Two thirds agree 'Britain is swamped' by immigrants

Two in three Britons agree with comments made by Michael Fallon that Britain is "swamped" by immigrants, a ComRes poll for ITV News has found.

However on a local level only 38% think their own area is "swamped."

The Defence Secretary was forced to apologise for the comments he made in October which said that some parts of the UK felt "under siege" from immigration.

The found survey found that:

• 64% of those questioned think Michael Fallon was right to say that Britain is “swamped” with immigrants, although just 38% think that their own local area is swamped (50% think not).

• 70% think the main reason immigrants come to Britain is because of the welfare system on offer, while half (52%) think that the only way Britain can significantly reduce immigration is by leaving the EU.
• Just one in five (22%) think that there is nothing the Government can realistically do to reduce immigration. 63% disagree.

ComRes interviewed 2,019 British adults online between 31st October and 2nd November 2014.