Reply to: Shock statistic

[bogeyman]

Indeed I find beng killed by a local a right scream

I find it a distinct possibility!

[oracleslave]

Yes I would much rather it were someone I knew

Indeed I find beng killed by a local a right scream

[Bagpuss]

See how funny you find it bagpuss when someone foreign kills you, eh?

Yes I would much rather it were someone I knew

[DimPrawn]

I blame the Vikings, we had little rape and pillage before them

See how funny you find it bagpuss when someone foreign kills you, eh?

[Bagpuss]

I blame the Vikings, we had little rape and pillage before them

[rootsnall]

Migrants over represented in low income groups? If that is the case, what benefit are they exactly?

Cheap labour helping to keep labour costs down for businesses. That is the only reason they here, Nuliebour's paymasters have asked for them. I think we'll have real problems if unemployment kicks in but I don't think the government have thought that far ahead.

[xoggoth]

An argument about whether foreigners are more likely or only equally likely to commit crime given similar income levels is missing the essential point of nationality Threaded.

We are stuck with our own criminal classes but we have no duty to take in anyone else's. A decent immigration policy should be vetting incomers and they should not be simply average but far better than us. Do the US/Canada/NZ/Oz take in unemployable white youths from sink estates along with the professional sorts to ensure British migrants are representative of British citizens? Of course not.

Migrants over represented in low income groups? If that is the case, what benefit are they exactly?

[threaded]

Also the foreigners I seem to meet are all rich/better off than the average Brit. However it doesn't stop them being mugged.

Funny you should mention that, as on my cycle-commute in this morning noticed several cars that were quite nicer than the norm. Whereas in the past I'd have noted they'd have Swedish or German plates, what made it interesting is they all had Polish number plates.

[SueEllen]

Maybe 20% of the UK population is 'foreign'; with 33% in London?

Depends what you mean by "foreign".

If you are the Home Office you don't count EU citizens as being foriegn.

If you are a school teacher you regard anyone without a good grasp of English as foriegn whether they are from Poland, Portugal or Ghana.

Also the foreigners I seem to meet are all rich/better off than the average Brit. However it doesn't stop them being mugged.

[NoddY]

Maybe 20% of the UK population is 'foreign'; with 33% in London?

[Platypus]

Basically, it is fun with statistics. The poorer sections of the community happen to have more crime. Immigrants tend to be over represented in the poorer communities. So if you corrected for that bias, you'd find that the immigrants actually commit less crime.

What you're suggesting is of course just fun with statistics.

[EternalOptimist]

When aussielong goes home the crime statistics will plummet. He's a one-man fist magnet

[threaded]

why?

Basically, it is fun with statistics. The poorer sections of the community happen to have more crime. Immigrants tend to be over represented in the poorer communities. So if you corrected for that bias, you'd find that the immigrants actually commit less crime.

HTH

[snaw]

Shock horror. Most of the victims were immigrants as well.

[daviejones]

So we just need to deport 1 in 5 immigrants -