THE creation of a city the size of Bristol every year is completely unsustainable.
Not only is it stretching resources to the limit but, as Migrationwatch warns, it risks ´fundamental changes to the nature of Britainˋ.
At 606,000, net migration has hit a record high.
Almost 1.2 million arrived last year as long term immigrants, while 557,000 left.
The pressure on schools, NHS and housing are seeing our own citizens disadvantaged.
Understandably, polls consistently demonstrate that the majority of those who live here want immigration cut.
It has to be said that numbers are high partly because of generous resettlement programmes, welcoming those from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.
However, a new Bill currently progressing through parliament, is aimed at deterring illegal migrants, many of whom risk their lives crossing the Channel in small boats.
There are many virtue-signalling opponents to the Bill, including MPs, Peers and leading members of the Church, who have no solutions to the problem.
Instead, from the sidelines, they accuse the government of being cruel and heartless.
Meanwhile, lawyers have made a cool £135 million in legal aid since the small boatsˋ crisis began.
At the same time, 1,336 Albanians made up the biggest foreign population in our jails last year.
In the first four months of 2023, 80 more were sentenced to a total of 130 years in prison, costing circa £20 million and despite deportation agreements, continue to fuel our migration statistics.
There is some evidence that this latest migration figure is the peak.
But itˋs still unacceptable.
We are a small island nation, whose resources and patience have run out.
Time to get the five million on out of work benefits back into jobs and to do as we promised - control our borders.