Migrants shun English language

[iaaems]

Many moons ago I wanted to go to Australia with my then girlfriend on the assisted £10 passage deal. We were given a huge amount of bumph to read and forms to fill in and had to go to interviews. Fortunately both of us had occupational qualifications that were acceptable and things were looking good. The fact that I/we did not go was due to personal problems within the relationship and I will leave that one there. We also looked at going to the USA and Canada. Loads of bumph etc etc in both cases.
Apart from the fact that we were expected to speak the language, or at least have a working knowledge of it, we also had to have a job to go to and have no expectations of social services and had to be self supporting for quite a while.
I have to say that I do not know what hoops you have to jump through to get into this country - seemingly very few or none at all. My point is that if AUS. USA. and CAN. were able to demand a minimum set of qualifications then, and probably still do now, then why are we not doing the self same thing? I get the impression that some lahdidah in times gone by has come up with a comment along the lines of 'oh well let them eat cake' or 'let all those Poor People come to our shores in their hour of need' and the floodgates have been opened and no one has the ability or inclination to close them. I also get the impression that us indigenous white slaves can go on providing the wherewithal for this to continue.
In my honest opinion it should be a minimum requirement that to come to live in this country you should be able to converse in English, be able to support yourself for at least three years, stay out of trouble for the same period or face deportation and become an English/UK National and get full time employment. If you cannot comply with ALL of these items then do not bother to come here. If things are so bad in your own country then put them right and do not expect that being a parasite is acceptable here.