Migration crisis laid bare as Brits 'put at the bottom of the list'

Former Brexit Party MEP Belinda De Lucy has fumed at Britain's "sad state of affairs" as residents in Uxbridge claim their town is at breaking point due to immigration. One in every 10 hotel-housed immigrants in the UK is currently being housed in Hillingdon, and councillors claim they are "significantly underfunded." The borough is forced to tackle one of the largest migrant influxes in Britain as the council is legally required to house those 'presenting as homeless' who come through Heathrow Airport, which is inside its boundaries.

However, Ms De Lucy has condemned the move as "insanity" as taxpayers are left to foot the bill, with locals claiming the cost has risen to more than £10million a year. Speaking to the Daily Expresso podcast, she said: "Can you imagine what that [money] could do for the local residents there? How it could fix their public services, how it could help special needs children, how it could improve buildings and potholes."

She continued: "For me it just seems like insanity. I think historians are going to look back on how the state has abused the British people over asylum and immigration, and look back in horror at what is being forced onto communities because it's not just about money, it's not just about public services straining at the seams to try and cope with everyone. It is frightening, it's dangerous."

The Conservative-run area has directed the blame onto Labour ministers for "dumping immigrants" on the borough without consultation or funding. As a result, Brits are forced to "pay the costs".

However, Ms De Lucy said both "Labour and the Tories have trashed the ballot box" and is calling for the restriction of asylum applications.

"We never voted for this," she told the Daily Expresso. "The ballot box is supposed to be that peaceful vehicle for the people to say no, enough, we don't want that. But both the Labour and the Conservative Government have completely trashed the ballot box.

"We have no voice, we have no way to change our stake in this anymore, and that is very dangerous for peace."

Ms De Lucy said Britain needs to start "restricting immigration and asylum from countries that have appalling records of treatment of women".

"We need to vet thoroughly, and we need to start saying no to asylum altogether, except in very rare circumstances when it comes to resettling here," she added.

Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Hillingdon's Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Growth, said: "Inadequate funding for our asylum and immigration responsibilities by the government is placing an unfair financial burden on residents, who are having to subsidise these additional costs as a result of increasing evictions from Home Office accommodation with the expectation that the council will provide support."

He added that public services are feeling a greater strain due to the demands to support the Chagossians who arrive via Heathrow Airport.

"We're paying £5million annually to support former asylum seekers, and there is an added annual cost of £2million to support Chagossians," he said.