on this issue i am not ashamed of my country. the thing is that some asylum seekers take the mick and that spoils it for those genuinly trying to seek asylum.
i have worked with refugees and know that it is so hard for them ( then with the token systen dont know what it is like now) they could only shop at certain places, supermarkets sometimes miles away with high prices and food which they were not used to. even getting on the bus to get there was a problem, i had to pay for their bus fare because they had no money, i had to arrange for clothes for their children and toys because they had none. it is very hard for them, and this particular family were very well educated both teachers in their original country, and not allowed to work here.
that said, i dont think we should make it easier, i do believe that there is only so much money the goverment wishes to spend on everything ( thats not to say they spend it on the right things for my liking) and all the time i hear on the news about the state of the NHS and our schools yet no one wants to pay more taxes!
the housing issue is difficult, as was seen in scotland when refugees were shipped to an estate there it caused untold problems. i know for a fact that asian people indiginous to this country couldnt move to any council estate that i have worked on because they would be threatened and harassed. thats just the way it is.
i work in brighton now and am appauled at the way some people live, one 12 year old boy sharing ...yes sharing a bed with his dying mother ( cancer), stories like that are not uncommon here, land lords make a fortune, one landlord has put electric meters in his bedsits and from what i can calculate is charging at least 3 times more than if each bedsit got their own bill. our country needs sorting, many things here make me sick, really sick. but what other policies could the government introduce? what solutions can they provide? its easy to slag things off is there any solutions out there? mine would be to shut the door, say sorry we have done our bit, the multicultural society that is britian needs to sort out its own affairs. whats yours?