I assume that comment about 'immigrants' refers to asylum seekers.
Where did you get the fanciful notion that they get a 'brand new car' from?
If you're not interested in the facts, just file this under 'burn before reading'.
Otherwise, here's what they actually get while their application is being considered:
Somewhere to live, a cash allowance or both.
Housing:
You’ll be given somewhere to live if you need it. This could be in a flat, house, hostel or bed and breakfast.
You cannot choose where you live. It’s unlikely you’ll get to live in London or south-east England.
Cash support:
You’ll get £39.63 for each person in your household. This will help you pay for things you need like food, clothing and toiletries. Your allowance will be loaded onto a debit card (ASPEN card) each week. You’ll be able to use the card to get cash from a cash machine.
(So, that's just £5.66 a day for food, clothing, and such things as sanitary products).
Extra money for mothers and young children:
You’ll get extra money to buy healthy food if you’re pregnant or a mother of a child under 3. The amount you get will depend on your situation.
Your situation | Extra payment per week |
Pregnant mother | £3 |
Baby under 1 year old | £5 |
Child aged 1 to 3 | £3 |
And no - no car, and no i-phone either.
The broad term often used by hard-of-thinking racists to describe asylum seekers is 'illegals'.
It won't make any difference to those with a racist mindset, but anyone washed up on these shores who claims asylum is not an
'illegal immigrant' - they're an '
asylum seeker'. Most are from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and have made a perilous journey, the least dangerous part of which is sailing across the busiest shipping lane in the world in an overloaded inflatable. (In 2019, 68% of the world’s refugees came from
just five countries: Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar). 45% of separated children applying for asylum in the UK in the year up to June 2020 were from Iran, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Most who arrive here uninvited (thousands of Afghans have been invited here after the collapse of Afghanistan because they'd worked as interpreters etc for the British Government and their lives are in danger. (Thousands have been left behind, betrayed by the UK/US Governments). It was Tony Blair who took the UK into Iraq based on a pack of lies, which has destabilised the whole of the Middle East, and who took us into Afghanistan - both unwinnable wars propagated by the USA, which have made the world a far more dangerous place.
And no - we don't take more refugees than other European countries. In proportion to its population, the year ending Dec 2021 the UK ranks
18th in Europe for asylum applications. The country with the highest numbers of refugees in the European Union is Germany. It hosts some 1.2 million refugees, 243,200 asylum seekers and 26,700 stateless persons.
2021 asylum applications:
Germany 127,730, France, 96,510, UK, 44,190.
Immigration statistics, year ending December 2021
Why aren't they put to work?
They're no allowed to. (Albeit some unscrupulous employers exploit them to work illegally for slave wages in menial jobs). This is to deter 'Economic Migrants' from coming here (usually from Eastern Europe, who are not in danger and are therefore are 'illegal'). Asylum seekers can only apply for permission to work if they have waited over 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claim or for a response to a further submission for asylum; and they are not considered responsible for the delay in decision-making. (They can do voluntary unpaid work).
If an asylum seeker's application is upheld, they then become a
'refugee' with indefinite leave to remain.
Refugees are allowed to work in any role consistent with their skill level.
If their application for asylum is refused, in a long drawn-out process, they're returned to their country of origin.
if they overstay, only then do they become an
illegal immigrant.
Source of information:
Summary of latest statistics
Asylum support - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Working in the UK while an asylum case is considered - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Can Refugees work in the UK? See:
Can Refugees work in the UK? | Sona Circle
Sensible balanced debate on this topic is impossible - it's highly polarised and generates more heat than light. Meanwhile, work-shy Brits who used to bemoan Eastern Europeans for 'stealing our jobs' no longer have that excuse but still don't want to get off their backsides to pick fruit and veg for £60k a year:
Fancy picking vegetables? It could earn you £62,000 a year (thelondoneconomic.com)
Nothing will change.