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Migrants get up to £2000 on bankcard after prison sentences

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Ihatetomatoes · 24/09/2025 22:14

Just watched 47 migrants being deported, costing hundreds of thousands, private flights, huge number of security guards, the migrants then get given cash cards! Back to Romania after committing crimes here including murder, sexual offences, pedophiles with money to help them resettle in their own country.

ITV news - our own go hungry and cold.

We are total mugs here in the UK.

On a separate story migrants having taxis to appointments, free NHS. I mean we have to get to our own way.

Mugs. No wonder many people are unhappy. These are convicted criminals, being pandered to.

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Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:58

nomas · 25/09/2025 08:58

Why not? I posted to my search results, why can’t you link to yours?

It’s there now duh

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:58

persephonia · 25/09/2025 08:55

They are literally sending people back. That's what sparked the subject of this thread.

"Why aren't they sending people back to their home countries"
Government sends people back
"Rage"

It will always cost money to process claims and to remove people whose claims are found to be ineligible. I'm not sure how I feel about the 2000 but it's likely the cheapest option the government found.

Spending money on public awareness in some of the origin.xountries.to counter mistaken lies told by people smugglers that " when they got to the UK they would be entitled to everything free- a home, benefits, childcare, healthcare" is also a good cost effective way to deal with the problem. But will also generate outrage that the governments spending money in other countries.

Are you really this stupid? Yes they pick up the free money of course, and they return a few weeks later! Fgs! How can people be this slow to understand even the bare basics of how this works..

nomas · 25/09/2025 08:58

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:55

I can’t attach the details but anyone can fact check themselves.

Why not? I posted to my search results, why can’t you link to yours?

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:57

2dogsandabudgie · 25/09/2025 08:20

Oh come on, being given white bread, although not nutritious as wholegrain is fine. Plenty of British families eat white bread because that's all they can afford.

Agreed. But I'm not going to pee my pants over asylum seekers cooking food themselves if they want variety in their diets. The whole debate is getting ridiculous. We're angry with other humans for cooking now? HOW VERY DARE THEY.

24karatPalamino · 25/09/2025 08:57

anotherside · 25/09/2025 08:56

I’ll never understand the mentality of people who spend their whole lives fretting over immigration/Johnny Foreigner. If you’re struggling yourself then trying to improve your own lot is going to be a lot more effective than whinging online about national/internatiinal scale issues. And if you are well off, what a weird way to spend your time.

And I don’t understand people with a ‘let them all in’ mentality, who fail to use their critical thinking skills to see what will happen in the future as opposed to this moment.

KhakiTiger · 25/09/2025 08:57

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:48

This government is evidentially NOT worse when it comes to tackling either asylum seekers or immigration.

Errr, yes it is. The arrivals have gone up by 50%.

nomas · 25/09/2025 08:57

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:54

You can google it yourself can’t you? Assuming you are able bodied?

That doesn’t say 11m were immigrants? Can you even read? 🤣

anotherside · 25/09/2025 08:56

I’ll never understand the mentality of people who spend their whole lives fretting over immigration/Johnny Foreigner. If you’re struggling yourself then trying to improve your own lot is going to be a lot more effective than whinging online about national/internatiinal scale issues. And if you are well off, what a weird way to spend your time.

persephonia · 25/09/2025 08:55

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:49

They have done precisely nothing!!! No plan to do anything. It’s just a free ride for everyone looking to exploit our goodwill.

They are literally sending people back. That's what sparked the subject of this thread.

"Why aren't they sending people back to their home countries"
Government sends people back
"Rage"

It will always cost money to process claims and to remove people whose claims are found to be ineligible. I'm not sure how I feel about the 2000 but it's likely the cheapest option the government found.

Spending money on public awareness in some of the origin.xountries.to counter mistaken lies told by people smugglers that " when they got to the UK they would be entitled to everything free- a home, benefits, childcare, healthcare" is also a good cost effective way to deal with the problem. But will also generate outrage that the governments spending money in other countries.

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:55

I can’t attach the details but anyone can fact check themselves.

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:54

BIossomtoes · 25/09/2025 08:52

Can we have a link to that “actual statistic”? Will it turn out to be like the one you provided for 79%?

You can google it yourself can’t you? Assuming you are able bodied?

Migrants get up to £2000 on bankcard after prison sentences
nomas · 25/09/2025 08:54

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:47

So how come we have an absorbed 11.1 million extra people since 2000. It is a colossal amount. That is the actual statistic. How many deportations are taking place each week? We are seeing thousands arrive daily, so how are we policing our borders exactly? It’s non existent.

Where are you getting your figure of 11m from? From a quick Google:

The total number of net immigrants (those arriving minus those leaving) to the UK between the year ending June 2012 and June 2021 was approximately 2.2 million, though the figures have been revised upwards from previous estimates. The Office for National Statistics(ONS) also reported that the foreign-born population in England and Wales increased by 2.5 million from 2011 to 2021, growing from 7.5 million to 10 million.

And the vast majority of this is legal immigration. You know, when the NHS goes to countries like the Philippines and India and recruits health care professions?

Why would you deport legal immigrants? 🤣

Before you continue to Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?q=Office+for+National+Statistics&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-m&mstk=AUtExfA1GyHk_jdOtPO9j8IUB3UjkfVMWiERdic6cDXgg1S81O-FWVxtfwbxt-iNWiiASyAcRCG1m7BS2v5kUbVsuziWYA-XNOHNK0n_tjjNNvhKa28r6A5Nkw4v8c41-JdZBSzG2Uvd3fzOE9Y5Hky_nYEWu3zZmVFktDL4WRPZkMhKUX7k1ssMQqFY_aUKAIOy8QHo&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwiTr9yEt_OPAxWsU0EAHdQDDvMQgK4QegQIARAC

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:54

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:43

We already have open borders just in case you hadn’t noticed!! For the love of God.

This is just not true. It does your argument no favours, spouting hyperbolic tripe.

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:53

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:49

They have done precisely nothing!!! No plan to do anything. It’s just a free ride for everyone looking to exploit our goodwill.

Look at the new home secretary's plans. Look at the 6 month figures that show that net migration has halved. Wait for the full year figures in November and see if that number is still tracking.

You're lost to GB News.

24karatPalamino · 25/09/2025 08:53

Daygloboo · 25/09/2025 01:38

Private health care escalates. You think it's OK but you end up paying a fortune for every little extra. Yiu have no idea. Do you know what it's like in US. Most people here simply wouldn't get the treatment they need..

I live in the US part time, so yes.

KhakiTiger · 25/09/2025 08:52

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:29

So fucking what! It is a free meal, in a free room and they are fortunate to be offered anything at all.

Most of the world would offer them a place on the back streets. Your wet naivety is extraordinary. Would you prefer avocado on sourdough, or a menu designed by a specialist dietician just to ensure they are content?! You have no idea about the real world…. Totally checked out of reality.

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The naivety from these people is astounding. It’s like they don’t live in the real world and have never stepped outside their street.

BIossomtoes · 25/09/2025 08:52

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:47

So how come we have an absorbed 11.1 million extra people since 2000. It is a colossal amount. That is the actual statistic. How many deportations are taking place each week? We are seeing thousands arrive daily, so how are we policing our borders exactly? It’s non existent.

Can we have a link to that “actual statistic”? Will it turn out to be like the one you provided for 79%?

24karatPalamino · 25/09/2025 08:51

mirrorsandlights · 25/09/2025 08:08

Aren’t you nice.

It’s not about being nice anymore is it. We can’t be nice until we have nothing left. That’s insanity. Meanwhile the government is borrowing and borrowing to pay for all this.

We are idiots. But at least we are ‘nice’ idiots yeah?

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:51

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:47

So how come we have an absorbed 11.1 million extra people since 2000. It is a colossal amount. That is the actual statistic. How many deportations are taking place each week? We are seeing thousands arrive daily, so how are we policing our borders exactly? It’s non existent.

That is not an actual statistic. It's pure fantasy. Plucked out of your arse.

persephonia · 25/09/2025 08:50

PansyPotter84 · 25/09/2025 08:11

Er… this isn’t scare-mongering.

The BBC did a radio documentary earlier this week about life in migrant hotels.

Migrants were cooking in the bathrooms because they didn’t like the quality of the free meals provided at the hotel, not because they were required to.

People living and working at the hotels were interviewed, including some of the children.

It was telling that many people had been sold a lie by people smugglers- they had been told that when they got to the UK they would be entitled to everything free- a home, benefits, childcare, healthcare. No wonder they were willing to pay large sums of money.

A man with a family who had fled Iraq said that many many people living at the hotel were not fleeing persecution but were there for a better life.

One woman was there because she had Cancer and came because she knew the NHS would treat her.

People there had babies on purpose,
conceived in the UK, because they knew it would be hard to deport them and they would go to the front of the queue for housing, benefits etc.

The taxis were mentioned too. A security guard said that taxis were provided and that there was no reason most of the residents could not use public transport but they felt they were entitled so would insist “taxi!
taxi! taxi!”.

The security guard also mentioned how people felt that they were entitled to have their rooms cleaned for them
rather than cleaning up after themselves.

It was the children I felt sorry for.

This isn’t scaremongering. This wasn’t right-wing journalism with an agenda-
this was the BBC.

Unfortunately, we have reached a stage where to raise legitimate concerns is met with accusations of racism and support for Reform UK.

My concern is this- if the country can afford to put up new arrivals in hotels with good,
taxis, healthcare etc, then why do I, in my job (public sector) deal with British citizens, some of whom have served in the armed forces, who are literally street homeless and told that their local authorities don’t have housing for them.

My position is NOT that asylum seekers shouldn’t have all the lovely things and entitlements that they are given, but that homeless British citizens should have them AS WELL.

That is my question.

If we can afford these things for migrants, surely we can afford these things for homeless British citizens?

If not, why not?

There's clearly a lot of waste in the system. Basically it sounds like the systems they have set up only allow movement by taxi. I wonder if part of that is a wish to "segregate" them a bit so that they don't have complaints about the buses near the hotels being crammed with migrants etc. It's madness and it would be better just to provide other travel. But then there would be complaints about "migrants getting free bus passes"

Your last comment "If we can afford these things for migrants, surely we can afford these things for homeless British citizens". Homeless British citizens DO get housed in hostels. They aren't nice places. In some cases homeless British families get housed in hotel rooms too. Its not a good thing- its a miserable stressful way to live. That's what Jacqueline Wilson's "the bed and breakfast star" was about.

xanthomelana · 25/09/2025 08:50

OneFlewOverMy · 25/09/2025 08:28

Migrant this, migrant that ! Face the government: they have crippled the economy with appalling policies , Brexit, lockdown, Billions wasted, Non dom tax , the list is endless! Get some education and stop being mugs!

I think the opinion polls clearly show people are angry at the government and not just for the immigration issue.

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:49

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:48

This government is evidentially NOT worse when it comes to tackling either asylum seekers or immigration.

They have done precisely nothing!!! No plan to do anything. It’s just a free ride for everyone looking to exploit our goodwill.

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 08:48

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:35

Haha! Well I am sorry to inform you this one is even worse!!

Looks like there is just about to be a leadership challenge. It’s a total shit show. Thank you for voting for this chaos, and encouraging others to do so. You are going to be the first to squeak when the benefits are cut to nothing.

This government is evidentially NOT worse when it comes to tackling either asylum seekers or immigration.

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 08:47

nomas · 25/09/2025 08:43

We don’t have open borders and never have had open borders. You missed my point, that human migration is normal. It’s in our DNA.

You are just spewing lies, I can picture the metaphorical flecks of saliva on your PC screen.

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So how come we have an absorbed 11.1 million extra people since 2000. It is a colossal amount. That is the actual statistic. How many deportations are taking place each week? We are seeing thousands arrive daily, so how are we policing our borders exactly? It’s non existent.

MaturingCheeseball · 25/09/2025 08:45

Also, those convicted of sexual crimes are keen to return to some of their places of origin because - guess what? - groping women or worse is not a crime there! So seven/eight year prison sentence here versus back home with £2k and the chance to boomerang back again… result!

Plus - on the “white bread” subject, inmates at the Britannia Hotel in London were having the same fare as regular guests had been served - but for free! The suppliers had been retained. Those housed were eating steaks etc etc - 😡

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