitories and they get as many jobs as they can. I met a man on a plane once going to England, from the Czech Republic and he had come over to the UK with little English and had got a job through a relative who was already living and working here, he started as a dish washer, 4 years later he is now manager of the restaurant and he is sending money home in order to buy a house in The Czech Republic, it made me feel quite angry that I had been to his country as a tourist putting money into their system ,and yet they are taking from us. They are also prepared to work long hours because they don't know what to do in their spare time and they want to save up as quickly as possible. Old Europe was great because it was full of countries that speak useful languages and they were also rich countries, new Europe has accepted these poor countries which take from countries like Britain and benefit so much from us, whereas we don't benefit from them at all, because if we go an work in Eastern European countries the pay is very bad and their language isn't need outside their country. They get here about 4 times what they earn in their own country, and they can learn a very useful language, so the desire to come here for them is quite great, but not the other way around.

rose_merrick

Partly I know they come for free NHS treatment. It is the best place in the world to get otherwise expensive medicines, AIDS treatment is really expensive, thats' just one example. You get shelter, and income benefits

Blunt Honesty

But immigrants applying for asylum there get free health care, a living allowance, and a place to live.

Uni Boy

Benefits.

smilindave1

Because En Ga Land swings like a pendulm do
Bobbies on bicycles 2 by 2
Westminster Abbey & the Tower of Big Ben
The rosey red cheeks of the little children

echc

They flood america because of the money, they all come from mexico because our money is worth 10 times there money, $1,000 american dollars is like $10,000 mexican dollars.

Lawyer

asylum seekers claim asylum in London,cause of the Home Office. Most of them are sent for immigration interviews in Croydon.
Second of all- most immigrants have bigger societies in London than the other cities, that's why they go there. Not because they like London. they don't have a choice

champagne

Benefits,Council house,NHS...Honey the list is endless !

Liddy is Lost

Only asylum seekers are entitled to benefits. Other types of immigrants are not. I should know, I'm married to one and my husband works and pays taxes like everyone else.

My husband initially came here to study, because the education system in his country leaves much to be desired.

HTH.

kobie65

You seem to forget that the world is a global village.and for the other answers on here that goes back to benefits,housing etc.get a ******* life.i have been here for over 3 years,and believe me i didn't come here for benefits or a crummy council house.the wages that i earn are a hell of allot more than the govt handouts.

Julia B

I am American and I want to move to Northern England or Scotland because of the housing costs. I would like to point out to the misinformed person who answered previously that only immigrants from EU countries get benefits. If I get approved to immigrated to your country, I will not be eligible for ANY benefits. I would be expected to have proof of insurance that has been paid up for at least a year and have enough funds in my account to satisfy the immigration officer at the airport. Not all immigrants get the doors held wide open for them. I am wanting to move to the UK because of all of the jobs here being taken by all of the illegals! I am certified and have 4 years experience as a nurse's aide and can't find work. I am on 3 different state registries and in good standing with all of them.

electracer

I think all of what you mentioned is better than the place they are coming from!

blonde286021

Easy money they can claim benefits such as tax credits child benefits jesus they,re even allowed in if they got no jobs to go to but thats ok they can have a house and some money here u go while the brits r either packing up and leaving or are left homeless as there is not a gr8 deal of help for them maybe if they foriegn homeless then that,d help

jimquk

Migrants travel all over the world - included five and a half million Brits living in other countries - check

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6161705.stm

They come to London because there is work, and people come to UK because they speak English, and because, pathetically, they believe that it is a free and democratic country where they will be respected as human beings - they are often disappointed in that.

As for asylum-seekers, it must be obvious why someone would want to flee their country, but the majority don't come to UK, or even to Europe, but stay in neighbouring countries. Currently there are nearly two million Iraqis in Jordan, Syria, etc, very few make it to Britain. Check

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1997201,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

delara v

people who are coming there,have money and come there to do some businesses or educate,and differ from who R livin there.
just like Iranian people who come there just as tourists or students or businessmen and most of them are rich and will be great benefit to Britain and themselves.They dont suffer from what u said!!

spannerbox

because of our commitment to Europe, we have to take in a certain amount of immigrants, which we more than fulfil. Of course they all want to come here because of our benefit system, housing policy's and free hospitalisation and education. No other country give away so much as us, so if you were looking for a new country to move to, and you were poor, where would you chose ? Of course the one down side of it, is you and me are picking up the tab for these people, which I'm sure you don't mind, plus being a 2nd class citizen in your own country !

oddball

because the government is stupid enough to give them public money ie 'benefits' and so they don't get a job but the government still pays them money! which i think is wrong! they should be treated like the rest of us.

tina d

I guess they're finally figuring out we don't want them here in the United States, so they're moving to the UK, I'm very sorry to hear that, I hope they don't cause as many problems there as they do here.

cliffhanger

because where we have to pay for transport housing etc it's all free for them

Paul M

benefits mainly, free handouts, free nhs, free housing, free schooling , ......... the list goes on. In the countries that they come from they get no benefits and such so living in UK is more attractive to them. Unfortunately this means you get a tax hike and pay for them

Ollie

I wonder if they get a shock when they come to this country &
run back home.

*B*

Because they get everything handed on a silver platter and they are higher priority than us

mr smidgey

free council houses ,benifits ,free health service ,free schooling &school dinners all from our taxes not theirs

Yasmin H

I have no idea. They think it's so great here, but it's not.

Better than having your house burned down and watching your relatives being raped, but I'm sure there are other countries apart from the UK and their own that they could choose to live in.

mad keith

FREE HOUSE AND BENIFITS-----CANT THINK OF ANY OTHER REASION

Common Sense

However bad it may be in the UK...
It is much worse in their home country...
The Western / Civilized world cannot continue
to accept 3rd world immigrants...

Corey

maybe they want a place where there is freedom of speach and MANY different opionions... ie a largely republican state with a growing amount of terrorist organizations...

lots of controversy...

immigrants, in their old country, were always shut up etc...
so autimatically they jump into a place thats totally opposit...

thats probably why there are so many more terrorists organizations in London (and radical extremists), because they are just lashing out after being shut up for so many years in their last country.

the terrorists who bombed the subways awhile back were terrorists affiliated with a british terrorist organization...

mystery

no thts not true they come to lead a safer and more sucure life they dont have any money thts why they get benifits. Imaigen you coming home to a bombed house thats what they went through so cant they have a bit of peace in their lives? and imaigen all the family they have lost

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