They say even the worm turns eventually and it would seem it certainly has.

No matter how tolerant a country and its people are, even they will react when they feel their generosity and hospitality are being abused and taken for granted, as people feel with regard to asylum-seekers.

With many of our own people on the housing list and still many more sleeping on the streets, how do the authorities expect us to react when they find accommodation for asylum-seekers, many of whom are economic migrants, while our own people remain homeless?

My duty as a breadwinner is firstly to my family, not my neighbour. It seems this is a rule the Government doesn't understand.

The indigenous population have nothing to feel guilty about. Indeed, they should be proud and hold their heads up high.

Their record on helping people from other countries is second to none. Why should they feel guilty for expecting their own government to look after them before the strangers within?

-G Lintott, Mile Oak Road, Portslade