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Asylum seekers to the UK sent to Rwanda

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Dodie66 · 13/04/2022 23:06

What do you think about the governments plan to send all asylum seekers that come to the UK to Rwanda to be processed. I think this is inhumane. A lot of them have come from places like Syria, Iran etc and travelled across the channel with all the associated risks only to be sent 6000 mile to be processed. What about the cost to do this? I think it’s a big mistake

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MrsLargeEmbodied · 15/04/2022 11:40

@BewareTheLibrarians
I wonder if you’re one of those people who sees asylum seekers/refugees as an unskilled, uneducated mass

that didnt cross my mind

cakeorwine · 15/04/2022 11:41

Mary and Joseph were turned away by places that were too full.

Definitely scope for a sketch showing Mary and Joseph turning up in the UK asking for sanctuary and being told that they are being sent to another country far away because they are full.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 15/04/2022 11:42

@BewareTheLibrarians

there are avenues to work as a doctor in this country without coming in on a dinghy i think

cakeorwine · 15/04/2022 11:42

[quote lollipoprainbow]@BewareTheLibrarians are you seriously trying to imply that the people coming over in boats are doctors,nurses and engineers ??? [/quote]
What do you see when you see those boats full of people?

lollipoprainbow · 15/04/2022 11:42

@MrsLargeEmbodied exactly, we know the majority of posters here probably all have lovely homes in very nice areas, private education for their kids and private healthcare. They live in cloud cuckoo land.

BewareTheLibrarians · 15/04/2022 11:42

When posters complain about the lack of green fields, doctors appointments etc etc, I hope they rightly blame the government who are more interested in lining their own pockets while inflicting austerity on the rest of us, who don’t protect children from poverty - who don’t even want to help feed them and have to be forced by a football player - who invest in schemes to make themselves and their mates rich rather than tackles the rise in cost of living, who have slashed public funding meaning no more sure start, not enough doctors appointments. Who allow housing company directors to make multi million pound bonuses yet don’t pass laws to make rented houses for for habitation… the list goes on.

The vast majority of people have enough intelligence to blame the government for these problems, not a small (population wise) group of asylum seekers.

cakeorwine · 15/04/2022 11:43

[quote MrsLargeEmbodied]@BewareTheLibrarians

there are avenues to work as a doctor in this country without coming in on a dinghy i think[/quote]
Do you understand why people might flee a country?

I guess people should apply for a work visa whilst their country is being torn apart by conflict, their families are being persecuted, people are disappeared....

BewareTheLibrarians · 15/04/2022 11:43

[quote MrsLargeEmbodied]@BewareTheLibrarians

there are avenues to work as a doctor in this country without coming in on a dinghy i think[/quote]
Find them. Find the route where a doctor from Afghanistan can come to the UK safely.

carefullycourageous · 15/04/2022 11:44

The fact developers make higher profits from green field sites is a political choice, made by the Tories, who pockets massive donations from the big developers...

MrsLargeEmbodied · 15/04/2022 11:44

go to Kent then @BewareTheLibrarians, and Hastings
and welcome them with open arms and your own funds

lollipoprainbow · 15/04/2022 11:45

@MrsLargeEmbodied they won't they will they, they just love to imply they are so sharing and caring !!

carefullycourageous · 15/04/2022 11:46

[quote MrsLargeEmbodied]@BewareTheLibrarians

there are avenues to work as a doctor in this country without coming in on a dinghy i think[/quote]
You either know this to be a lie, or again are displaying total ignorance.

DuncinToffee · 15/04/2022 11:47

@MrsLargeEmbodied

go to Kent then *@BewareTheLibrarians*, and Hastings and welcome them with open arms and your own funds
You want to go there and tell them they are not welcome? And take them back to France yourself?
OhPullThemUpBrenda · 15/04/2022 11:47

@MrsLargeEmbodied

go to Kent then *@BewareTheLibrarians*, and Hastings and welcome them with open arms and your own funds
well said, I dont agree with sending them to another country but I am sick to the back teeth of hearing people bleating on about this Come to Kent and see what all this is doing!!!
BewareTheLibrarians · 15/04/2022 11:48

[quote lollipoprainbow]@BewareTheLibrarians are you seriously trying to imply that the people coming over in boats are doctors,nurses and engineers ??? [/quote]
Oh I’m not trying to imply that, I know that because I’ve been working with asylum seekers and refugees as a charity/education support since 2002.

Not every person on every boat will be a doctor, nurse or engineer depending on which area they’ve come from, but it’s absolutely not unusual for people who come over on boats or lorries to be a doctor, nurse, engineer, and/or educated.

What do you think happens to those people otherwise? Or do you really think that the countries people are coming from are uncivilised and uneducated?

lollipoprainbow · 15/04/2022 11:49

@OhPullThemUpBrenda they have no interest in going to Kent to see for themselves. Too far away in their ivory towers to see!

carefullycourageous · 15/04/2022 11:51

@OhPullThemUpBrenda the government should not make this Kent's burden.

Perhaps also if Kent perhaps stopped voting Tory they might get sensible policies on this.

It is going to cost £1 million per refugee - why spend that on a few hundred people instead of investing properly in the UK which would benefit everyone?

carefullycourageous · 15/04/2022 11:52

[quote lollipoprainbow]@OhPullThemUpBrenda they have no interest in going to Kent to see for themselves. Too far away in their ivory towers to see! [/quote]
'ivory towers' is as much a load of bollocks as 'playing the racist card'.

I'm not in any ivory tower. But this government is spunking my money up the wall on an empty gesture and I'm cross people are too stupid to realise it will not fix anything! Wake up.

BewareTheLibrarians · 15/04/2022 11:54

@MrsLargeEmbodied

go to Kent then *@BewareTheLibrarians*, and Hastings and welcome them with open arms and your own funds
@MrsLargeEmbodied I literally work with asylum seekers and have done since 2002 Grin

@lollipoprainbow I live in a rented house that’s falling apart, no private school here, no private healthcare, no cloud cuckoo land Smile Despite that I still manage to be a bit compassionate. You should try it some time!

MrsLargeEmbodied · 15/04/2022 11:54

people of kent are more likely to go extreme right wing at this rate.

carefullycourageous · 15/04/2022 11:55

@MrsLargeEmbodied

people of kent are more likely to go extreme right wing at this rate.
Yes, racists often do that.

If that is their choice, they need to own it.

BewareTheLibrarians · 15/04/2022 11:56

@OhPullThemUpBrenda Ask yourself why the government doesn’t care enough to sort it out and redistribute asylum seekers more fairly. Why are they happy for your area to take all the burden?

MrsLargeEmbodied · 15/04/2022 11:56

try living in Kent then @carefullycourageous,
open up your house

MindMyMinge · 15/04/2022 11:58

and BOOM the old racist card has been pulled out of the hat @carefullycourageous - brilliant > slow hand clap

DuncinToffee · 15/04/2022 11:58

@MrsLargeEmbodied

try living in Kent then *@carefullycourageous*, open up your house
Is anyone forcing you to open up your house for refugees?
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