Good point, there was a UK, TV/YouTube program/series about people on the dole who were complaining about 'people stealing jobs I forget the title now, but, they were saying they couldn't get a job, but newly arrived could, the point was they would not take jobs they considered to 'low' for them, min. wage etc. so they took them and got them jobs, like serving coffee, flipping burgers, shelf stacking.....they ended up with full time jobs.
But yes anybody can buy land or property in UK, just pay the cash and it's yours, which does put the price of property up. Thaksin is just one of them.