Why the UK is Actually the Most Pro-Migrant Country in Europe

Hello - this video has proved remarkably controversial. We'll discuss our editorial decisions in making this video in full on The Editorial, our podcast where we talk about any channel-related controversies (here: youtube.com/@TLDRpodcasts), but we thought we should say one thing here: Some people have said this video should be more balanced, and that we should have talked about the "cons" of immigration. To be clear, in this video, we do NOT say that immigration is a good thing, nor do we propound the "pros" of immigration. Rather, we say that that UK citizens are generally more pro-migrant than is often suggested, and that the UK is relatively good at integrating migrants (or at least, that's what's implied by the data). Nonetheless, thank you for watching, and we hope you still enjoy the video.

750k immigration whilst making 150k homes a year is not a good thing, no. The UK are not good at immigration.

More people being in favour of a 'fair' immigration system can easily mean more people want asylum seekers to be returned to France, where they were perfectly safe. The word 'fair' is far too open to interpretation to decide it means pro-immigration.

Uk companies rather keep wages low by bringing in migrants rather than risk profits by paying a decent wage and employing Brits.

UK is so great that the english are trying to leave the UK, good job

The uk is a mess. - With love from your convict friends in Australia.

My parents brought my family here in the late 90’s. The reason then was: 1. You got help from the government like housing, benefits etc so you can land on your feet; 2. The native people are open, decent and welcoming if you are law abiding and your kids will get on in this country if they follow the rules and work hard; and 3. Work is plentiful, and you don’t need licenses and paperwork etc to make a living like you do in France and Germany etc. I am very worried about working class natives in this country though… I think they are getting a raw deal. I don’t want them to fall behind. It must be extremely grating to see foreigners like me come here, get free education, healthcare etc and become a professional, buy a home, start a family etc that they can’t afford because they were born in a council estate or deprived area with a culture of failure, abandoned by their own government. It’s not ok. The government needs to prioritise them now. I say this as a migrant myself, because it needs to be said.

Polls from this year say brits want less immigration, as they have for decades, one poll saying brits are okay with the level of immigration is an outlier not the norm. Brits not wanting discrimination of those living here does mean they want more immigration also.

All sides of all arguments disliked this lol

housing crises, unfunded nhs, low wages, crime up and stretched public services. yeah its going fantastically

To be fair its a bit odd to say Britain gave Hong Kongs residents "generous and populous scemes". They literally were a part of Britain until the 90s when they were given to China. It would indeed be odd to me if the UK didnt give every single Hong Kong resident the option to go to the UK and help them with money, they were and many are british citizens.

"Real good at immigration" - what does that even mean? We need sensible policies that cater to the reality of infrastructure, public services, etc.

Imo generalizing "immigration" to one massive category of people is pointless. You need to split it up by migration motivation. Worker migrants, study migrants, family reunification migrants, asylum migrants. For example, I think strengthening the welfare state is most important. So I like worker migrants that are net payers in the welfare state. I don't like asylum migrants or low-skilled migrants because they generally are a net drain on the welfare state. So I'm both for and against migration. And with an aging population you can't afford to be lenient.

There is no way this is true 😂. I think most people in the UK realise we can't keep going the way we are because let's be honest we can't even look after our own.

They are not all asylum seekers most are illegal immigrants,they are not the same thing.

I don’t wanna sound like the flood of brexit geezers suddenly entering the comments section but in fairness you’re being a little dishonest. The Tory rhetoric on small boats isn’t landing simply because the Tories are in government and the vast majority of governments in the Western world are unpopular right now due to the cost of living crisis (and in the UK some other factors but the difference isn’t enough to change the overall dynamic). As for the rise of the far right in Europe, even if Reform UK isn’t polling as high as say the AFD, in terms of growth rate I’m pretty sure the rise of Reform UK has been far more dramatic. Not that the main point of the video is wrong or anything, but exaggerating details only hurts your case.

Why are we classing native Brits struggling in schools compared to immigrants as a good thing?

1 in 6 people in the uk were born abroad.. just that simple fact should be enough to make people want to stop all migrates. A country needs diversity but 1 in 6 is far too much

'Possibly' good for the economy but terrible for the average Brit.

Britain is way too expensive to live in. Migrants who arrive legally from poorer countries usually are well off or have well off parents. People don't realize but there are plenty of rich people in poor countries. So I'm not surprised to see these stats.