I meant higher immigration than us.
We have had massive levels of immigration for a decade, and high levels of immigration way before that.
Until recently (2013) Germany actually had a
declining population. Only the recent
migrant influx has led to an icrease in population.
So to say Germany has had similar levels of immigration would be true for 1-2 years, but prior to that they had a shrinking population.
And if you cannot see how millions of cheap labour individuals reduces wages. Its a simply matter of supply and demand. We have managed to increase the number of jobs dramatically over the last few years (2 million jobs), but as we started at a high level of unemployment and had as many immigrants come to the UK, the supply of labour has increased faster than the demand for labour. This will suppress prices of labour(i.e. wages) down. And the largest effect is felt of the lowest paid.
A small caveat to that, is the highly skilled immigration can increase high wages for those around them.
So effectively, immigration makes the poor poorer and the rich richer.