I have not been personally affected, but as I have entered many deprived areas, and know many people from them, I can confirm that many people get affected in an everyday way unfortunately.

This is the whole problem with immigration, especially the illegal kind, the middle classes and above don't notice it, as all the people affected tend to be below the middle-class level.

For example, as illegal immigrants tend to move into the more deprived areas, they put more strain on the schools in those areas which are already inadequate, they put more strain on the housing systems and associations in those areas which are already inadequate, they put more strain on healthcare systems in these areas which are already inadequate.

They also lead to increasing competition for jobs in these areas. Not just that, but because illegal immigrants more often take illegal work, they create an artificial market in which things get sold for far less than they should, which benefits the middle classes and above, but costs those below job opportunities, and better wages.

In the end, this is the great problem with illegal immigration, it affects the most deprived, but whether we like to admit it or not, tends to benefit those above, which is perhaps why those above tend to support it so strongly, they are the gaining the benefit, or are blind to the real effects.

In terms of the enough space comment, I think you're missing the point. In developed countries, you need to build homes for people to live in, that takes time, so if you increase the number of people in your country, it takes time to build enough homes to accommodate them.

Also, education, the majority of illegal immigrants come with very poor educations, that means you need to educate them, that takes time. It also means you need to build more schools to accommodate the higher numbers. That takes time. It also means you need to increase the number of teachers. That takes time due to training.

The list goes on, healthcare systems require more doctors and nurses, which means you need to spend a lot more time training up doctors and nurses, and building places for them to do their jobs.

All these factors and more put immense strain on all the aforementioned systems along with a lot of others while the balance is being redressed, which it never is.

Don’t get me wrong, if the strain was spread nationwide, so that each part of society paid an equal price, from top to bottom, it would be fine, and our systems could likely handle the levels of immigration we get, both legal and illegal kinds. But that's not the case, as said, it's always the deprived who pay the price.

This is why the explosive UK riots over immigration took place. It was the deprived who lashed out because they are the ones paying the price.

Until we either solve the problem properly by doing the things mentioned in this article, or we start working to create a fairer distribution of immigrants across the country, so that the deprived don't pay such heavy prices.

If we don’t do one or both of these things, immigration will likely continue to be a very toxic subject unfortunately, especially the illegal kind.

Thanks for the comment, Mark, and hope all that makes sense!