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[source](https://thepienews.com/news/departing-students-add-to-uk-emigration-as-dependants-double-ons-2022/)

**What is alarming is most migrants are coming through a loop hole using a student visa which they are bringing dependents along for the ride. This accounts for 360K every year but should drop drastically next year as from January no dependents are allowed to be included on a student visa. The Government was half asleep with this and this should never have been allowed to happen. Who says these figures are even correct with regard to the numbers arriving daily by the illegal route.**




Back in the 1990's I was working in Central London which included South East London and East London. Not having worked a big city like this before it was a culture shock as every region of the city had been favored by certain nationalities. It was that obvious as they had taken over and there were very few English people around as a percentage ratio . This was not a problem for myself it just was not what I had expected.

The Bangladeshis were taking over most parts of South East London, not Brixton as that was predominantly West Indian and was already taken. What was noticeable and still stands out for myself thinking back is how tough it must have been for them.

They had arrived in a country with literally nothing and now were starting all over again many with families to support. Many Indian families had done this in the 1950's,60's and 70's and now the Bangladeshi's basically copied what they had done all those years ago.

The majority of the Bangladeshis that arrived were unemployable for what we would consider normal jobs due to the normal reasons. The language and cultural barrier plus having no UK work experience which actually did them a favor as they needed to work and fend for themselves.

I got to know many migrants very quickly due to many being employed by my customers running corner shops, wholesalers and cash and carry's. Over the years many moved on from working for someone else to owning their own businesses and became my clients.

How they did it in such a short period of time shows anyone can do it if you work hard enough. One job would never be enough to pay for what they required to purchase a business so doing two or three  jobs was the only way.

The one guy who I have forgotten his name now was the milkman in the early hours of the morning pre work, followed by doing a shift at the local petrol station which is another 8 hours followed by packing shelves at the wholesaler during the evening. They never complained as they knew this was the sacrifice that needed to happen.

They saved money by living with 3 families as one unit pooling all their money together so they could purchase a business quickly. Once that was achieved that family would run that business why still pooling the profits until they all had their own business. They would then have two other families join them forming another unit so once that was completed the family who already had one business now had two. Hard work for sure which is kind of crazy to try and comprehend, but this is what was going on back then.  

The Indian families that had started this all off were now selling their businesses to the Bangladeshi's as they were now 2nd generation and their kids were educated becoming professionals. They did not want their kids taking over their businesses because this was about improving their lives and the sacrifice was all for education and stepping up in life.


# £3.6 billion a year cost or £6 million per day of tax payers money

When I see the boat migrations of immigrants coming across the channel these days this has to be classed as totally different. These are not family units like what the Indians and Bangladeshis had done and has to be seen as far more worrying. They cannot work due to being illegal which is right and even if they did try an earn a living this would put the business they are earning from at risk of being fined. These migrants are a cost to the tax payer unlike the Indians and Bangladeshis who worked to get some where in life.

 Whatever happens it is a right old mess and unfortunately the English population is going to suffer long term due to the numbers being unsustainable. Same story is happening in the USA and it is not going to end well. I agree with how the Australian are handling their migrants as the country and it's people has to come first.

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