What i don't understand is the asylum seekers . what about them there is too many of them living homless.
Dont forget that UK asylum system its too hard in order to get the status and live like other normal peoples.
there are more than 250 thounds asylum living across UK without any income and without housing what the government should do with them and the most of them they cant return back home because or war or because some of them they dont have home such as palestinian people or bidoun . its really hard to asnwer these questions

Majd, london, uk

mr clegg has just lost my vote shame really

david franks, edinburgh,

Those immigrants that enter the UK illegally every month, and there are undoubtedly thousands, should remain in, as currently, a state of flux. Neither should they be deported (although this seems a desirable option) OR allowed to apply, and potentially then receive asylum, in this country. Firstly, deportation, as indicated, costs are enormous even as regards each individual, and mass deportations would mean that resources are likely to be diverted from other policy areas within the HO’s purview, such as tackling criminal behaviour, housing needs, social benefits etc. On the other hand, allowing asylum applications does indeed forward the message that through illegal activity in the UK, an individual can benefit, going against a fundamental principle of British law. Also, it would create further social imbalance and disruption, putting insurmountable pressure on the then already strained HO. In other words, it would be a downward spiral. We need to accept the situation for what it is.

Marcin Roth, London, UK

The Lib Dems have just lost my vote!

gerald cochrane, North Walsham , Norfolk

May I invite Mr Clegg into my city, ( a city of already high unemployment), to observe dozens of strangely attired, non english speaking Eastern Europeans, standing around outside suburban shops selling 'The Big Issue' and I would ask him to explain to me exactly how this is benefitting Britain? I'm pretty sure, just like the Labour party, that he would be completely 'surprised' to know that it was happening. All politicians speak rubbish when it comes to immigration and the truth is that we already have too many people in Britain and more 'doleites' is not what anybody needs. I repeat....how is selling 'The Big Issue' beneficial to Britain? I'm personally sick of these people accosting me wherever I go.

Judy , Liverpool, england

I do hope that Chris Gibbons from London is able to speak English better than he writes, and therefore has atleast one-quarter of the "assimilation credentials" stated in his/her posting. I also note that the futuristic scenario painted in the film "Children of Men" has atleast one believer in the form of Chris Gibbons.

My experience of British society over the last few years is that any foreigner is treated equally by most British people with the same amount of suspicion and disdain, irrespective of skin colour, country of origin, or professional qualifications. In fact, the more educated/qualified a foreigner is, the extent of suspicion experienced by that person from the British will be proportionately more. The most likely explanation is that there is a feeling of jealousy/insecurity among many British people that a foreigner can actually be better educated than they are, and that a UK employer is actually willing to employ such an "outsider".

John E. F. O'Reigner, Wirral, England

no irregular migrants at all.
And finally, Re: bad English. I don’t think you can find many people among illegals who don’t speak English – more or less. Because we work. We must communicate. Those who don’t work (surviving and benefiting from your contributions) and, as a consequence, don’t learn and don’t want to – those are the “deaf-and-dumb” people that you can find so many of in your “legal immigrants community”.

Illegal immigrant, London,

An estimated 750,000 migrants have arrived from Eastern Europe. Illegal immigrants number between 515,000 and 870,000. Gordon Brown says we need to find 500,000 NEW jobs for the unemployed. It seems to me that we could find ALL of those people jobs that already exist, reduce the benefits bill and ease the housing crisis by half a million quite easily. So long as we import cheap labour, employers and the government will not train natives to do the jobs, and will then brand them lazy and unskilled.
Why does it cost £11,000 to deport someone? I can only imagine this is due to various hand- wringing policies ensuring that those who have broken the law are given endless opportunities to contest their rightful removal- at the tax payers expense. One deeply flawed, unfair policy favouring those who act illegally does not justify another. Cut the 'human rights' appeals, deport them, and if they have useful skills then they can apply through a fair, comprehensive points system of immigration.

Dan, Oxford, England

Immigrants are just people, some good and some bad. But numbers of immigrants are measurable. We are an overcrowded island. We have a housing crisis, social dislocation, all the signs of too many people. I genuinely like living in a multi cultural society but now we must in self preservation keep out new immigrants and get rid of the illegal ones who are here. As for giving them an amnesty, NO NO NO. That is a mad idea from another planet, and it will not win anyone any votes. More immigrants will guarantee racial tension as people start realising there is not enough of anything to go around.

Ja, London,

Somebody hasn't read 'IQ And The Wealth Of Nations.'

Lawrence, Liverpool, England

The European Union has more than enough cheap labour to satisfy our economic needs. Furthermore immigrants from outside the EU are usually non-white, frequently non-Christian & unable to speak good English & often have very different thresholds concerning cultural sensibilitites. Therefore it is considerably harder for these immigrants to assymilate into our society & enivatably far easier for British society to reject them & for them to reject British society.

Although I think that it is entirely reasonable to allow some non-EU nationals to migrate here in order to pay for an education in this country, settling here with spouses is a completely different matter altogether.

Sadly some day Europe will HAVE to become a fortress so strong that future hoards of displaced persons would break upon its wall's by the 10's of millions like water upon rock, if it is to survive the potencial mass deluge of afro-asiatic migration that climate change could eventually produce.

Chris Gibbons, London, UK