1.5 million people

[Eric the Half a Bee]

That's the increase in net migration to the UK in the last two years. 685,000 last year and 764,000 the year before.

That's nearly 50% bigger than Birmingham, a city with 500 odd schools, hundreds of doctors surgeries, dozens of miles of motorway, thousands of hospital beds, 500,000 homes etc etc

That, +50% is what's needed every two years just to keep up with the level of services we have been used to.

It's absolute madness. Irrespective of who is in power, does anyone think it can carry on?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99y7l741po

Once again, another numpty who hasn't a clue about immigration figures. Do you think these are all people who come here on boats?

Almost half a million of those immigrants were students. Over 100k came from Ukraine. It's also worth considering that our universities are overall dependent on foreign students.

Sadly, lots look at immigration figures like these and presume they're mainly asylum seekers or illegal immigrants. In fact, the numbers claiming asylum are relatively low. The UK has also granted a lot of work visas to non-EU citizens.