EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Emyr in reply to @hugo7

As far as I can see the real "issue" with our immigration system is its convoluted nature and failure of implementation. How many foreign nationals do we have? We don't know. How often are people who exploit foreign works prosecuted and how much time/budget is devoted tackling them?

What's the net cost of it all and does it pale into insignificance relative to real government-size numbers like the cost of the NHS, Pensions and the amount of dodged tax the Inland Revenue fails to pursue?

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hugo7 in reply to @Emyr

The short answer is yes.

I think one of the things DM-types don't understand about Guardianistas, is that they aren't in favour of uncontrolled immigration, benefit abuse, etc.

They just recognise that you will always have a small number of people gaming the system, but this is nothing compared to numerous other pieces of wasted expenditure.

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