To explain what an immigration detention centre actually is

Oh you mean the people who didn’t vote to leave the EU? Thats what kicked off massively increased immigration, and people were warned before voting. So all Remain voting areas should be safe. That’s good to know!

@Plasticdreams "Have you thought to fact check or do you follow blindly the rich white men"

i'm not rich, I'm not white. I'm not a man.

I have listed the problems I had living near an asylum seeker hotel - problems that were experienced by many people in the local community, more for women though for obvious reasons

If you don't want to listen to us, there's nothing I can do, but plenty of us are speaking out

The ONS and the MOJ do not keep statistics but if you have a look at Court News or just listen to those of us who have the experience, you might learn more about it.

No one is blaming all their problems on this

But to deny that it's a problem is unfair.

Nothing wrong with it, if only the many of our own homeless people with nowhere safe to sleep were treated in the same way

Poland is home to over a million refugees. About twice as many as the UK. Odd example to choose.

In my area they wanted to turn an old site into a detention centre. People didn’t want them because they are inhumane, as opposed to not wanting them because they are against migrants.

The international law you’re talking about is the 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees.

It's cheaper in the UK to give people asylum and then you don't have to house them hence why most people get asylum (at least that's what happened when I was working in this field) No, that’s really not what happened when you were working in this field. It doesn’t happen now and it didn’t happen then. You’ve completely misunderstood both asylum policy and the support and accommodation available to those seeking asylum in the UK.

Funny that isn’t it.. It’s never been a problem for you or anyone you know … same here! What a coincidence!

Where is it well documented? GB News, Daily Mail? Facebook groups.

Have you thought to fact check or do you follow blindly the rich white men who want to distract you into believing that your problems are down to a small number of brown people coming to our country to seek refuge.

I visited Yarls Wood detention centre back when families were detained there as well as single women. It was a very difficult place to be and I wouldn’t wish it on another human being. Children behind bars. Parents desperate for help. Medical attention, particularly for mental health was difficult to obtain. Suicide attempts were regular and extremely distressing for the children who were aware of them as well as the adults (including the staff). The women I met there had mostly been detained on arrival and were fleeing persecution. Some had also been detained after working in the UK without the right to do so. I was very glad when the government stopped detaining children and hope we never go back to that.
I understand the need for IRCs and would be happy to have one near my home. We currently have detention centres at major airports too, mostly for single men and I’ve visited a couple of those, but only for an hour or so as people tend to be there shorter term than the main centres. As far as I can tell they are no different to a prison in terms of security and I live fairly close to a prison and an airport detention centre at the moment and have never experienced a problem as a result.

Detention centres are for people awaiting removal, not for people who are waiting for their claims to be processed.

They are basically a short stay prison before you get stuck on a charter flight back to Jamaica or wherever.

You seem a bit confused over what a detention center is. Nobody would be outside getting bored or getting jobs. it works like prison where people are locked up.

Aww that sounds lovely, I’m sure you would enjoy staying in one then.

If you read my other posts, I explain how these camps are working out in the U.S. where they are very far removed from safe places with people dying in custody and being starved.

I didn't live near a detention centre

I said very clearly, I lived near one of the hotels. So they're free to come and go as they please.

I was followed around - my parents were followed around too. We found out later that they are encouraged to seek out people who they believed to be of the same ethnic origin in case they can get help from them

There was a massive increase in crime locally including stabbings and sexual assault

The management company for the block of flats was very aware of it and although the bus stop was practically outside, there were a couple of times we got letters asking us to be extra careful. Really appreciate the management company being so involved there.

They get recruited by local gangs to help with drug dealing other dubious things. They are vulnerable to exploitation and that never leads down a good path.

Generally, it was amazing how it led to such a big decline in the area. I'm a pessimist, but I wasn't expecting it to be as bad as it is. This is about 10 years ago though when it wasn't such a big problem. So I knew it was a problem, it's one of those things you know if you have common sense and you don't suffer from virtue signalling, but I didn't think it would be this bad

But looking at people who have been raped, attacked, murdered - as an area we got off lightly. I've moved now anyway

Rhiannon Whyte, Wayne Broadhurst and Gurvinder Johal stick in my mind the most- but I've hit that point where I just try filter it out. Otherwise, my anger just damages me. And as long as people are making so much money out of it, I don't think anything will be done.

I've also lost friends in a terror attack so I struggle with reporting of really tough things. I think that's a fair response when you've watched parents bury their adult children, who are kind of their best friends too, after you hit a certain age.

I think it's time to go and watch some cheerful TV or something

Good luck with your raising awareness - perhaps something useful will come of it

No its been well documented. Nothing to do with "white men saving are wimmen"
We cant deport them when they commit crimes, as much as we would like to.
But we can deport those illegals who commit crimes. Unfortunately there is a raft of human rights lawyers, paid for by the taxpaying mugs of the UK, who move heaven and earth to stop them being kicked out

I can’t see a problem with detaining undocumented migrants until they either produce a passport or their home state verifies they are who they say they are. Then we check for criminal records, hear their asylum claim and decide whether they have a right to remain in the UK until their country is safe enough to return to.

if you wanted a successful migrant scheme look to Denmark. If you gain asylum you are expected to integrate fully, and are only given temporary residence with the expectation that you’ll return when safe. Seems reasonable.

Did you not see the camp next to the deputy Green Party leaders house. They weren’t very happy about.

It was an open camp so not detainment.

The cadet group next door had to be cancelled because the gov risk assessed as not safe for them to continue meeting. That begs a question doesn’t it. If a group of highly trained ex army personnel can’t keep a group of teens safe then what chance does a lone female adult or child have.

it doesn’t sound like you need a lot of encouragement.

Your use of 'they' is rather revealing.

What's against " human rights" being kept somewhere safe warm somewhere to sleep and fed?

@ThesebeautifulthingsthatIvegot "What do you mean by "the asylum game is a racket"?"

on the off chance that that's a real question

Just ask Google who makes money out of asylum seekers. There's a huge amount of money being made.

Except for the breach of human rights of course.

Has this happened to you or anyone you know ? Or have you just read about it in your racist Facebook groups?

statistically, white men in this country and not surprisingly, a high number seem to support reform and restore, are more of a danger to women and children. ‘save are wimmin’ 😂

Where are they detained?