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Why shouldn't Asians, Americans, Africans etc not be allowed to do the same?
Erm because we are all part of the EU Those from outside the EU can work in the UK, but they need a visa to do so. The whole point of the EU was free movement between close & neighbouring countries & to bring countries together after the second world war. Breaking it up is madness.
Except the British people that move to Spain are well off, retired and buy/purchase homes boosting the Spanish economy. The Polish etc that come to the UK don't bring much with them and end up working in low paid jobs.
Of course they do - EU migrants pay a lot in tax to the UK coffers. They work hard and do jobs that either lazy Brits don't want to do, or aren't skilled enough to do. We in the UK sometimes forget that there is a skills shortage here - we even need to get foreign expertise on building high speed rail because we just don't have enough skilled people here to do it. We rely on these foreign workers to plug the skills gap. Without them, who knows?
Don't kid yourself into thinking that British retirees doing nothing all day in Spain are contributing vast amounts of money to the Spanish economy. Most British retirees in Spain are not loaded. A lot of Brits in Spain are holiday reps or drunks.
Erm because we are all part of the EU Those from outside the EU can work in the UK, but they need a visa to do so. The whole point of the EU was free movement between close & neighbouring countries & to bring countries together after the second world war. Breaking it up is madness.
Why should mainland Europeans be given special status, what is so 'special' about them?
Of course they do - EU migrants pay a lot in tax to the UK coffers. They work hard and do jobs that either lazy Brits don't want to do, or aren't skilled enough to do. We in the UK sometimes forget that there is a skills shortage here - we even need to get foreign expertise on building high speed rail because we just don't have enough skilled people here to do it. We rely on these foreign workers to plug the skills gap. Without them, who knows?
Don't kid yourself into thinking that British retirees doing nothing all day in Spain are contributing vast amounts of money to the Spanish economy. Most British retirees in Spain are not loaded. A lot of Brits in Spain are holiday reps or drunks.
No one is disputing the benefits of immigration. What we want is a fairer system that puts everyone on a level playing field. (well what I want anyway)
Why should mainland Europeans be given special status, what is so 'special' about them?
Jesus wept... They are not given a "special" status, they have the exact same status as people from the UK That is the whole point of being in a united Europe!
Nothing really - they're just our immediate neighbours and most Brits moving abroad and going on holiday go to European countries firs and foremost.
It's logical to for the UK to have open borders with these countries given the vast amounts of movement that already exists.
Statistics show that 50% + of the British diaspora abroad live in Australia, America and Canada combined. It's more of a case of mainland Europeans taking advantage of the UK rather than the other way round.
e.g 790,000 Polish people live in Britain, 6,000 Brits live there.
Statistics show that 50% + of the British diaspora abroad live in Australia, America and Canada combined. It's more of a case of mainland Europeans taking advantage of the UK rather than the other way round.
e.g 790,000 Polish people live in Britain, 6,000 Brits live there.
There are over 3 million British people living elsewhere in the EU. Most of them probably don't want to come back.
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Those from outside the EU can work in the UK, but they need a visa to do so. The whole point of the EU was free movement between close & neighbouring countries & to bring countries together after the second world war. Breaking it up is madness.