JarateKingAdebisiIt's undeniable that immigrants compete for jobs with locals as well as things like housing for example. If people are struggling in the face of this, who are we to condemn them for wanting to change it?Britain's housing prices have gone down in recent years (in a trend with much of the world admittedly, but with a higher price fall than most other countries) and so has the unemployment rate for those born in the UK.
The effect has either been functionally irrelevant to existing trends, or possibly actively positive for Britain on the whole. I can't speak on an individual level, but the numbers don't suggest this supposed struggle being widespread. It's just as likely that the void in unskilled labour being filled, and it's positive effects on the economy as a whole, is more than compensating for any increased competition.
Well yeah, we're coming off the back of a cataclysmic recession :D
As somebody who lives in a fairly poor Northern city, I know all too well that it absolutely is widespread. Thankfully I'm fortunate enough to live more comfortably.