
Originally Posted by
cyril evans awaydays
In 2018 the UK accepted just under 16,000 asylum seekers. Over half of these were part of agreed resettlement schemes (Syrians flown direct from Turkey as part of a government commitment for example. Of the rest a significant proportion arrived directly in the UK rather than transiting through the EU. In the same period Germany accepted just under 160k asylum seekers.
It may be that those seeking to pray on impressionable minds want to paint a picture of an island under siege from immigrants from outside the EU but the facts do not support the case.
Still we can't be too careful. Just imagine when we shake off the shackles of the EU and reach the Brexit promised land. Every man and his wife from outside the EU and within will be chancing their arm to have a piece of the golden prize!