speaking selfishly as someone who has recruited staff, given the following options I know which I would pick

An educated chap who has moved his family thousands of miles to avoid persecution, who organised that on a minimal or low budget and is willing to work in any job whilst he sorts out his professional qualifications

Dave who has a gcse in drama, and whose hobbies are "smoking" and "pub"

(No disrespect meant to anyone)

Ha ha.... if only all choices were so stark

95% of immigrants are actively recruited to the UK by British employers. So aren't taking any risk to get here. The problem is when they arrive. As one social care worker said to me, they come to Africa and bring us to Europe where we have to work for the boss who can treat us badly because they know if we lose the job we risk having to go back and that would all but destroy our lives. Europe has a tradition of going to Africa and bringing back workers to work in terrible conditions and do the jobs that no-one wants to do here, we'll not for the low pay.

It is very common for migrant workers to be told which shifts to work, they get no sick pay and no statutory sick pay, they often are not paid overtime or holiday pay, and racist abuse us a regular part of their work.

A very small number come here as refugees. Virtually all are from countries with very bad human rights records and the UK take a very small number compared to other countries. So they are not illegal and are not breaking any laws indeed the law says refugees can arrive this way.

Sorry for being pedantic but I think there is a lot of deliberate misinformation here and we need to challenge all assumptions.