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David, you were certainly not demonstrating against the lack of deportation facilities indeed if you were then I would happily have joined you and the others that demonstrated.
"Want to come here to escape persecution..."
Indeed they can. However these people are 'refugees'- not failed asylum seekers. There is a basic difference. However as we are on the subject of refugees, under an article of the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees, the 'fleer' of persecution must go to their nearest country of safety. If this is the case, then why do we have people from anywhere other than France, Ireland or Denmark in this country (Iraq and Afghanistan also)? If someone was so desperate to flee the 'horrors' taking place in their country, they would not sacrifice their lives to come across Europe in an air-tight truck or under a train, would they? They come to the UK because they know we are a soft-touch with next to zero border controls. The problems that arise from this are felt by genuine asylum seekers who wish to come to the UK as many have done over many 100's of years (long befor AI was even thought of) but are perescuted because of the advantage taken by others in the system.
People feel annoyed David, when their system is being taken advantage of. They feel annoyed when they 'perceive' people to be benefiting from services more than they themselves are inspite of the fact they may have paid taxes all their lives. It is not attitudes like mine that lead desperate people to vote extreme. It is attitudes like yours that advocate no borders and uncontrolled immigration and give the far-right yet more ammunition to gun down the political status-quo that has bogged the immigration debate for 60+ years. You are just so blinkered that you pass off their views (as was done with those in the mayoral election) as 'biggoted' and 'racist'. They have concerns and those concerns are no less legitimate than yours or mine. If you guys are serious about wanting to stop the rise of the far-right, get a grip and see that it's people like you causing that rise.