I get it's the easy "solution" to blame immigrants/refugees for issues, fascism has been doing that since time immemorial. But I urge you to please look deeper into this and don't just swallow the daily fails headlines.
Immigration is a net plus for any country. Immigrants bring their education that their new country did not pay for, saving thousands, if not more. Free expertise. Compared to the average citizen, they also pay more into the system than they take out. And so on and so forth.
Now refugees - it's an emotionally fraugh topic, but I also can only ask you to put yourself in their shoes. Your home has been destroyed, your children have a bleak future ahead of them. It's not a matter of if, but when things are going to get worse. Somebody tells you that up north there's food aplenty, people live in luxury and safety. Wouldn't you at least try to change your own lot and those of your children?
It's so sad to me that people still seem to think it's an "either- or" situation. The government has enough money to help the underprivileged, they'd just rather funnel it through to their Eton buddies than spend a penny on someone they deem undeserving.
If you need numbers, just look at how much investigating benefits fraud costs, and how much benefit fraud there actually is. Ask yourself - who profits? And in the age of "poverty porn" of "Benefits Britain" and "Life on the Dole", its easy to be manipulated into losing your empathy for people.
Those programmes are propaganda, plain and simple. They make you despise one participant, who is shown as lazy no-good scrounger. Even better if they duck up their Job Centre appointment. Can't even get that right, lazy git. They are thus undeserving.
The other participant is a "good" benefit claimant, because they are working a tit job or have a disabled family member, so they're blameless.
If the first example made you go "well yeah, they should just get their life straight" ask yourself why the duck you think it's humane to take somebodys only income away and leaving them at the threat of homelesness and starvation, no matter how irresponsible they're acting.
Sorry for the lenghty post, I'm just so angry right now. The DWP is fucked up and is linked to at least 69 suicides. They're asking quadriplegics to take an assesment if they're fit to work ffs. They ignore doctors notes, they ignore the workers condition, they are just there to make you give up even trying to claim.
we need to improve our living standards across the board first… then help others? I try to help! All the time!
although I have a beautiful vase from a top Arab gold leaf and totally not anyone’s taste but mine 
