AIBU to oppose housing 1,000 undocumented young men near Piddington?

Brits dont think they are too good for those types of jobs, it's more that the wages/hours are often exploitative and not enough to live on. Stating that migrants are ok to be exploited instead is reinforcing the problem.

I am not a resident of Piddington but if I was I would have no problem with it. Immigration has always brought culture and breathed new life into our stale neighbourhoods. New food, new traditions to celebrate, new wonderful languages to be introduced to. What's not to like?

Sanitation, healthcare, tourism, leisure and entertainment. Basically all the jobs most Brits think they are too good to do.

I can guarantee these men will work hard for your community, but you just need to give them a chance instead of villifying them. Welcome them to your home, get to know them. Anyone can bond over a lovely cup of tea and a biscuit. The world isn't as scary as the right wing want you to believe.

That’s a lovely sentiment when you’re not the person actually living in Piddington.🙄
Piddington has around 300 residents. The proposal is for around 1,200 men.
That isn’t “a bit of cultural enrichment” or a few new neighbours. That is adding a population FOUR TIMES the size of the village that already exists. The existing 300 residents would suddenly be a minority in their own village.
I’m all for people being welcomed, different cultures and communities mixing, etc. But honestly, the idea that anyone who dares to ask whether a village of 300 can realistically absorb another 1,200 people must therefore be a “far-right bigot” is quite something.
Would you be quite so breezy about it if it were your village, your roads, your GP, your local services and your children using the same infrastructure?
It’s very easy to be wonderfully tolerant when you’re sitting several miles away from the consequences.
Perhaps the people who actually live there could be allowed to have a say about what happens on their own doorstep. Radical idea, I know.🫤

I was in the peak district visiting Buxton a few weeks ago and the amount of green spaces we encountered was staggering. With the right infrastructure in place there is no reason why we can't construct a couple of new towns in the Derbyshire Dales or High Peak constituencyies where refugees can be settled and homed safely at low cost.

Why should they be held anywhere? Straight on the next plane back.

The vast majority of them gain asylum because they are genuine refugees. It’s racists, not “most Brits,” who don’t want us to fulfil our duties under international law.

You seem obsessed with labelling things hard right and therefore wrong. Try addressing the concerns without jumping to a label.

Sanitation, healthcare, tourism, leisure and entertainment. Basically all the jobs most Brits think they are too good to do.

I can guarantee these men will work hard for your community, but you just need to give them a chance instead of villifying them. Welcome them to your home, get to know them. Anyone can bond over a lovely cup of tea and a biscuit. The world isn't as scary as the right wing want you to believe.

Where do you suggest we put them ?

Not a HMO (flag wavers have done away with those)
Not hotels (flag wavers tried to burn those down)
Not near schools (as they are all sex offenders)
Not in City Centres (large groups makes women uncomfortable)

We aren’t going to build anywhere, it would take too long and be too expensive. Reusing vacant government owned buildings seems to make sense.

So where do they go ?

Where should they be held while pending deportation?

Hold on, aren’t Reform and the far right vilified for saying what you have just said? Are you saying they are right?

Where do you suggest we put them ?

Not a HMO (flag wavers have done away with those)
Not hotels (flag wavers tried to burn those down)
Not near schools (as they are all sex offenders)
Not in City Centres (large groups makes women uncomfortable)

We aren’t going to build anywhere, it would take too long and be too expensive. Reusing vacant government owned buildings seems to make sense.

So where do they go ?

Just deport than back to their own countries. What the issue with that? If they want to come on a work visa there are processes in place for that. If they are seeking asylum then we’re full. Not taking any more. Sorry. It’s not ‘racist’ it’s just that we don’t have the money or housing to support any more people.

We need the labour government to start sticking up for what the population wants. It’s not in our best interests to take all of these people. Why are we still doing so? The Danish socialists have incredibly strict immigration policies because the left wing government respects the need to protect public services for their citizens who rely on them. It’s a shame the UK government doesn’t think likewise. They’re handing votes to Reform by ignoring people’s concerns.

That’s a lovely sentiment when you’re not the person actually living in Piddington.🙄
Piddington has around 300 residents. The proposal is for around 1,200 men.
That isn’t “a bit of cultural enrichment” or a few new neighbours. That is adding a population FOUR TIMES the size of the village that already exists. The existing 300 residents would suddenly be a minority in their own village.
I’m all for people being welcomed, different cultures and communities mixing, etc. But honestly, the idea that anyone who dares to ask whether a village of 300 can realistically absorb another 1,200 people must therefore be a “far-right bigot” is quite something.
Would you be quite so breezy about it if it were your village, your roads, your GP, your local services and your children using the same infrastructure?
It’s very easy to be wonderfully tolerant when you’re sitting several miles away from the consequences.
Perhaps the people who actually live there could be allowed to have a say about what happens on their own doorstep. Radical idea, I know.🫤

Is that you Nigel???

I am not a resident of Piddington but if I was I would have no problem with it. Immigration has always brought culture and breathed new life into our stale neighbourhoods. New food, new traditions to celebrate, new wonderful languages to be introduced to. What's not to like?

Where will they work? Where will they live? - they can’t stay in that camp forever. Who will they marry? Where/how will they socialise? Will they form ghettos as happens in big cities eg Birmingham, or will they assimilate? Will they marry white British women, or will they bring in fiancés and relatives from their own country once settled?
Where will they practice their religion? Where will they shop?

Just deport than back to their own countries. What the issue with that? If they want to come on a work visa there are processes in place for that. If they are seeking asylum then we’re full. Not taking any more. Sorry. It’s not ‘racist’ it’s just that we don’t have the money or housing to support any more people.

We need the labour government to start sticking up for what the population wants. It’s not in our best interests to take all of these people. Why are we still doing so? The Danish socialists have incredibly strict immigration policies because the left wing government respects the need to protect public services for their citizens who rely on them. It’s a shame the UK government doesn’t think likewise. They’re handing votes to Reform by ignoring people’s concerns.

Very few are genuine refugees. Stop kidding yourselves. Most Brits don't want them anywhere in the UK.