Immigration hotel costs
£5.7 million per day for 32.000 immigrants
That's over £180 per day per immigrant
How can they country continue to afford this ?
What can we do about this?
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I kind of agree with everyone on this thread,if that's possible.I believe that the figures are real and that they are indeed financially unsustainable.What i do query though is the value of scapegoating groups of people because,as sure as night follows day,Nasty Nige (our next PM) will turn on us after he has dealt with,or been beaten by, the illegal immigration problem.
In short,it might be in our best interests not to turn on other groups,as it will foment an environment where scapegoatism (if that is a word) is normalised.
Just a thought.
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BBC is hardly far right
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BBC is hardly objective as they have repeatedly shown.
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Firstly I agree that taking in so many illegal asylum seekers is ridiculous, non sustaintable and a kick in the teeth for all the legal migrants.
What bothers me is that there are loads of Arab countries surrounding these countries where people are fleeing from, but they are not taking in their fellow people who have the same religion, same values, same way of life, but people insist on migrating to the UK?
Part of me feels that these asylum seekers elected their govt. and went along with their ****, until it no longer benefited them and now want to export their values, religion and way of life to our country. (note I am not stereotyping all illegal migrants, but I can think of a lot of people who should have been classed as asylum seekers, who never got the opportunity, many of them then came in as legal migrants)
The govt. is cracking down on legal migrants, but that is not the problem, it is the illegal migrants.
I don't want the bill of rights to be repealed because it provides us, disabled people rights, but I don't see why they can't amend it specific to illegal immigrants.
That said I would just like to bear in mind that many of these migrants are doing **** jobs, working long hours to do jobs that ordinary UK citizens turn their noses up at and don't want to do. Many migrants contribute to the country and this is overlooked when we are looking at these hotel costs.
Also lets remember what it is like when the govt. and some people stereotype all people and label all disabled people as "scroungers", remember when the previous govt. cited example of a small portion of disabled people and used it to paint all disabled people, so we need to be careful not to buy in to too much govt. propoganda of blaming one group of people for all the problems in the country, a certain politician and his party are very opportunistic at saying all the right things to get peoples support, even though they don't necessarily believe that, they know they can stir people up and gain their support at elections, without actually doing anything other than to get elected.
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Migrants (both legal and Illegal) claim, not only housing (which is already in short supply for UK residents) but also benefits such as PIP - which just appears wrong to me - when the country is struggling to pay to many UK born residents…..
I am not trying to cause any ill feeling because I know that many people are happy paying out so much of our country resources on migrants - but something has to be done to reduce these ever increasing costs to the country. But what can be done ?
I see boat loads of immigrants being shipped in to Dover and surrounding areas and wonder just how far these people have travelled to get to UK and what they thought they were coming to and whether they are really here because they are being persecuted in their own country and how many countries they passed through before making it to "wonderful England" - why do they think that UK is the be-all and end-all ?
EU pays them more in benefits than UK.
How far did they get across the channel before humanitarian aid kicked in and they were plucked from possible death under a cross channel ferry or supertanker and brought to UK ?
When will it stop - 1 million per year ?
2 million ? 10 million ?
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Asylum seekers are excluded from claiming benefits as they are under immigration control. They could claim contributory benefits, which they actually cannot, as of course, they are not allowed to work, so won't have contributed any national insurance. So, they can't claim them either. Of course, that will count for 'illegals' too.
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On another (similar) matter - what's the difference between what Putin is doing in Ukraine and what Netanyahu is doing in Gaza ?
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And there is a difference between Financial refugees (who just want a "better" life and "conflict" refugees who's life is at risk, if they stay where they are…
The problem is who determines which type an individual really is.
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Well said!
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Mention immigration and it's racist/ right wing … mention the atrocities in Gaza and it's anti semitic
Where have the days gone when people could have an opinion without being labelled ?
Whatever the bill is, I can't help but feel for the homeless who have their tents confiscated when they're already at rock bottom. Or can't help wonder what is the difference between genocide in the 1940's and then the 2020's whilst the world watches on
Label me whatever, but I still cry when I see pictures of starving children who's only crime is where they were born
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Do one crime and you should be deported no if's or buts…
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… but I was born here…. !
and my crime ?
….."Caring"
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One thing that is over looked when mentioning illegal immigrants and hotels … is the profiteering of the hotels/ hotel chains and security firms. It's basically a cash cow for them.
They rub their hands with glee at every boat crossing
The same could be said of why job centres need up to 5/6 G4S security guards, sometimes out numbering the clients in them … all they can do is observe and report … but I bet the bill is at least £1 million a week for 600 JC's … tightening purse strings isn't always on the obvious
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A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence.
Not just for a "better life".
But how do we decide who is a genuine refugee ?
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