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Closed Control immigration to prevent overpopulation and economic depression

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Immigration is becoming a big issue in Europe and even bigger in the UK. With current immigration levels the UK is on the path to extreme overpopulation which could mean even more strain on services such as the NHS, Housing, public transportation and almost all other public services will be affected

The guardian on overpopulation in Britain: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/is-britain-full-home-truths-about-population-panic
Top 10 overpopulated countries (including UK(3rd party)):
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/07/population-index-overpopulated
Overpopulation is clearly a highly likely event in the UK unless the government is blind to see the high population increase in the UK then they should be doing more to delay it or prevent it.

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