How can you cook meals in a shower?

[LaMarschallin]

Just that.

perhaps they could get the residents able to get involved in running a kitchen for each other. It seemed they were making chickpea stews when she had dinner with them, and probably fresh breads. Far more healthy and quite likely far cheaper too.

That's such a good idea.

Also in the article - "One of the residents, Mohammed, had work lined up even before he hit British soil".
There's a serious problem there. These people face exploitation, long shifts and being paid low wages.
Such a mess.
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Meanwhile, the traffickers are getting rich on this terrible trade.

What a stupid comment. That's like me saying all Pakistani males are part of grooming gangs

Utter nonsense.

Also Mohammed in the BBC articles has left his wife at home and wants to send money back to her.

Must be a terrible place if he's happy to leave her there to face the consequences.

40% of the arrested rioters had domestic abuse convictions.

I'm sure an army of these men would be magnificent - not

I think you have to question the morality of bringing a baby into the world and into such circumstances

The opportunities for work in Afghanistan are limited since the US and UK bombed it to hell.

The little bit of money she gets from her husband probably feeds their children.

Let's hope you're never in that situation, eh?

They probably didn't realise it would take years for their case to be decided.

So mohammed iis moving to find work - he's an economic migrant NOT as asylum seeker

Nothing to do with the fact that they ( mistakenly) believed having a baby on British soil would assist in their case for claiming asylum?

Kadir's (the 9 year resident) baby is 1 year old. I think they had a pretty good idea of their circumstances when they decided to have another child.

Would that not make him an economic migrant?

Well, no, this couple hasn't said that.

He owes money to the people who helped him in.

It's possible he's afraid if he doesn't pay them, either his or his family's life will be in danger.

Well they did well not having kids in the UK for 8 years, no?

The problem is you just heard/ listened to the headline rather than listening to the actual news report.

I saw it on the news last night. They are provided with food but don't like it, I'm guessing because it's not the type of food they are used to eating. From the news report the hotel looked like a Premier Inn.

I have every sympathy with asylum seekers but I have to say of I was escaping war or otherwise fearing for my life I would just be grateful that I was being provided for.

I also think this type of thing is providing fodder for the disenfranchised men who seem to be the ones actively protesting. People who feel they have no agency on the world are not going to look very kindly on those who they perceive as getting something for nothing.

But if he claiming asylum from a dangerous country why has he left his wife behind

Because Afghans often live in multi-generational homes. His wife won't be living alone.

But he's claiming ASYLUM
How can it be safe for his multi generational family and not him.

He's an economic migrant

To be fair, if I was offered chicken nuggets and chips every day I would probably try to cook for myself too. And splitting up families to go to different hotels is inhumane.

She can't in Afghanistan, because she has no rights at all, she can't even speak in public. She'll just be a shrouded spectre, not able to access medical care and likely to die in childbirth because women aren't allowed to train as medics and midwives.
Absolutely horrific.

Ok, maybe you weren't, but it's the reason for most of these types of threads & it's really annoying when people do it.

...& linked to a relevant article. We aren't all listening to the news 24/7.

She can't what, live?

Yes, I agree, it's no life.

It won’t be good even if this is the case.