The Office for National Statistics has predicted that the UK population could rise to around 74 million by the year 2036, driven up by net migration. That's an increase of just shy of ten percent. We went out and about in a city near you to find out, do you think that the UK is in a migration crisis?
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00:00 Over 1500 migrants have arrived on small boats since January. Do you believe the UK is facing
00:09 a migration crisis?
00:10 Yes, and a government crisis for that because there's a lack of government, a lack of leadership,
00:16 but absolutely a migration crisis, but a security crisis as well. So there's a lot more to it
00:22 than just migration. It's obviously illegal migration, but what else is coming along with
00:27 it?
00:28 I don't know if I'm truthful. The hype is yes we are. Is it any worse than it was before?
00:33 I don't know. Is there a crisis with regards to the boats coming in that are obviously
00:38 not safe? Yes. Whether there's a solution, I've no idea.
00:42 If they're going to behave themselves, they're welcome. They can be from anywhere in the
00:45 world. As long as they behave themselves in this country, then I'm willing to share my
00:48 home nature with anyone. I don't want them to behave themselves. Don't cause problems
00:52 for the natives here. Respect our laws. We should go and respect other countries' laws,
00:59 and we should do. It's the only right thing to do. They should respect our laws, and then
01:02 they have no issue.
01:03 We're overloaded in our own country with shortages of cash for general things like NHS, national
01:12 health housing. We just can't take them. It's absolutely putting a big strain on our housing
01:20 and all the other things that are spoken about there. I don't think we can take any more.
01:25 I think we're maxed out.
01:29 I don't think the UK is facing a migration crisis. As someone from a migrant family who
01:35 has went on to have five kids who now work in the NHS, they work in social care. My auntie
01:42 was a midwife. He's came here, set up his roots, and he's created so many fab people.
01:49 Five of them all do really amazing jobs to help people. If we can get more migrants over,
01:53 welcome them, nurture them, then they're going to be able to stay and create more people
01:58 who can do jobs and help the country.
02:01 The way I look at it, there's people like these army veterans in this country who are
02:06 on the streets, and they don't get a house. They don't get a hotel. Do you know what I
02:10 mean? They don't get anything, whereas you've got people coming across, like you say, on
02:13 the boats, and they get literally any benefit they want, and they get put up in a house
02:18 or a hotel. To me, that's not right.
02:22 Most people would happily stay where they are, rather than transport themselves in a
02:27 very dangerous situation across to a land where they might not even speak the language
02:32 or have any family or friends. Globally, it's a bit harder than just, "We've got a migration
02:38 problem." There's push factors as well as pull factors, and I think some of those push
02:42 factors need to be addressed by us on a global stage.
02:45 I've got nothing against other people coming to the country, but obviously, because people
02:50 are coming to the country and they've got nothing, we seem to feel that we've got to
02:54 do our duty as the UK to help other people, the Europeans, and need to look after our
03:02 own people first.
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