Where not talking just about refugees and asylum but the hoards of others who come in
See
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06077/SN06077.pdf
If you look at the known migrants that alone adds up to around 641,000 and excludes unknowns coming in on trucks That the size of a city. You can reduce this by approximately one half for those leaving the UK but is still a huge figure which is the size of one or two towns every year.
Adding up the figures over a period of years runs into millions.
First, these are two separate issues. One can not conflate refugees with regular immigrants.
Secondly, the numbers you post STILL do not justify this type of language nor this type of dramaqueen antics you keep pushing. These numbers do not represent "hoards". Or even hordes. Or floods, or swarms, or whatever other hyperbole you want to use.
Third, according to the document you linked, 14% of immigrants are actually
already British nationals (ie; they were British people living abroad and returning home)
Fourth, 38% (excluding that 14% from the UK) are from EU countries; given that the whole 'we don't want islam here!' argument is inextricably linked to this whole debate, that's an important fact to consider. Though I'm sure the self-awareless xenophobes will find just as much reason to complain about Poles and other Eastern Europeans; but even they would have to accept the argument that European immigrants are much easier to integrate: it's their own argument, pretty much, after all.
Fifth, looking at the reasons for immigration, we see work as the primary motivation to migrate. Immigrants make the move either because they get a job that requires them to move, or because they're hoping to get one in the UK. Contrary to what many want to believe, these immigrants are NOT a threat to the jobs of anyone else (studies have found no correlation between immigration and the unemployment rate), are NOT a threat to UK wages (studies have found no correlation between wage levels and immigration), and are in fact LESS likely to be unemployed than native britons. -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...nt-or-reduced-wages-study-finds-10075047.html
Sixth, the second most popular reason (almost as popular as work) for immigration, is formal study. In other words, university/college students are counted as immigrants. Surely you can't think of these as a bad influence on your country.
Seventh, a large and significant percentage of those immigrants are only
temporary residents, as in the case of those seeking formal education, or whose jobs are only temporary assignments; whereas you're just blindly adding everything up and expecting them to stay forever.
Eight, even if we were talking about millions, (and this has been explained to you before) that is well within the UK's capacity to deal with (especially given that net migrations have historically fluctuated between positive and negative, and will certainly keep doing so).
Ninth, harkening back to point five; immigrants are a *net positive* to the UK economy. They tend to be employed, they pay taxes, and are less likely than native britons to call upon services that cost you money. These people are *not* a drain on your resources, they *add* to them.