Immigration: The Engine of Britain’s Collapse, By Richard Miller (Londonistan)

Britain is crumbling, and uncontrolled immigration, legal and illegal, is the wrecking ball. The nation's social fabric is unravelling under the weight of unchecked Channel crossings, overburdened public services, skyrocketing crime, and a housing crisis that mocks the dreams of ordinary Britons. This isn't about compassion or diversity; it's about a deliberate failure to protect a nation's sovereignty, safety, and identity. The evidence is undeniable: mass immigration, particularly the illegal influx, is driving Britain toward societal collapse, and the political class's inaction is complicity in this disaster.

The numbers are staggering. Since 2018, over 170,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats, with 35,000 in 2024 alone, a 25% spike from 2023. These are not desperate refugees, but often economic migrants exploiting a broken asylum system, arriving from safe countries like France. The Home Office admits 70% of these arrivals apply for asylum, clogging a backlog of 97,000 cases as of September 2024. The Illegal Migration Act 2023, meant to deter crossings, has failed spectacularly, crossings rose 56% in 2025's first half compared to 2024. Labour's scrapping of the Rwanda deportation plan, which aimed to send 10,000 migrants to a safe third country, has emboldened smugglers, with 82 deaths in 2024 making it the deadliest year on record.

This isn't a humanitarian crisis; it's a policy catastrophe. The UK spends £1.3 billion annually on asylum seeker hotels, £3.5 million daily, while taxpayers foot the bill for cash handouts, phones, and Wi-Fi for those who destroy their IDs to game the system. Meanwhile, 54% of 2023's Channel crossers hailed from just five countries, Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Syria, and Sudan, most with high asylum approval rates, yet they bypass legal routes through Europe. This abuse of process mocks genuine refugees and fuels public outrage.

Immigration, particularly illegal, is a catalyst for crime. Migration Watch UK reports a 667% surge in antisemitic hate incidents from 2013–2023, with 80% of terrorism-related charges since 2001 linked to foreign ideologies. Top nationalities for terror-related arrests, Algeria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and others, overlap heavily with Channel crossing demographics. Albanians, 12% of the foreign national offender prison population, dominate illegal crossings and organised crime, with gangs like Hellbanianz flaunting wealth and weapons online. A 2013 study by Brian Bell found asylum seeker influxes increased property crime.

Beyond statistics, the human toll is visceral. Nigel Farage describes a "lawless Britain" where shoplifting and drug use are normalised, and one in three Londoners have faced mobile phone theft. Inner cities are "lawless hellholes," with police seemingly impotent, retailers report shoplifting is effectively decriminalised. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) blocks deportations of foreign criminals, undermining deterrence and leaving dangerous individuals free to reoffend. Public safety is collapsing, and immigration's role is impossible to ignore.

Mass immigration is strangling Britain's infrastructure. Net migration hit 906,000 in 2023, quadrupling from 2019's 224,000, driving population growth that demands a new home every five minutes. England faces a 2.5 million home shortage, with house prices up 14.3% in 2024, pricing young Britons out of the market. Councils prioritise asylum seekers for housing, leaving locals at the back of the queue. The NHS, buckling under a £19 billion cost for immigrant care in 2014/15, now faces worse strain, with £330 million annually spent on illegal immigrants alone. In 2020, 700,000 migrants registered with GPs, overwhelming surgeries. Water supplies are strained, and green spaces vanish as developers exploit demand.

Public services can't cope. Schools, transport, and utilities are stretched to breaking, with Baroness Louise Casey noting areas changed "beyond recognition" by rapid demographic shifts. The public's fury is palpable: 38% cited immigration as a top concern in October 2024, rivalling NHS woes. This isn't xenophobia, it's a rational response to a system failing its citizens.

The political class has abandoned Britain. Labour's promise to "smash the gangs" rings hollow as crossings soar. The Conservative government's unfulfilled pledge to cap net migration at "tens of thousands" fuelled distrust, with 2023's million-plus arrivals a betrayal of voters. Deputy PM Angela Rayner admits immigration strains communities, yet Labour focuses on Gaza and climate rhetoric over domestic chaos. The ECHR's interference, blocking deportations, ties Britain's hands, while the government's refusal to exit it signals cowardice.

This betrayal breeds division. Brexit revealed a split: Remain voters, often younger and liberal, see immigration positively (48% of Labour voters in 2019), while Leave voters, typically older and conservative, demand reductions (74% of Tory voters). Public trust in institutions is at historic lows, 16% in 2023, fuelled by perceptions of "two-tier policing" and justice favouring migrants. Riots in 2024, sparked by false claims about a Southport murder, reflect a society on edge, with Farage warning of "civil disobedience on a vast scale."

Britain must act decisively. Exit the ECHR to enable swift deportation of foreign criminals and illegal migrants, freeing prison space and restoring deterrence. Adopt zero-tolerance policing, as Farage suggests, drawing from Rudy Giuliani's New York success, where crime plummeted through relentless enforcement. Smash smuggling gangs with asset freezes and travel bans, as David Lammy's £150 million Border Security Command aims to do, though its efficacy is dubious without deportations. Cap legal migration at sustainable levels, far below 100,000 annually, and prioritise high-skilled workers, as 2014 surveys showed public preference for professionals over low-skilled labor. Divert the £3 billion asylum budget to bolster police, NHS, and housing for citizens.

Some argue immigration enriches Britain, citing 2022 European Social Survey data where 59% saw economic benefits and 58% cultural gains. But these attitudes soured by 2023, dropping to 39%, reflecting reality's bite. Others claim asylum seekers are genuine refugees, with 75% of 2023 Channel crossers likely to gain status. Yet, their journey through safe countries like France undermines this, and the UN's critique of the Illegal Migration Bill ignores Britain's right to control its borders. Economic arguments falter when low-skilled migration suppresses wages and strains services, outweighing short-term gains.

Uncontrolled immigration is not a side issue, it's the engine of Britain's collapse. Crime surges, housing vanishes, services crumble, and trust in governance evaporates. The public's 38% concern in 2024 isn't prejudice; it's a cry for survival. Labour's inaction and Conservative failures have left Britain vulnerable. Without exiting the ECHR, slashing net migration, and prioritising citizens, the nation risks irreversible decline. If China's navy can secure its borders, Britain must find the will to do the same.

https://www.gbnews.com/opinion/nana-akua-opinion-stop-the-boats?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/farage-britain-facing-complete-societal-collapse

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has warned that unless change is instituted rapidly, Britain will soon succumb to complete societal collapse.

"We live increasingly in a lawless Britain… most people think that Britain has become lawless", Farage remarked Monday at a press conference to launch a new law and order policy platform.

"We're actually facing, in many parts of our country, nothing short of societal collapse," Farage warned, adding "People are scared to go out to the shops, scared to let their kids out. That is a society that is degraded, and it's happening very, very rapidly."

Farage further suggested that Britain should leave the European Court of Human Rights in order to restore effective criminal deterrence.

Farage maintains that the ECHR undermines the country's ability to deport foreign criminals, terrorists, and illegal migrants, thereby weakening criminal deterrence.

He contends that exiting the system would remove legal barriers imposed by foreign judges, and allow the UK to swiftly remove dangerous individuals, free up prison space, reduce taxpayer burdens, and send a strong message that crime by non-citizens will result in certain expulsion.

This, in his view, would restore effective deterrence by ensuring consequences are enforced without interference, discouraging both criminal activity and illegal immigration.

Among a range of policies he outlined to avoid a descent into societal collapse, Farage suggested outsourcing hardened criminals to foreign jails and a hard-line three-strikes and you're out rule, meaning after three convictions there would be no more rehabilitation for offenders.

He noted that one of the most egregious aspects of the collapse is that the government is obsessed with drilling it into the British people that everything is getting better when citizens can see the rampant degradation all around them.

"Huge numbers of law-abiding, taxpaying Britons have also lost respect for the police but in a different way. The idea, the concept that we're living in a system of two-tier policing and two-tier justice under two-tier Keir has really taken hold," Farage urged.

Farage noted that crimes such as shoplifting and drug taking have been allowed to become a part of everyday life in cities, and that one in three Londoners have now been victims of mobile phone theft.

He vowed that his party will work to halve crime in five years if elected to parliament by becoming "the toughest party on law and order and on crime that this country has ever seen", and instituting "zero tolerance policing."

Farage also floated the idea of Army run centres for repeat petty criminals to be held in and made to undergo a program of reform.

He pointed to Rudy Giuliani's tenure as Mayor of New York City as an example of how to restore law and order in a broken down society.

"We are borrowing from the Giuliani playbook, unashamedly, I think what Rudy Giuliani did to New York in the 1990s was nothing short of a blooming miracle," Farage stated.

He added, "And as someone who spent over 20 years working for American companies, I was a regular transatlantic commuter, and I saw what one inspired, brave leader with a New York Police Department that wanted to work with him… I saw what could happen, what the potential was. I believe London needs a Giuliani, not a Sadiq Khan."

Farage's comments come after accusations from major retailers that police have effectively stopped treating shoplifting as crime.

They will however, thoroughly investigate spicy social media posts that leftists find offensive.

As we've recently highlighted, inner cities in Britain have descended into complete lawless hellholes.

It's so bad even normies are noticing the steep decline into the abyss."

 

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