LATEST migration figures confirm that we don’t have control of our borders. Last year, 270,000 EU migrants came into the UK, with net migration at a record 184,000.
This is the equivalent of adding a population the size of Oxford to the UK every year, putting relentless and unsustainable pressure on our schools, hospitals, prisons, transport, roads and housing.
People must face up to these serious questions; how many more people can this little island take in, how much further can our treasured public services be stretched, how much longer are people prepared to wait for hospital treatment and how many more years do honest, hard-working British citizens have to wait for a decent home on council housing lists?
Taking control of our own borders is not racist, nor is xenophobic nor is ‘little-England’. It is caring for our children’s future by warning of the population explosion that awaits the next generation if Britain remains in the ‘Soviet Union’ of Europe.
PAUL BALLARD-WHYTE
Oxford
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