My understanding is that Great Britain is OUTSIDE the Schengen Agreement zone, and therefore is not bound by its terms in any way shape or form.Furthermore, I understand that most if not all immigrants DESTROY all their identity documents, passports,etc, in order to enhance and reinforce their refugee status.This is most unhelpful.

Additionally, Britain enjoys a reputation for being a "promised land" of milk & honey , where EVERYONE is fabulously wealthy and lives an unimaginably easy and carefree existence.Of course,nothing could be further from the truth, but still one cannot disabuse most foreigners of their beliefs in this regard. I was, about 4 years ago , living in Henley-On-Thames ; I was being pursued for money owed to my bank (about 8K ) and was 'phoned by a foreign-sounding lady from a debt-collection agency.I told her that I didn't possess eight HUNDRED pounds,let alone 8 THOUSAND, but she REFUSED to believe me, BECAUSE I LIVED IN HENLEY !! ( and I therefore had a big car,a boat,servants,private 'plane, etc, ad nauseam ).

In any case, this is a small, overcrowded country with a crumbling infrastructure ,slow trains,pothole-infested roads etc , that cannot realistically bear the additional burden of unrestricted immigration by people who cannot even IDENTIFY themselves ; sorry, but that's the sad truth.