Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Dunners wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:35 pm

George M wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:30 pm

Dunners wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:09 pm Spike is right. Current levels of immigration are as a direct result of government policy. Regardless of your views on immigration and immigrants, this is by design, so is not uncontrolled or unchecked (aside from those who wash up on the southern coast, which is still factored into immigration policy as an acceptable cost).

Boris Johnson, the darling of UK conservatives, was the chief architect of the recent record highs. He approved these levels to satisfy "business concerns" regarding a shortage of workers and the risk of wage inflation. Although, in doing so, he finally put to bed the myth that mass immigration does not supress average wages.

Yes. To be clear I was referring to criminality checks rather than right to be here checks.

Background checks are very time consuming and expensive for migration control. Plus, as you increase the intake from countries with poor institutional capacity for law enforcement and record keeping, it becomes a waste of time. And that's assuming somebody has bene convicted of an offence previously.

But, this is a known risk that will have been priced into the previous and government's approach to immigration. If you're going to have mass immigration then you'll need to accept the rough with the smooth.

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2025 4:36 pm Does it matter if they’re subject to criminal checks though?

If they’ve got previous for dangerous driving in their home country they might get my deliveroo order here a bit quicker on their illegally modified electric bike