Living next to asylum seeker HMO, ask me anything

If their claim is not granted they exist in a kind of half acknowledged existence. They rely on the kindness of charities, except when they have an active appeal ( and are classified as asylum seekers)

Refused asylum seekers have No Recourse to Public Funds, no right to employment, no access to housing ( except through the kindness of others) no access to the banking system, etc. They can access only primary NHS care (ie register with a GP, receive vaccinations, etc).

There is some access to education, which is a human right. Families with young children may receive further assistance.

Where on earth did you get the idea that ‘most’ refused asylum seekers are eligible for UC?

AHH..just go away. You don't have to be here with your nonsense.

@MustTryHarderAndHarder

It's just that case workers are nearly always these young, kind women who lay all sorts of housing and charity help options out and then they very calmly accept whatever nonsense arguments come back. Like there was a man being offered a 1 bedroom flat (I don't know the context why) but he kept on shouting that he wants a "whole house". She then tried to explain it is "all to himself" but he still insisted on a house!
She was so lovely and accommodating that I had to remove myself before I shout over :shut the fuck up with the whining and take the bloody flat!!! I'm wondering what the interpreter would make of that 😂

It just stresses me out the case/care workers bending over backwards...Because I have been homeless myself with a small child after domestic violence. I walked into a dirty house with no bed sheets, no internet, no cutlery, no food and with no money. I was told to go to a food bank if I have nothing, and my god was I reminded every week that I have to get out asap or I'll get charged a nightly rate and get in debt.

Gets to me that seemingly these men get treated better than homeless children. Just hits on a personal note.

I've read some comments where posters clearly don't seem to understand the level of proximity I have!
That shared alley, for example,is not fenced off from their garden. If I go in there, I'm basically in their garden. That is why I never take my bins out at night, only at 7am in the morning.
I can hear all the conversations at the back. I can hear everything in my house. I can hear when their phone vibrates and gets a text. I check if it was mine 😂
I can hear the alley door every time it opens and closes.
When they speak with case workers, they often use an interpreter over the phone. So I can hear things translated into English and I won't even go into what I've heard there, not to aggravate anyone.

This is the problem : the posh people pissing about whining about asylum seekers in military barracks somewhere two fields away... Whilst I'm disbelieved and told to shut up and love my neighbours whilst I'm practically sharing my showers with them all 😂
The Bourgeois loons!

I've screwed the hatch shut for the time being but I'll have to go and build a stud wall up there.

Whoever they were, they weren't British.

Refugees have 'priority need' for social housing. So that means someone else is pushed further down the queue.

That's all lovely if you're not the ones affected by it like the hundreds of thousands of British people who have been on the waiting list for years.

So many companies making big bucks out of the asylum racket. Making fools of the British taxpayers along with it.

I've read some comments where posters clearly don't seem to understand the level of proximity I have!
That shared alley, for example,is not fenced off from their garden. If I go in there, I'm basically in their garden. That is why I never take my bins out at night, only at 7am in the morning.
I can hear all the conversations at the back. I can hear everything in my house. I can hear when their phone vibrates and gets a text. I check if it was mine 😂
I can hear the alley door every time it opens and closes.
When they speak with case workers, they often use an interpreter over the phone. So I can hear things translated into English and I won't even go into what I've heard there, not to aggravate anyone.

This is the problem : the posh people pissing about whining about asylum seekers in military barracks somewhere two fields away... Whilst I'm disbelieved and told to shut up and love my neighbours whilst I'm practically sharing my showers with them all 😂
The Bourgeois loons!

When I was working in the hotels it wasnt unusual for families to be in them for more than a year and those figures are correct. Pregnant women would get an additional £7 or so a week and babies a little extra too.

Actually ,its only families and the elderly that go to the top of the council house queue. The single men do not qualify for priority need. They often end up sofa surfing for years or staying with friends already in the country. No one comes without a plan unless they are significantly unwell.
Thats not to say its not massively unfair that new arrivals get housed in sought after housing ahead of uk citizens. in fact I think council Housing should be reserved for UK citizens only as this would reduce tensions and its manifestly unfair , the way it is now. I believe we allow this because of our class based society . Middle class people dont want or need social housing so it doesnt impact them and they despise the working classes. I even saw an article in The Guardian that suggested that all asylum seekers should be housing in council houses to stop the use of hotel. i didnt know whether to laugh or cry!!

That £200 per month of pocket money includes food, clothing, toiletries and transport.

Do you really think this sounds lush, OP?

Despite having all endured the dreadful events you speak of, they are not too traumatised to make their way through several safe countries and have enough money available to pay traffickers to get them to UK.
I'm sure that if I was in such a position, I'd be very glad to stop in the first safe country that accepted me and didn't want to kill me or abuse me. To Hell with the fact that I couldn't speak the language - I'd jolly well learn !