In the main I agree, but it depends how far down the list of priorities immigration falls and what is above it?
Taking a step back for a minute. My view is very much there should be ZERO boats coming over the channel.
This should have been gripped a long time ago by the tories who are shamefully exploiting the issue with their friends from reform for political reasons.
As I mentioned earlier in thread you’ll be talking about a tiny fraction of the public that would be comfortable with allowing all these people in on boats.
But as a civilised Country we have a duty to take some people in as refuge. Again as I mentioned the Afghans who helped British troops for example.
We are drip drip moving towards a returns deal that will mean every one landing in UK will be returned to France similar to the Dublin agreement which was existed while we were in the EU! No boats before 2016..
So it is a big issue and it needs tackling. But we won’t be able to tackle it unless we work across border and recognise we have to play our part and that means taking some people in who have LEGAL right to remain.
Now if you don’t agree with that I think you’re prejudiced and that’s my central point. Go back decades this is a solid actually centre right position. The Country has moved so far on this issue because of mass propaganda and misinformation.
Now to finally answer your question:
Economy
Education
Foreign affairs
Health
Immigration is an element within all of this and it’s both positive and negative.
But is this the reason for the productivity issues we’re having the declining birth rate and older population?
Also foreign wars. Why do people migrate?
There are many many people who are concerned by levels of immigration (including myself) but there is a growing section of society that fixate and drift into casual racist tropes. They don’t like getting called out on it but we all know them. The same people who then say it’s not racist to talk about it. Ffs that’s all you ever bloody do!!!