A recent study said 1 in 12 Londoners could be living here illegally, but Londoners say immigration is what makes this city one of the best in the world.
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00:00Everything that makes London one of the best cities in the world, everything that
00:04has built the fabric and foundation of all the things that I love about this
00:10city is a direct result of immigration and I will always say that, pro
00:15immigration all the way.
00:16Well London has always been in a city of
00:18immigration since the Tudor times so the idea that you know somehow they
00:22shouldn't be here is just it's a nonsense. That's why it's a financial
00:27hop, it's because of the people that came here.
00:30Hearing that 1 in 12 are here
00:32illegally, honestly I don't care if they felt that we were a safe space and they
00:36felt that this was somewhere to come. Nobody leaves everything they know for
00:40no reason and I think we ought to be proud to be a place that people want to
00:44come to for safety. I think it's also indicative of a much bigger global
00:50situation and kind of demonising individuals for that structural
00:56situation is unfair at best and dangerous at worst.