Why do Labour not get it?

That is a shame. You could try the Double Tree on Cambridge St. Very nice hotel in the city centre.

So, your answer is yes. In that case, why should priority be given to people who are by definition not those most in need of support?

How many of the most vulnerable have thousands of pounds to give to criminal gangs, can leave behind their families, and are physically able to travel thousands of miles?

We often stayed in the Park Inn by Radisson in Glasgow - lovely city centre hotel of a very good standard.

Sadly it's not available to the likes of us any more IYSWIM

I agree. It’s horrendous. So infuriating because none of it was necessary or inevitable. Until.. same with lots of Europe. Apart from Poland. Interestingly.

Believe me, I know only too well. I’m German (but now live in the UK).

I could weep when I think of what my beautiful and once so safe country has become.

The Novotel in Ipswich (which used to house 200 immigrants) is four star. The Best Western Ipswich (housed 150) might be 3 star, but it’s none too shabby, honestly.

The figures coming from German law enforcement are very unlikely to be the sort of thing that's disclosed here in the UK, @Y0208680333367

As Baroness Casey noted they're simply not collected in anything like an adequate manner, probably because our politicians worry about what they may reveal, so instead they go for whatever might offer plausible deniability

2024 Germany begins to acknowledge the ‘unspeakable’

The Germany-wide statistics on sexual violence were also sobering. An internal study by the German federal law enforcement agency, leaked to a Zurich newspaper, revealed that asylum-seekers have committed some 7,000 sexual assaults (ranging from groping to gang-rape ) between 2015 and 2023.

Although they make up only 2.5 per cent of the population, asylum-seekers made up 13.1 per cent of all sexual-assault suspects in 2021.

https://thecritic.co.uk/germany-is-acknowledging-the-unspeakable/

2016 in Germany. It’s much worse now.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/cologne-attacks-trigger-raw-debate-on-immigration-in-germany-a-1071175.html

Yep although no one actually does want barracks nearby. Preferring to insult those who say no, they’re not actually saying yes either.

Just generally on mn that is.

Yes, the old ‘nothing to see here’.

I think people prefer this isn’t discussed.

I agree Germany too faces the same issues and ROI.

Just like in Germany this is going to happen more and more.

news.sky.com/story/haybe-cabdiraxmaan-nur-small-boat-migrant-who-stabbed-man-to-death-in-derby-bank-jailed-13460015

My view is that people should be able to claim asylum in the UK, have that claim assessed in a timely manner, and be allowed to settle if their claim is granted. They should be treated with humanity while that process is taking place.

So your view is that we should prioritise people who can pay smugglers tens of thousands to travel across continents (through multiple safe countries)?

I disagree, this is the time when compassion is needed the most.
The fact that our immigration system is not working is not the fault of the immigrants, they should not be blamed or punished for others failings.

Italy has been issuing EU passports after a certain time for some years. Therefore someone can then travel freely to Calais, get rid of their documents and present themselves on these shores as having had to flee from [insert country]

The fear pre-Brexit was that Turkey was going to be given EU membership and they would funnel all their undesirables straight to the UK. I think a stronger man than David Cameron might have been able to negotiate a way around this but at the time the EU were playing hardball.

Another one who feels the same. It’s like watching the harrowing adverts on TV, initially it’s awful but when they are on constantly you do become almost immune? I can’t remember the word or phrase…. But it no longer has the shock impact…. The word is de-sensitised. It’s human nature and I guess a defence mechanism.

It seems like most people are increasingly feeling this way regarding asylum seekers. Some of these souls have been through the mill and it’s awful but when it comes to the crunch they are far more concerned about their own family and friends and the concept charity begins at home. People are allowed to feel hard done by when they are working full time and still having to use food banks. The country is fuc*ed and people are sick to the back teeth of everything!

Well said!

He was more specific. He said that they had taken plenty of refugees, including 2 million from Ukraine, but won't take a single Muslim asylum seeker. "Not even one" was the quote I think. He explained that was why unlike the rest of Europe, Poland hasn't suffered a single Islamist terror attack. And that he doesn't care if people call him racist or whatever. His priority is the Polish people and that's what they voted for.

No sure what you mean here, we had peak asylum claims pre Brexit. Look at 2002

Me too. Sick of it. On the news last night people living in the most appalling squalor because the council won't carry out repairs.
I very much doubt any of the hotels or barracks would be allowed to get into that state.

No, France doesn't do that. However the people who are coming over here are very often rejects with failed claims filed in France. When we were in the EU, they wouldn't have had a 'second shot' at asylum. That would have been it. Now that we're out, they think it's worth trying their luck here. As an aside, we've got Brexshit to thank for that. And no, we were never part of Schengen which means we've always had borders. When we were in the EU, asylum seekers never had access to the UK before they gained a proper visa.

I think the majority of us agree with you. Sick of it. Done. Compassion and tolerance have been pushed to the absolute limit. Our kindness has been exploited and weaponised as weakness. No more. Innocent people are being murdered and raped on an almost daily basis - sacrificed on the alter of luxury liberal elite politics. I don't want bloody farage in either, but I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that no one else will even talk about the elephant in the room let alone try and sort it out. It's a disgrace.