What is so good about this country?

[Ric.ror]

I thought I heard recently that in 2013 this country will experience a flood of migrants from other EU countries such as Bulgaria and Hungry
Why do they choose to come here and not countres such as Germany or France

Please could I have sensible answers and not rants

TIA

[douglas9401]

They've been told that this is the land of milk and honey.

[tenrec]

Well, if I lived there, I would like to come here. There are a few perks.

[Ric.ror]

As opposed to?
What I want to know is why here though

[Ric.ror]

It cannot be the weather

[bookbinder]

Well, Germany is a strictly-regulated country, for one thing, whereas things in the UK are - shall we say - less so. Perhaps there are some migrants who do not like to be so much subject to official scrutiny.

[emmie]

they just love our endless benefits system, far better than most of the other nations in the EU. I would like to know where they are supposed to live, get jobs, and so on.

[ZedBloke]

They come here because we give them things, free money, free NHS etc.

[emmie]

they do go to other countries, France has a massive immigration problem.

[ichkeria]

Well, they haven't actually arrived yet, these Bulgarians and Hungarians.
Maybe they will go somewhere else instead. They are the people one would need to ask, surely :-)

[bookbinder]

Germany also has plenty of immigrants. I was once in a town in norther Germany, with a (German) friend, and he said to me, "We have Turks like you have Pakistanis."

[VHG]

Do you really think Germany and Spain have no immigrants?

We only hear about the UK ones becuase we live in the UK.

[Mamyalynne]

It works the other way too - my Daughter, Son in law and children are currently in Germany - happy with their home, jobs and schooling.

[VHG]

Found this about Spain for example:

As of 2010, there were over 6 million foreign-born residents in Spain, corresponding to 14% of the total population. Of these, 4.1 million (8.9% of the total population) were born outside the European Union and 2.3 million (5.1%) were born in another EU Member State.

[sandyRoe]

It's only natural that rich countries will attract poor people. They're showing initiative by getting up and moving to try and make a better life for themselves and their families.

[Sqad]

Spain has indeed an immigrant population....Moroccans mainly. but on the plus side, Russians ans South Americans in the brothels.

[sandyRoe]

Would a South American woman in a Spanish brothel not look remarkably like a native Senorita?

[flump1]

The NHS has to be high on the list. I have a complicated health condition and my experience of our NHS can not be praised enough.

[jake-the-peg]

France is full of Algerian immigrants who have been brought up with French as a second language

Germany has immigrants from Turkey - who've learned German

Britain has... well I'm sure you get the Picture

We are 9th in the league of immigrant percentage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_immigrant_population

Behind Germany and France and Saudi and Canada etc

[Sqad]

sandy....LOL.....yes....but there is a marked difference in performance.

[shoota]

Half the year I live in France where I am an etranger (stranger).
The rest of the year I live in England where I feel like an etranger......