Whether or not immigration causes the increased unemployment, when there's more unemployed than there are jobs it's pretty hard to argue that immigration, which

Whether or not immigration causes the increased unemployment, when there's more unemployed than there are jobs it's pretty hard to argue that immigration, which increases the labour pool, improves the situation. Establishment EU politicians seem to generally support immigration, which makes sense if one's objective is to lower the cost of labour for business (and weaken the power of unions).