The Importance of Immigration

Britain was built on immigration. In centuries, millennia of people moving here have made a donation we are today. Even the word immigrant itself is in fact an immigrant. It moved to Britain in the 1930s to avoid being translated into German. Famous immigrants include Moses, Rudolph Nureve and Superman. If the current rate of immigration continues, Poland will be completely deserted by 2041. But I do worry a bit, John, that's all the overseas workers coming here and making it harder and harder for local people to break through. Young British cockle pickers are just not getting the chance now because all the first team slots are taken by the star Chinese cockle picker who come over