The point is that by the very definition of being a 'failed' asylum seeker, they have not passed the tests in the system, itself created by a democratically elected government. I'm sorry, but as a result they have no legal right to be here and our country has no obligation to take them in.

I think many of your attitudes would be different if a close friend/relative fell victim to a crime committed by an individual with no legal right to be here in this country. Thankfully this is not the case for me but we are all to in danger of dismissing these fears as 'racist', 'xenophobic' and other sensationalist adjectives when infact they are legitimate concerns held by a majority of the British people (if the lastest BBC survey this year into immigration and its affects is to be believed).