to be annoyed at so much racism re “the boat people”

[NavyOrca]

A large hotel local-ish to us (around 10 miles away) is currently closed for bookings as it is being occupied by just under 400 asylum seekers.

Recently, in our village and a couple of neighbouring ones, there has been a spate of parcels being stolen from doorsteps. I’m sure you can all work out who has taken the blame for this….! Even though one of the perpetrators is known to be a local lad, born and bred in our village, some people are still blaming others..

The comments on Facebook community groups are disgusting.

Since when has it been acceptable to so readily stick the blame upon those literally fleeing their countries?

I honestly feel that as a human race, we are devolving.

Ok.

But!

400 young men from different culture being housed near you with no income?

Can you not see why it might be confusing to long lived local people?

Why should it be the local scrote rather than the unlocal scrote?

And!

Why is the underprivileged young man that lives near you and less deserving than the underprivileged young man that came from 2,000 miles away?

Why?

You actually think it’s racist to object to hundreds of young men plonked in hotels often in areas right near to a school? many of whom haven’t even come from a war torn country. Meanwhile our own homeless ignored and refused the privilege of a warm bed for the night.

The attitude exhibited by so many people saddens me too, but this is already developing as I expected. All you can do really is choose who you engage with.

What does anything in your reply have to do with the OP's post?

Because he's a criminal? And they are refugees.

Some experts are now saying those are different from each other.

I'm also fed up with the right wing rhetoric and the constant mention of asylum seekers who make up a very small percentage of immigration numbers.
We have got more important stuff to worry about

Give me strength 😟

Because he has had the privilege of growing up in a democratic country where he can be gay without being stoned to death. He has also had free education and healthcare, and housing if on benefits. He’s also not been subject to war zones and trauma from living in a politically unstable country.

Don’t be so naive . These aren’t lovely men down on their luck .

just keep yourself safe when out

How about some glasses instead?

The OP is specifically complaining about people blaming the asylum seekers (while using racist language) for certain crimes when we either don't know who committed them or, in some instances, it's known that they were committed by a local.

Your reply doesn't make sense in context.

This.

I'm disgusted by most of the replies you already have OP. The racism is outstanding. I think some people forget how privileged they are not to have been born into a war-torn country etc.

Also I'm confused where the 400 young men comments are coming from. Where did the OP say the asylum seekers were all male?

The fact that locally it is known that a local lad has perpetrated these crimes means it's purely about hate and grasping at anything to use in their arguments as to why the asylum seekers shouldn't be there.

I'd rather live next to 400 asylum seekers than one racist myself. What happened to having compassion for others?

Of course it's not acceptable to scapegoat asylum seekers for every ill. However, people are not happy having a large influx of (mostly men) from a foreign culture suddenly plonked in their community. I don't think they're unreasonable - they're entitled to their opinion

Does he?

Do you know his personal circumstances?

I'll tell you something.

Men from the UK are often problematic.

Do you think men from 'less enlightened' societies, aren't more problematic?

No more men thanks.

I'll take women.

Thanks.

Because it's better the devil you know, than the devil you don't.

UK data on crime effects of asylum seekers is extremely sparse. Studies tend to find either no effect or a small increase in crime.

Studies from the few countries that publish crime data by national origin of the perpetrator suggests that the country of origin makes a massive difference.

Ironically, therefore, whether suspecting the asylum seekers of a crime spike is reasonable or not depends hugely on where they are from. And hugely, too, on their age and sex.

And now Farage has been given millions by Musk he will be able to capitalise on this feeling and exploit it. It's only going to get worse.

We don't know who is a criminal or a legitimate refugee... that's part of the issue.

At least with local people we know who they are.

I don't think that's happened I read somewhere that there may be a block on that.

Well said.
It's not racist. People are angry as it feels unjustified whilst British people are suffering without any help. It's not that hard to understand.

Is that all British people?
It's almost as if nothing was learned from what happened in the summer.
The hard of thinking falling for the racist lies.

If they are fleeing their countries why didn't they stay in France where they are safe?

Why are so many of them not actually fleeing any kind of persecution whatsoever but want to come to the U.K. because they have heard of the benefit system and think our streets are paved with gold?