Immigration. Problem or Cure?
Barrie Skelcher in his letter (EADT 23rd July) raised concerns over immigration. A concern a lot of people have. It does not help that we do not have accurate figures to enable a proper discussion of this thorny issue, but should taxpayer's money be wasted counting, or attempting to count people? There are more pressing needs such as social care and care of our elderly. Indeed care of the elderly is one of the areas that foreigners are prepared to come and work here on low wages. Our sick in hospitals are looked after by many foreign doctors and nurses, and despite high levels of unemployment farmers still struggle to find British people willing to earn a wage in sporadic employment picking fruit.
DC
24 Jul 2009
