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Migrants get up to £2000 on bankcard after prison sentences

617 replies

Ihatetomatoes · 24/09/2025 22:14

Just watched 47 migrants being deported, costing hundreds of thousands, private flights, huge number of security guards, the migrants then get given cash cards! Back to Romania after committing crimes here including murder, sexual offences, pedophiles with money to help them resettle in their own country.

ITV news - our own go hungry and cold.

We are total mugs here in the UK.

On a separate story migrants having taxis to appointments, free NHS. I mean we have to get to our own way.

Mugs. No wonder many people are unhappy. These are convicted criminals, being pandered to.

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aster10 · 25/09/2025 11:01

NoSoupForU · 24/09/2025 22:31

This is the voluntary scheme, yes? They're incentivised to return home because it is far less complex, and subsequently far less expensive, for us to process.

They aren't illegal immigrants or asylum seekers. They are people who lived here with the right to remain.

The taxi costs for asylum seekers is due to health care provision not moving with the individual when they move them across the country and isn't the norm. Or do you think we should be expecting an asylum seeker to make their own way on a 250 mile trip to see a doctor, paying from their £9 a week?

That very migrant suggested that it is better to get a train ticket. A £600 taxi trip to a doctor reminds me of a report about one NHS trust having to pay £500 to move one bed from one wing of a hospital to another. It is absurd.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:01

EasternStandard · 25/09/2025 10:57

We’ve deprioritised women and children recently, well Labour have. They can’t get here anymore due to policy change.

It’s disgusting

Ilfurfante · 25/09/2025 11:02

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 10:49

You think Muslim women don’t suffer from misogyny from their own culture that professionals turn a blind eye to?

Ok

Imagine a white girl tell you that her parents have arranged for her to marry her cousin.

Imagine a white girl told you that she was not allowed to continue her education because her parents have arranged this marriage as soon as she is 18.

Imagine a white girl had to ask her husband’s permission to leave the house.

Would you think this was acceptable?

Why is it acceptable to treat Muslim women this way?

Imagine a white girl tell you they've been filmed in the shower by their stepfather

Imagine a white girl tell you that they made dinner for them and their sibling last night because their parent was passed out on drugs

Imagine a white girl telling you their brother came into their room in the night and touched them under their pyjamas

Imagine a white woman having to ask their permission to leave the house from their husband

Sadly I don't need to imagine any of these situations as they have literally happened to me.

Is this an acceptable way to treat any women/children? Of course it's not. And I acted on these just as I would act on any of the scenarios you posed, no matter the ethnicity of the reportee.

aster10 · 25/09/2025 11:02

godmum56 · 25/09/2025 10:37

I did wonder with the 600 quid taxi whether it was something like getting a child to Great Ormond Street for specialist care? There was no back story given at all.

A grown up with a knee issue. He himself wanted a train ticket. This was all mentioned in that article.

Hardhaton1 · 25/09/2025 11:04

nomas · 25/09/2025 10:59

The £2,000 payment is an incentive to leave, rather than appealing your deportation order or (as a pp explained) finishing the rest of your sentence on license in accomodation provided by the UK government. Also, the criminal isn’t allowed to return to the UK.

They can’t just be booted out before this process is complete without risking being sued at the ECHR which would cost millions.

And …. What sort of English is, is you?

Accurate English, which is more than can be said for yours.

But again the point gets made repeatedly if the law of the land one shall not murder one shall not rape etc etc
Why must we hold up The law of one shall be allowed to appeal repeatedly?
As I say it’s extortion.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:04

Ilfurfante · 25/09/2025 11:02

Imagine a white girl tell you they've been filmed in the shower by their stepfather

Imagine a white girl tell you that they made dinner for them and their sibling last night because their parent was passed out on drugs

Imagine a white girl telling you their brother came into their room in the night and touched them under their pyjamas

Imagine a white woman having to ask their permission to leave the house from their husband

Sadly I don't need to imagine any of these situations as they have literally happened to me.

Is this an acceptable way to treat any women/children? Of course it's not. And I acted on these just as I would act on any of the scenarios you posed, no matter the ethnicity of the reportee.

Of course they happen and we would report them.

That’s my point.

We don’t report all abuse to all women. It depends on the culture and that is wrong.

Lotsnlotsoflove · 25/09/2025 11:04

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 10:54

I think we should be prioritising women and children asylum seekers.

It’s undocumented adult males that I think we should be very cautious about their entry.

What do you mean 'undocumented'? If they are presenting for asylum then they are documented. You seem confused by rightwing nonsense. Give your head a shake.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:05

Lotsnlotsoflove · 25/09/2025 11:04

What do you mean 'undocumented'? If they are presenting for asylum then they are documented. You seem confused by rightwing nonsense. Give your head a shake.

What documents do they arrive with to verify their identity?

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:05

Bloozie · 25/09/2025 10:52

I love it when 'protecting the women' gets brought into the debate.

Shroedinger's Muslim Women - we don't want them here, we mustn't let asylum seekers bring them here if their claim is approved, we must protect them at all cost.

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Just what I was thinking.

I wonder how many of these ‘oh so concerned’ people for Muslim women have invited their Muslim female neighbour for a cup of tea.

I have found that when people actually meet and talk in person, their fears and misunderstandings lessen.

Youdontseehow · 25/09/2025 11:05

Anyahyacinth · 24/09/2025 22:36

How much do you think your insurance premium will be for healthcare? With carers numbers decimated by the removal of right to remain 🤦‍♀️

Having worked alongside many “overseas carers” I’m sick of this argument. What this argument essentially says is “we are so desperate for carers that we need to employ desperate, poor people from third world countries with no real training to care for our most vulnerable people”.

I’ve worked alongside care homes staffed with many young African men as the mainstay. Do people honestly think these young men dreamt of caring for elderly British people with dementia, that’s always been their dream? No. They’ve come for the visa, nothing more. Lots of the residents’ relatives say “female carers only” so the folk with bad dementia who have no voice end up having their personal care carried out by young males who really don’t care about them. There’s no shared cultural understanding so there’s no reminiscence therapy, for example. It’s disgusting.

We need to make the paid carer role more attractive to recruit people more suitable to care for the vulnerable. The hourly rate is shocking and some people who could do the role well would end up being worse off financially owing to losing benefits etc.

And no I’m not talking about properly educated and vetted skilled health care professionals such as nurses, doctors, physios etc.

Lotsnlotsoflove · 25/09/2025 11:12

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 10:49

You think Muslim women don’t suffer from misogyny from their own culture that professionals turn a blind eye to?

Ok

Imagine a white girl tell you that her parents have arranged for her to marry her cousin.

Imagine a white girl told you that she was not allowed to continue her education because her parents have arranged this marriage as soon as she is 18.

Imagine a white girl had to ask her husband’s permission to leave the house.

Would you think this was acceptable?

Why is it acceptable to treat Muslim women this way?

Familial and community abuse is often covered up in all types of families and communities. That is how abuse thrives. It is a well documented feature of child abuse, domestic violence, religious abuse and so on (see for example Magdalene Laundries and child abuse in the Catholic church). Of course, the muslim culture has its own ways of covering up abuse, and specific systems that facilitate this — but abuse and its concealment are not a universal features of all muslim life, and not features unique to muslims.

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:16

Hardhaton1 · 25/09/2025 11:04

But again the point gets made repeatedly if the law of the land one shall not murder one shall not rape etc etc
Why must we hold up The law of one shall be allowed to appeal repeatedly?
As I say it’s extortion.

The criminal must have a strong case for an appeal though.

And often the criminal serves half of their sentence in the UK and then is either deported or sent to serve the rest of their sentence in their home country.

For the second option, you don’t need to offer a repatriation fee, but I imagine many of the home countries don’t want the criminals back in their full jails either.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:17

Lotsnlotsoflove · 25/09/2025 11:12

Familial and community abuse is often covered up in all types of families and communities. That is how abuse thrives. It is a well documented feature of child abuse, domestic violence, religious abuse and so on (see for example Magdalene Laundries and child abuse in the Catholic church). Of course, the muslim culture has its own ways of covering up abuse, and specific systems that facilitate this — but abuse and its concealment are not a universal features of all muslim life, and not features unique to muslims.

I’m talking about the exact same treatment though. Why is it considered abusive when white women are the victims but not when Muslim women are the victims?

If a white woman said she wasn’t permitted to leave the house without her husband, would she be treated in the same way by professionals as if she was a Muslim woman?

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:22

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:05

Just what I was thinking.

I wonder how many of these ‘oh so concerned’ people for Muslim women have invited their Muslim female neighbour for a cup of tea.

I have found that when people actually meet and talk in person, their fears and misunderstandings lessen.

The flip side of that, of course, is those who say women and children aren’t safe in the refugee camps because there is so much violence and sexual assault but then cheering on the men who commit those acts to being allowed into our communities.

Quite the conundrum.

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:23

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:00

When I worked with victims of domestic violence, any women whose perpetrators was from a Muslim background, would have to be anonymised. Even the police were not permitted to have their details.
This was because there was a culture of Muslim police officers, social workers, doctors etc sharing the information with the perpetrators and the victim being killed.

When I worked in ESOL, I expressed many concerns with how my female Muslim students were treated. I expressed concerns about how their mothers being being treated. I was told that it was “cultural” and I shouldn’t be “prejudiced”

No one wants to know about it. They’re resistant to people taking about it.

Much like you are very kindly exemplifying right here.

Do you have a link to an example?

The only case that comes to my mind is when poor Banaz Mahmod told a white police officer (PC Angela Cornes) that her family were trying to kill her in an honour killing and the police woman accused Banaz of being melodramatic. Poor Banaz went to the police 4 times and got zero help. She was killed and the police woman didn’t even face a disciplinary.

https://archive.ph/6RRH7

So what examples do you have of Muslim police officers sharing information about victims?

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:25

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:23

Do you have a link to an example?

The only case that comes to my mind is when poor Banaz Mahmod told a white police officer (PC Angela Cornes) that her family were trying to kill her in an honour killing and the police woman accused Banaz of being melodramatic. Poor Banaz went to the police 4 times and got zero help. She was killed and the police woman didn’t even face a disciplinary.

https://archive.ph/6RRH7

So what examples do you have of Muslim police officers sharing information about victims?

Are you accusing me of lying?
That victims of domestic violence perpetrated by Muslims are not anonymised?

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:27

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:23

Do you have a link to an example?

The only case that comes to my mind is when poor Banaz Mahmod told a white police officer (PC Angela Cornes) that her family were trying to kill her in an honour killing and the police woman accused Banaz of being melodramatic. Poor Banaz went to the police 4 times and got zero help. She was killed and the police woman didn’t even face a disciplinary.

https://archive.ph/6RRH7

So what examples do you have of Muslim police officers sharing information about victims?

Do you know anyone personally who works as an IDVA?
Ask them.

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:29

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:22

The flip side of that, of course, is those who say women and children aren’t safe in the refugee camps because there is so much violence and sexual assault but then cheering on the men who commit those acts to being allowed into our communities.

Quite the conundrum.

Refugee camps aren’t safe because they aren’t proper homes, most are just tents. There is very little police presence and limited food and water.

All of which contribute to tensions and exploitation, including of women and children.

If the UK ever descended into refugee camps, say if Russia bombed us, our camps would be similar unsafe places.

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:31

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:25

Are you accusing me of lying?
That victims of domestic violence perpetrated by Muslims are not anonymised?

You said Muslim police officers, social workers, doctors etc shared the information with the perpetrators and the victim was then killed.

I’m asking for evidence. Why do you think you should be believed without evidence?

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:31

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:29

Refugee camps aren’t safe because they aren’t proper homes, most are just tents. There is very little police presence and limited food and water.

All of which contribute to tensions and exploitation, including of women and children.

If the UK ever descended into refugee camps, say if Russia bombed us, our camps would be similar unsafe places.

Yes. Because of the men

We shouldn’t be accepting thousands of undocumented men into our communities.

It should be thousands of women and children.

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:41

You can’t assume every man in a refugee camp is a criminal.

But I agree, we should be taking more women and children.

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:43

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:27

Do you know anyone personally who works as an IDVA?
Ask them.

So you have zero proof or examples of Muslim police officers, social workers, doctors etc sharing information with the perpetrators which leads to the victim being killed.

Ilfurfante · 25/09/2025 11:44

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:22

The flip side of that, of course, is those who say women and children aren’t safe in the refugee camps because there is so much violence and sexual assault but then cheering on the men who commit those acts to being allowed into our communities.

Quite the conundrum.

But I don't think anyone is "cheering" and this is the problem - you're trying to present those who hold a different perspective as supporting heinous acts.

We can acknowledge that there are elements of immigration which are problematic whilst also accepting that not all immigration is a problem and has some positives.

Demonising a whole group of people because of the behaviours of a few is a dangerous president to set.

Nestingbirds · 25/09/2025 11:48

Ilfurfante · 25/09/2025 11:44

But I don't think anyone is "cheering" and this is the problem - you're trying to present those who hold a different perspective as supporting heinous acts.

We can acknowledge that there are elements of immigration which are problematic whilst also accepting that not all immigration is a problem and has some positives.

Demonising a whole group of people because of the behaviours of a few is a dangerous president to set.

We need some immigration but the fact is we have millions more than we need or can afford. It’s not demonising to point out the economic reality. Nor the impact on society.

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 25/09/2025 11:52

nomas · 25/09/2025 11:43

So you have zero proof or examples of Muslim police officers, social workers, doctors etc sharing information with the perpetrators which leads to the victim being killed.

When I was being trained, this was the policy and protocol, this was the reason given.
It didn’t occur to me to demand examples and take notes for @nomas on Mumsnet.
All I can say is to ask someone who works as an IDVA in a place where there is a large Muslim community.
It makes no difference if you believe me or not.
It’s true.