Why do Labour not get it?

It's mainly to get them away from people isn't it? So that the locals don't have to worry about the rapey tendencies. Or those that do will be wealthier country folk who are less likely to kick off.

When someone arrives in the UK and claims asylum (usually at the port of entry or at the Asylum Screening Unit in Croydon), they first have a screening interview with the Home Office.

During this stage:

• Their personal details are taken (name, date of birth, nationality, family members, etc.).
• Biometric data (fingerprints and a digital photo) are taken.

• They’re asked whether they’ve claimed asylum in another country (to check under the Dublin III Regulation or post-Brexit arrangements).

These checks look for:

• Criminal history
• National security risks (e.g., terrorism links)
• Immigration violations or previous asylum claims elsewhere

After the initial checks, asylum seekers are invited to a substantive interview — a detailed discussion with a Home Office caseworker about their asylum claim.

In this interview, the applicant explains:

• Why they left their country
• What risks they face if they return
• Any evidence supporting their claim (documents, witness statements, etc.)

The caseworker assesses credibility, consistency, and supporting evidence

No space you say?

But of course not.

You are happy for others to pay for your principles.

I have a spare room and I would happily house a woman or child asylum seeker. Less keen on a man but I have considered it.
I did actually get in touch with one of the charities that organise this but I live way way out in the sticks with very little transport and they said most people want to be in a city close to other people who speak their language which honestly I thought was fair enough.

i think housing all asylum seekers in barracks until you’ve worked out who they are/processed their claims is perfectly reasonable, I don’t understand why people are comparing it to prison. It would also help with provision of stuff like English language classes as well as charities and volunteers could go in and run classes and activities fairly easily.

my kids have spent plenty of time in PGL type accommodation and I’ve been hostelling. It’s not great accommodation but it’s fine for temporary situations.

What ‘rigorous checks’ out of interest?

It's interesting that in opposition Labour, both Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper specifically, we're against housing asylum seekers in these types of accomodations.

I think labour actually "get it" with this. Moving migrants from cushy hotels to basic barracks will be a deterrent. Currently the temptation to cross the channel for free hotels and all that go with them won't be as attractive as old army barracks.
Bravo labour.

Because I dont have the space

Do you think it is right to scapegoat asylum seekers and dehumanise them?

Well let’s hope it’s lesson learnt this time. It will be a long, long time till Labour see power again once this term up.

I think this is spot on. The endless cycle of Labour getting in after 2 or 3 terms of the Conservatives, and then fucking the economy in record time, has been the norm for the past 6 decades. It’s very boring.

Well, why won't you?

Is it working? Channel crossings are going up.

No evidence of a single gang being smashed. Boats are getting bigger. More crossings than ever before.

Is it working? Channel crossings are going up.

Oh yes, that's me told again, 'why don't you take them in'

Is it really so bad that I don't like to see asylum seekers being scapegoated and want them to be treated as humans?

I actually think this is the the first sound idea they have had. However they need to stop spending and taxing, it’s labour of old. Tax and spend, tax and spend; always the same. No one in Labour should be saying irrelevant of cost, when quite frankly it’s just about public perception in the main.

i just don’t get how it keeps happening, tories stay in power so long everyone gets fed up, labour get in, they fuck the countries economy, do one term, then the tories come back in, start trying to fix the shit show, Labour don’t get back in for another decade, and history repeats itself. Every single time.

i think it’s game over for Labour, and the budget will be the final nail in the coffin, there will be a public outcry, they are already trying to prepare the public for what’s to come with the soft leaks to see reaction, income tax increase, mansion tax etc, and there will be no way back for them, no matter what they do over the next 3 years.

Starmer will throw reeves under the bus, to save his skin, as they don’t have anyone to take over from him, so even though he’s clearly wholly incapable and out of his depth , no one wants the poison chalice other than some real hard core lefties that the public would not accept, and none of them are any more capable.

To be honest, I’m not sure even starmer wants to be pm any more, he’s just waiting to get the fuck out of there and get a lucrative consulting role.

its a shit show of epic proportions, the issue is they fucked the economy so hard and so fast and now don’t know how to fix it, so everything they do makes it worse as they are utterly clueless.

Sadly that's the narrative being spread. They have miraculously improved in quality since Labour came to power.

A bed and 3 meals a day for free is a lot more than many in this country get😡

Maybe people who passionately care about the issue can take them in?

You are clearly a very caring person who is showing great sympathy with their plight. I'm sure you will be more than happy to accommodate a few?

I actually think this is the the first sound idea they have had. However they need to stop spending and taxing, it’s labour of old. Tax and spend, tax and spend; always the same. No one in Labour should be saying irrelevant of cost, when quite frankly it’s just about public perception in the main.

i just don’t get how it keeps happening, tories stay in power so long everyone gets fed up, labour get in, they fuck the countries economy, do one term, then the tories come back in, start trying to fix the shit show, Labour don’t get back in for another decade, and history repeats itself. Every single time.

i think it’s game over for Labour, and the budget will be the final nail in the coffin, there will be a public outcry, they are already trying to prepare the public for what’s to come with the soft leaks to see reaction, income tax increase, mansion tax etc, and there will be no way back for them, no matter what they do over the next 3 years.

Starmer will throw reeves under the bus, to save his skin, as they don’t have anyone to take over from him, so even though he’s clearly wholly incapable and out of his depth , no one wants the poison chalice other than some real hard core lefties that the public would not accept, and none of them are any more capable.

To be honest, I’m not sure even starmer wants to be pm any more, he’s just waiting to get the fuck out of there and get a lucrative consulting role.

its a shit show of epic proportions, the issue is they fucked the economy so hard and so fast and now don’t know how to fix it, so everything they do makes it worse as they are utterly clueless.

He did, but until then, we have to house the ones that are already here.

He has made a start in co-operation with Bulgaria.

Where would you propose asylum seekers are housed whilst waiting for their claim to be processed?

I thought Starmer had said what he’d do, smash the gangs.