Dover - 10 June 2016
1. Pan of Dover
2. White cliffs and port
3. Ferry leaving port
4. Dover city centre
5. Various of pub with sign with menu, reading: (English) "We take euros"
6. Various of migrants in city centre
7. Exterior of W & G Hall convenience store
8. Various set up of Brian Hall, owner of W & G Hall convenience store
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Brian Hall, owner of W & G Hall convenience store
"Well, how it has changed is influx of Europeans from eastern Europe. In Dover it's mainly Roma gypsies as well. So, you know, I've not had a problem. We've had Poles here, hardworking. But the percentage of them (migrants) in the town has just become too much, you know. It's dragged the town down because there has been 'white flight' as well which is what's happening and people are just moving away and the town is just 'going down the pan' (deteriorating)."
10. Flags of teams playing in the European Championships in France
11. SOUNDBITE (English): Brian Hall, owner of W & G Hall convenience store
"I get on with everybody, I've been here 40 years, I'm a pillar of the community and the town's just changed out of all recognition and not for the better. I'm not saying it's just because of the immigrants coming in. I think seaside towns generally in this country, whether it be Margate, Ramsgate, Hastings - you know they seem to get more than their fair share. I know there's other places around the country, like Peterborough and Boston, where the agricultural workers are, in Cambridgeshire. So... they, they just don't seem to... they're never going to integrate as they should."
12. Various of England paraphernalia in shop
13. Various of England (St George) flag in a house window
14. Various set up shots of John Powell, Director of National Operations at Migrant Help UK
15. SOUNDBITE (English): John Powell, Director of National Operations at Migrant Help UK
"Of course, you get any group, anywhere, in any part of the country, in any country - there will always be some tension and the trick is to make people aware of each other's differences, integrate them, make them understand and then that's the trick there to living in harmony. And I think by and large we do achieve it here. We have in the past put forward projects, for instance with the Roma community in Dover, to help better integration and others."
16. Dover town hall
17. Monument to those killed in the First and Second World War outside town hall
18. Main shopping street in Dover
19. Flags of European countries
20. SOUNDBITE (English): Paul Rayworth, 48-year-old local
"If we come out of the EU, we can support our own country which we should do, instead of helping everyone else out. Billions, and all that - the money is going nowhere, innit? It's, like, just draining us dry. We used to be Great Britain. Now we're just Britain so really we should get the 'great' back and sort ourselves out really, shouldn't we?"
21. Mid of street
22. SOUNDBITE (English): Jason Lancett, 48-year-old construction worker
"I'll be voting out because a lot of political reasons. One, immigration. Two, fishermen, the local fishermen. Three, the local homeless people. There are more homeless people in Dover as you can see, more drug addicts. The people they do let into the country, they're not contributing into the community. I'll be voting out and that's one of the reasons."
23. Mid of street
24. SOUNDBITE (English): Bill Burne, 58-year-old local
"I believe we are living under an illusion that we are still 'great'. I don't know about leaving the European market because I don't know the effects of it. But I feel we should have a reality check."
25. Various of port
26. Various wide shots of Dover
27. Wide of Dover castle
Talk to Brian Hall about economics, trading blocs, or the value of the British currency, and there's one factor, and one factor only, shaping his view in the June 23 referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Union: immigration.
He's tired of eastern Europeans arriving on these shores, and he plans to use his vote to make that point.
"How it has changed is influx of Europeans from eastern Europe in Dover," said the proprietor of the W & G Hall convenience store. "It's dragged the town down because there has been 'white flight' as well which is what's happening and people are just moving away and the town is just 'going down the pan' (deteriorating)."
The "remain" camp led by Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have won the economic argument, with key business figures warning that leaving the EU might bring calamity, but the "leave" camp may be winning the emotional argument about how unchecked immigration is transforming British life.
Led by former London Mayor Boris Johnson and UK Independence Party chief Nigel Farage, they claim that British workers have been hurt because EU "freedom of movement" laws mean that Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles and others can come to Britain visa-free to live, work and claim benefits.
They warn that if Turkey joins the EU - a prospect that is not imminent - it will give millions more access to Britain. And they point out that Cameron's government has failed to make good on promises to cut immigration.
That's created plenty of resentment in Dover, Britain's prime port for ferry and vehicle traffic across the English Channel.
On a clear day, the coast of France is visible from Dover's famous white cliffs, and they provided a vital vantage point for the early detection of German bombers heading toward London during World War II. The concern now is not enemy attack - although an armed Russian submarine was recently intercepted in the Channel - but Europeans who arrive legally under the EU's rules guaranteeing the free movement of people.
To the chagrin of some locals, the rules give Poles, Slovaks, Romanians and others from countries admitted to the EU after the collapse of the Soviet bloc the same right to live and work in Dover as Britons who have been here for generations.
Some long-time residents say they are angry about having to compete for medical care and school places for their children with newcomers who have no ties to Britain.
The "leave" campaign has not spelled out how it intends to curb immigration, but its "Take Back Control" campaign slogan sums up the group's approach.
Its leaders argue that by walking away from the 28-nation bloc, Britain will once again be able to enact and enforce its own visa policies, without having its hands tied by the EU's implacable freedom of movement policies.
No longer, they say, would citizens of poorer Eastern European countries be able to come to Britain and enjoy the same privileges as Britons.
That argument is gaining traction in Dover, a slightly rundown small town.
"If we come out of the EU, we can support our own country which we should do, instead of helping everyone else out," said Paul Rayworth, a 48-year-old local, repeating a familiar claim made by legions of "leave" backers.
Three recent research reports that find EU immigrants actually pay more in taxes to Britain than they take out in benefits and services, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in London.
And John Powell, Director of National Operations at Migrant Help UK is optimistic NGOs such as his can make a difference for the better.
"Of course, you get any group, anywhere, in any part of the country, in any country - there will always be some tension and the trick is to make people aware of each other's differences, to integrate them, to make them understand and then that's the trick there to living in harmony," he says.
"And I think by and large we do achieve it here. We have in the past put forward projects, for instance with the Roma community in Dover to help better integration and others."
The resentment of newcomers in Dover is hardly universal. Some residents believe Britain has an obligation to offer a helping hand.
To 58-year-old local Bill Burne, the world has changed and it is time to move on.
"I believe we are living under an illusion that we are still great. I don't know about leaving the European market because I don't know the effects of it but I feel we should have a reality check."
