Why are immigrants hated in this country?

Why are so many people aganist immigrants/refugees/asylum seekers in this country?: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288190/Why-SHOULD-crackdown-migrants-mean-crackdown-Britain.html

They are obviously vital for our economy and usually here to better themselves through work no one in this country usually wants (factory, kebab shop) or they are fleeing war torn countries. I personally know many immigrants and most suffer mental and physical health problems due to trauma, and most of their children/family have been brutially killed.

Again, in many newspapers they seem to imply we have the most immigrants coming here, but the actual figure is less than 2% of refugees arriving here (most go to afgan/pakistan/jorden etc.). And other western countries such as Canada/Austr. take more than 10 times the number that EUROPE takes.

Of course, they are a select few who abuse the 'relaxed' system of this country but why do so many people seem to think this is the majority?

P.S. I know the Daily Mail are idiots, but thought I'd use their acticle becuase so many people seem to commont on this website.

I think it's more a case of people feeling uncomfortable with the sheer scale of the immigration. Also, I think it's the fear of traditional culture and customs being eroded. I don't think many people just hate immigrants per se.

Fair enough. But the number is really low to be honest, kind of embarrassingly low considering what other countries, both eastern and western take each year .

I suppose though I do see in newspapers the scare mongering about immigrantion so I can't really blame people for believing it.

But wasn't this whole eroson of the so called British culture come around before this whole immigrantion thing? I'm not too sure, but I think becuase British people are changing, some people see it as letting out culture go i.e. the good ol' days?

I know when I lived in an Eastern country, while I obeyed their laws and culture, I still kept my own British culture through speaking English, drinking, listening to British/western music etc. I think everyone does, espcially when you have no choice and can never return, would feel homesick and want to retain some of thier orginal culture.

I don't hate immigrants but I hate those who come here to basically rob, steal, scavenge through our bins, pickpocket, rape, claim benefits etc. which sadly is not a 'small minority'.

Mass immigration is about cheap labour. It's capatalism on steroids.

it has no positive benefits.

I don't know why you think it's low here... Granted - there are other places that take in more. However, it's commonly recognised that this country cannot sustain such a figure. There's a reason why every party addresses the scale of immigration as an issue and promises to try and control/cut it. I think it's the typical, protective reaction to the idea of new people coming to your home to take what is yours, if you know what I mean. Not all see it that way, but some will see it as an intrusion and unwelcome stay.

I disagree.

*It allows corporations to become more profitable.
*It allows them to select employees from a wider pool such that productivity per hour can be optimized.
*It allows more affordable prices for goods and services to be passed onto customers.
*It allows smaller businesses to have an increasingly global reach.

Sure, transnational capatlist corporations love cheap labour -- outsourcing and mass immigration give them their supplies. The rich get richer and the poor get exploited with such policies.

As for cheap goods, Henry Ford had it right when he paid his employees enough to buy the products they made -- the need for cheap goods is a symptom of a diseased and failing economy. Better to have higher employment and higher wages and slightly more expensive goods.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=768h3Tz4Qik

I'm not going to talk about crime, housing, healthcare, benefits etc as I don't know enough about the situation tbh. It may well be the case immigrants ON THE WHOLE more reliant on the state.

However, immigrants to take jobs but are they the ones that people neccessairly go for? I mean yes this is a student forum so people are more inclined to say no but I see more immigrants on tills, cleaners etc-not exactly taking too many of the high income, most sought after jobs.
As for if they have children if they work hard and get in a position to fill a high paying job then well good for you-they aren't from a financial view detrimental to society (above examples).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=768h3Tz4Qik

I'm not going to talk about crime, housing, healthcare, benefits etc as I don't know enough about the situation tbh. It may well be the case immigrants ON THE WHOLE more reliant on the state.

However, immigrants to take jobs but are they the ones that people neccessairly go for? I mean yes this is a student forum so people are more inclined to say no but I see more immigrants on tills, cleaners etc-not exactly taking too many of the high income, most sought after jobs.
As for if they have children if they work hard and get in a position to fill a high paying job then well good for you-they aren't from a financial view detrimental to society (above examples).

Have a look at the highest-paid positions in finance and engineering and you will find alot of migrant men.

They worked their ****ing asses off to get where they are now. There seems to be a misconception that jobs are handed over to immigrants on a silver plate when in reality they have to work hard.

My mum has three jobs and goes to uni at the same time, dad also works hard-I'm not saying immigrants get given jobs they don't deserve since I know they put so much effort in and deserve the salaries they get.
Yes I am quite a bit more ambitious and currently pursuing a law degree but I believe I'm just as entitled to then get a high paying job as my english counterparts as I too have been working hard.
I didn't say you weren't. Obviously you are, as am I and anyone else for that matter. Whether people have wealthy parents or not, whatever race, people should be given an oppurtunity to have a succesful career (idealistic but should be strived for IMO).
As regards to health care - I'm not really sure how to whole tax/NHS thing/benefits system works exactly but you know we pay taxes and don't claim any benefits.
Of course.
Obviously there are people in our community that abuse the benefit system but they are looked down upon by other immigrants as it gives us a bad name.

Mass immigration is about cheap labour and low wages. It's capatalism on steroids. It benefits the rich only.

it has no positive benefits. It's is about exploiting the poor -- the working classes of Britain have been decimated by this mass immigration policy as they are forced to compete like dogs for work for less wages.

british peope are comically naive on this issue.

news papers like the daily mail and daily star are written to appeal to those with similar views and since news papers are a declining platform for information they need to print sensational stories and opinions the more controversial and bigoted the more people from both sides of the argument are likely to buy their papers with a lack of principle who just go in where ever direction the wind blows. A good example of this is a series articles i read in the daily mail shortly after mo farad won gold during the Olympics which called most athlete's 'plastic brits' which references those not born in the uk but later acquiring citizenship as fake brits essentially even though they used their unrivaled talents to represent their country and win gold at their home games. Mo Farah and Bradley Wiggins being some of the athletes. so even if you make a huge contribution to your country whether that be a becoming a scientist, doctor,cleaner, teacher, lawyer or even a bloody Olympic athlete these arse holes will find a bone to pick with you purely based on your ethnic background so and nothing else because it sells papers.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/how-mo-farah-rejected-plastic-brit-charge

Actually whole swathes of the planet have become richer as a result of capitalist corporations providing new sources of employment. Naturally those people who live in countries with high living costs but who do not have any technological advantage/capability better than their competitors in nations with lower living costs are outcompeted. So there is more equalization of global living standards and spending power based on the fact that it is harder for certain countries to maintain a technological/productivity-based advantage.

The activities of multinational corporations have actually made products and services cheaper in real terms for many people. Indeed, despite what their opinions on global migration are, most people have tacitly given their approval to it through consumption of goods and services that are produced by foreigners.

Naturally under such a system the people who can benefit most are those who are most internationally competitive and globally mobile - i.e. immigrants.