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Old August 10th, 2018, 10:01 AM   #1967
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Originally Posted by Thinkwell View Post
I'm surprised no-one has made this obvious point: they are probably temporary residents, come to do low-paid work - at wages British workers would not accept.
That's true, but they are also the reason why wages are so low that British workers would not accept them: mass unskilled immigration drives down wages for the unskilled jobs. After all, British workers were presumably doing these jobs until the expansion of the EU in 2004.
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