Illegal Migrants ‘Cannibalise’ Communities by Importing ‘Different Lifestyles’, Says Minister
by Kurt Zindulka
In surprisingly candid comments from a Tory politician, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick admitted that illegal and legal migration from foreign cultures “cannibalises” the values and way of life of the British communities they are dumped into, however, Brexit leader Nigel Farage questioned if such strong language will finally result in border enforcement from the Conservative government.
Appearing before the Policy Exchange think-tank in Westminster this week, Robert Jenrick said that illegal migrants “tend to have completely different lifestyles and values to those in the UK” and often settle in already “hyper-diverse areas” of the country, which only serves to further undermine the “cultural cohesiveness” necessary to keep the country together.
Mr Jenrick said that he had personally met with residents of Dover — the main landing location for illegal boat migrants — and relayed that their lives had been wrecked by the influx of mostly young military-age men into their communities, with migrants even “knocking on their doors, entering their homes being found in their kitchens.”
The immigration minister said that the native population has “felt abandoned by the authorities” and that as a result there has been a breakdown in trust in such communities, saying: “Put simply, excessive, uncontrolled migration threatens to cannibalise that compassion that marks out the British people.”