Living next to asylum seeker HMO, ask me anything

Good to know our wonderfully efficient Home Office is giving criminals plenty of polite forewarning that they are about to be rounded up and deported from that address. As much as paying them £2k to leave sticks in my craw, I can't imagine it attracts many takers when it probably cost them more to get here in the first place and all they need to do is move on and set up as someone completely new in the next city with the next absolute sucker of a case worker. Then they can earn that 2k a month working illegally for Deliver-Fucking-Roo.

Honestly, you couldn't make it up. I think we are getting pretty close to a mass, collective short circuit of absolute apoplectic rage in this country. I don't know how many more big news stories of some atrocity committed by one of these people we can take before all hell will be unleashed.

Why do people add "funded by the government" after such statements? Surely people are aware that the asylum act covers such things? They can't fund rent, bills, food and english classes out of £49 per week and they aren't entitled to work or have recourse to any government funding such as student loans. I personally am more than happy that my taxes are going towards people wanting to better themselves with education. They don't have to take them, it's a choice and I'm very glad there are ones that do. There have been great stories in our city of refugees going onto postgrad education and young women who came here aged 8-10 who are now working in local government.

Good to know our wonderfully efficient Home Office is giving criminals plenty of polite forewarning that they are about to be rounded up and deported from that address. As much as paying them £2k to leave sticks in my craw, I can't imagine it attracts many takers when it probably cost them more to get here in the first place and all they need to do is move on and set up as someone completely new in the next city with the next absolute sucker of a case worker. Then they can earn that 2k a month working illegally for Deliver-Fucking-Roo.

Honestly, you couldn't make it up. I think we are getting pretty close to a mass, collective short circuit of absolute apoplectic rage in this country. I don't know how many more big news stories of some atrocity committed by one of these people we can take before all hell will be unleashed.

Yes, they can get in!
Doesn't help that I know of a case where a woman was shot with a crossbow and her husband killed by a neighbour (not an asylum seeker) who came in via the loft.
There should be a full wall for fire safety if nothing else but... I'll have to build it.The asylum contractors really will not help in any way!

So still funded by the government then

Would have been the perfect house for women but...

Most stay close to a year. Some probably fall foul of some regulations and disappear sooner. Or do a runner.
I found a Home Office letter in my front garden recently. It contained a court decision to deport based on REPEAT history of offending. There were two cases associated with an individual : drug dealing/possession and fly-tipping. The letter went on about how criminal behaviour is not compatible with being "of good character". As such, a decision has been made to deport.
ALTERNATIVELY, the person could leave the country willingly and they will be given £2000 and a seat on a flight to do so...

Who knew!⬆️ We pay 2k to convicted criminals to leave willingly. What a strange country this is!

Yes, that's part of the asylum seeker act. Most people should know this and not have to add "funded by the government" after every statement. No one refers to schools or NHS constantly as "funded by the government" when they speak of their child's school or hospital appointment. This addendum is purely for inciting otherness and hatred.

Saying ‘absolutely’ does not make a lie a fact.

Or you’re doing your job wrong.

MEARS is a huge company and cover literally hundreds of thousands of council properties. Their vans are everywhere .

They absolutely cannot claim UC. They have "no recourse to public funds" until and unless they are granted refugee status.

This was the same for all means-tested benefits and PIP during the entire 25 years I was a welfare rights adviser, which ended less than a year ago.

I suggest you pop into your local library, where you should find they have a copy of the CPAG Welfare Benefits Handbook. It sets out all the criteria re benefits for people coming to the UK from abroad, and you'll be able to check for yourself.

I'm not involved in deciding who gets benefits but we ask as part of the information we take and the number one answer is universal credit, no matter who comes to us, it doesn't matter what term is on their visa or residency permit.

People have different opinions.

You say "I personally am more than happy".

Other people are not.

You can describe their opinions as hatred, they can judge you as a bad person for that too. Millions do.

What year was this?
General Gordon died in Khartoum in 1885
Sudan declared independence on January 1, 1956, so just how old are you ?!

Perhaps their claims are fraudulent then? I see people 5 days a week who are both asylum seekers and in receipt of universal credit. The only way this might not be true is if they are lying to us (although their info does get checked upon referral) or a miscommunication? Unlikely to be happening multiple times every day, though.

I don't have any issue with people having a negative opinion, but just don't make yourself look stupid in the process. Anyone who adds "funded by the government" constantly to describe things or ideologies they don't like are generally not that clever. Whether it's motability cars, asylum seekers, weight loss injections, methadone etc etc, there's just no need. Just say why you don't like it, most people know that there is some sort of government subsidy (perhaps not the case in motability scheme), there's no need to say it for dramatic affect.

Perhaps their claims are fraudulent then? I see people 5 days a week who are both asylum seekers and in receipt of universal credit. The only way this might not be true is if they are lying to us (although their info does get checked upon referral) or a miscommunication? Unlikely to be happening multiple times every day, though.

I don't have any issue with people having a negative opinion, but just don't make yourself look stupid in the process. Anyone who adds "funded by the government" constantly to describe things or ideologies they don't like are generally not that clever. Whether it's motability cars, asylum seekers, weight loss injections, methadone etc etc, there's just no need. Just say why you don't like it, most people know that there is some sort of government subsidy (perhaps not the case in motability scheme), there's no need to say it for dramatic affect.

I am sorry if I am calling you a liar but the British Army were definitely there when I was there 1985 to 1988. Not quite as old as General Gordon but certainly one of the boats he used was still rotting in the Nile while we were there. They had been there since before we were and after we left. My husband worked for British Overseas Aid and I worked for the EEC. Why do you think you are so correct and not spouting arrant nonsense yourself.

Yes, I worked with Syrian refugee families who studied hard to learn English, so that they could be part of the community. Their children learned quicker but were great at helping out.

Learning the local language is so helpful to community cohesion and relationship building @Thecows

Much better than the very English community my parents lived in in Spain where very few learned to speak Spanish, my DM (but not my DF) being an exception.

Terrace houses being turned into HMOs has destroyed my home town within a few short years. Every two / three terrace gets snapped up and turned into a minium 5 bed HMO. Changes everything about the town. The only good news OP that if you sold up, you have a developer bidding war

It seems impossible to debunk this myth that asylum seekers get benefits. I've pointed it out on many threads and so have several others. People seem not to want to believe it, or they prefer to perpetuate the misinformation.

Yes, that's part of the asylum seeker act. Most people should know this and not have to add "funded by the government" after every statement. No one refers to schools or NHS constantly as "funded by the government" when they speak of their child's school or hospital appointment. This addendum is purely for inciting otherness and hatred.