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@astrologica wrote:

We can take the number of migrants that are given leave to remain, and multiply it by three or four or five, because as soon as their status is legal then they apply to bring over their families, however many that may be. And that's just the legal ones. This country has been sleepwalking into a disaster of huge proportions. And now we have boats landing on our shores, trafficking in illegals. As Mr Farage pointed out this week...we could be finding bodies on our beaches before too long if nothing is done. How many would it take before the government wakes up I wonder. There are an estimated seven thousand migrants in France, all intending to get here by some means or other. Meanwhile...Medecin Sans Frontieres, the charity, has put up some nice tents for them on the beach at Dieppe, to keep them comfy while they wait for a boat to smuggle them over. It beggars belief...how much more encouragement to they need?..OUT.

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I understand what you are saying but am at a loss as to how leaving the EU will help alleviate the problem - the opposite is far more likely as far as I can see.

We would lose what little assistance we receive from the French including having immigration checks in France prior to departure.  What incentive would the French have to spend money on trying to stop migrants trying to hide in trucks for instance?  The more that left France for these shores the better off they would be.

I can't imagine the French trying to turn back boats leaving their shores either.

Illegal immigration control is surely an argument for staying in the EU.  Legal immigration of EU citizens is a different matter but how will that work if we leave the EU but want to stay in the single market?

I'm tending towards an in vote, not because the IN campaign have compelling arguments but because the arguments coming from the Leave campaign make little sense.