There has also been enough time past for the natives to retrain, and focus on different areas for employment. The fact remains that many on this island are lazy and don't want to do the work that immigrants are prepared to do.

A raise on the minimum wage is essential. £5/hr isn't honest pay for honest work - it's daylight robbery. No one could support a family on that. It would also provide stimulus for the whole economy when more goes in at the bottom, then more is spread around.

Any country that is doing well will automatically be an attraction to people looking to leave their own countries - no one would want to move to a country with worse conditions.