Quote Originally Posted by SpinCycle View Post
Non-EU nationals who immigrate to the UK generally don't have any benefits. That's why the Brits have no issues with non-EU immigrants in general.

The EU immigrants have had access to the following:

Working tax credit
Child tax credit
Child benefit
Housing benefit

thus Brexiteers have pointed to this as one of the major benefits if the UK leaves the EU.
So, in short, it's the EU immigrants the Brits have a beef with and not the colonial empire migrants. OK.