...last time I checked/heard numbers (it was either the BBC, or Dutch Telly), it turned out that relative to it's population, Britain's not really anywhere near the top in terms of asylum seekers/illegal immigrants coming in. Just to throw that spanner in the works. Just entirely ignoring the reasons for all of this.

Frankly, we're having some problems of our own right now, with downright daft situations regarding asylum seekers and others being deported who've literally lived here for a decade and longer, paying taxes, holding jobs, kids born here and schooled here, etc. Long live the new governmental structure. I'm all for stringent application of fair laws, but sometimes the letter seems to get in the way of a realistic grasp of the way the world works.