Migrants get up to £2000 on bankcard after prison sentences

Well if the rich and corporations paid their way, we'd all be better off. Migrants are scapegoats for a party full of people who want to make a shed load of money out of the NHS and fossil fuels if they get in. Prople who vote for Reform.better find deep pockets to pay their health insurance when that lot get in. You must all.need your heads examining.

Don't you want them.gone..Sounds like a good way of getting rid of them..

As someone else said, it’s cheaper than having them here in prison.

Your OP mentions our own going cold and hungry, so do you think we should give people on benefits more benefits? (“Our own” of course, whatever that actually means)

The NHS is a failing and flawed model which has outgrown what it was first expected to do
It's been a lifeline for me this year, it's been brilliant.

Why is the US always the comparator when talking about health? I live in Australia and have lived in European countries and the systems here and there are far superior to the NHS - yes there are some costs attached but as a PP said with what we pay in NI you could have far better access and choice to health services through a private provider. AND there is a safety net for those on the lowest incomes which doesn’t result in people not getting treatment. The NHS is a failing and flawed model which has outgrown what it was first expected to do.

Sex crimes are not crimes of financial acquisition so £2000 isn't going to protect any woman or child from them.

Not from Albania or Romania, especially when the organised crime group you will be committing crimes for is facilitating your UK entry. In fact, even from North Africa the cost of paying people smugglers has gone down in the last couple of years due to the sheer numbers of people migrating. Some people are paying less than £150O to travel out of Libya.

Mugs. OP, you are absolutely right.

Really it is. Its stretched because we are now treating thousands of extra people with more complex conditions who decade's back would've already died.
It's far better than the US system which is flooded with money.

I would feel utterly betrayed at that if I was a victim of their crime. However I can see the logical mindset- someone with some money to restart is less likely to commit crime instantly again.
It's sensible as part of rehabilitation.. and I don't care which country they're from/going to there will be vulnerable children and women there too.
However ideally their own country should be providing the money - and funding or facilitating the prison sentence really.

Then return with another fake identity

Ridiculous comment 🙄

Because that would cost more than £2k and is dangerous...

Hth...

What's to stop them having a nice visit home and then using the £2000 to come straight back here (through illegal channels if they are on some kind of watchlist) to commit more crimes? We have a system that is built on naivety.

Is the NHS amazing? Heath outcomes in the UK are not great, have you seen the stories today about Blackpool vic? The NHS needs drastic reform and it is utterly unsustainable in its current model and the additional population is putting additional strain on it. No political party has the balls to actually tackle the problem - perhaps reform will.

I’d take getting ill anywhere back in France over running the gauntlet with hordes of the unwashed in an NHS A&E
Well, aren't you delightful. 🙄

See, I'm feeling a bit more positive under Labour rather than the years of Tories - starting to see more police out walking the streets, looking out for people, and a rise in doctors appointments.
So all this doom mongering isn't my experience.

Until recently certain countries seemed to be exempt from even having to disclose any criminal past when applying for a visa and it's also down to the home office to double check the rest - I wonder how much attention is paid to that in reality, is every visa checked, even for holiday makers or students? If so, do they even have access to another country's records?. It's insane how far too easy going the UK is/was.

If it was as easy as ‘just deport’, it would be done. Therefore if it is possible to convince those individuals to voluntarily return- it saves the UK money -removes undesirables from our communities, to me it’s a no brainier

I would be very surprised to hear that the taxi policy has only been in place since July last year. I don't think you should be singling out Labour for responsibility for this.

Then you’re stupid. Voting for a proven liar because some total stranger on mumsnet said ‘Yawn’ to yet another post to beat immigrants with. People are tired of having this discussion,that’s what he yawn is for.

More than happy to welcome immigrants who come here to work and we know who they are and where they are from. If they turn out to be criminals, then they should be deported forcefully.

Not so happy to host people who ditch their identification/docs. We should know who is entering our country, so we can be sure they aren’t criminals.

https://news.sky.com/story/what-is-labour-doing-about-migration-what-did-the-tories-do-and-what-else-is-being-suggested-13423254

They are trying, which is more than the tories who gave up on immigration (and allowed record number of legal migrants in) and to say worse under tories is unfair.

I watched the ITV report and I thought the journalist said the cash cards were given to "some" (not all) of the deportees. Presumably those who agreed not to contest deportation, went quietly, etc., so saving the cost of expensive legal appeals.

I agree this point should have been emphasised more, both in the report and in the interview with the Home Secretary that followed.

If a certain proportion of Brits are criminals it's therefore obvious that a certain proportion of immigrants might be too.

But people forget that the large majority of immigrants are law-abiding good people, many of whom have fled persecution or war-zones, or simply want a better life. It's not fair that they are all tarred with the same brush, especially when threads like this spread misinformation. It just leads to racism and hate crimes.