Can we cope with more immigration?

ALONG with Britain’s huge net contribution to the EU, the loss of our fishing grounds and costs to the NHS, we’re now told that more than two million EU nationals are working in Britain. Does any other EU country contribute so much for such little benefit?

DAVID COTTRELL, Pontypool, Mons. The number of foreign workers in the UK has risen to three million (Mail). Unemployment is at its lowest in a decade, 1.69 million. So, rather than condemning them, should we not be praising foreigners for helping to keep the country functional?

ALAN DYSON, Folkestone, Kent. WE’RE told the three million foreign workers in this country, along with those continuing to enter it, are not responsible for putting extra strain on our services or pushing down wages. That’s the sort of socialist rubbish that only the liberal Left could spout. We do need and welcome migrants, as this country has always done, but not on this scale. And if we remain in the EU, it will be true to say ‘you ain’t seen nothing yet’.

JOHN EVANS, Wokingham, Berks. The concerns of most british people regarding EU membership revolve around there being too many people in the UK, thanks to uncontrolled immigration. The strains on the NHS, housing, schools and the prison service are becoming intolerable, and this can’t be allowed to continue. Cities, towns and communities are being subjected to unprecedented changes. Most people can see this. They can’t understand why successive governments have allowed it to continue and are angry and upset — and so a great many will vote out accordingly. My concern is that most of us haven’t, to date, been reliably informed of the effects on our economy of leaving the EU. This needs to change during the referendum campaign, so the british people can properly consider the consequences of their vote. Politicians don’t have a track record of giving factual information, though, and our current Prime Minister certainly won’t!

PHIL HODGES, address supplied.