Hotels emptying

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..of asylum seekers..
On the news. Are we supposed to be impressed? They are just being shuffled elsewhere, aren't they?

I would prefer that you stop deliberately trying to dehumanise people, as per my previous post.

If English your first language, you will be aware that illegal is not a noun, and that you did not use the word correctly in your previous post.

You can refer to irregular migrants if you want to describe people who enter the country by irregular means. Or if you are referring to people who are seeking refuge in this country, you can refer to them as asylum seekers.

Describing people as "illegals" says more about you than it says about them.

Maybe we weren’t worried about Jewish children harassing and raping women. Maybe we weren’t being faced with Jewish children who were refusing to accept British culture.
Maybe because they were children not men of fighting age. Because our men of fighting age were fighting to protect our way of life. Men of fighting age should be shipped back to do these same in their country.

Undoubtedly. Or journalists/right wing party central looking for another angle.

It's all a bit tedious but empty cans rattle loudest.

Asylum seekers aren't entitled to benefits.

@Work9to5Starmer refers to people entering illegally.

They think they are and if they are successful then they will be. Housing them in better accommodation than many of our own citizens is a lure.

Yes

And he should be ashamed of himself for feeding the beast 🙄

Oh come on OP, be fair. Haven’t you heard, they’re all doctors and engineers.

I think that might be a first but yes he’s not opposed to a bit of disinformation.

They cost money for translators, medical care, food, shelter, taxis etc

‘And expected costs of Home Office accommodation contracts for 2019-2029 have tripled from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion, following what the Commons Home Affairs Committeecalled a “dramatic increase” in demand.’

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/asylum-seekers-housed-barracks-inverness-east-sussex-migrant-hotels-b1255162.html

https://www.gbnews.com/news/crowborough-protests-thousands-descend

Many protests. They’re not happy.

Me too!

There's an active refugee support group where I live, and I've met several refugees as a result. Every one of them has been through appalling things; one, who is now a friend, had been imprisoned and tortured for two weeks. Understandably, she fled her country of origin almost as soon as she was released.

If all the benefits are stopped we won’t have the problem. They won’t try to come over on the boats.
I’m all for legal immigration, I have worked closely with many doctors and nurses over the years , they’re valuable and contribute so much.
Britain won’t improve until the boats are stopped.

People. Where you’ve written ‘illegals’, it’s people.

They are illegal immigrabts as they have entered the UK illegally without authorisation.

Not if they are here illegally.

How do you know?

’illegals’ don’t get housed and benefits as they are here illegally and are hardly going to rock up to the authorities abd give themselves away. Asylum is a legal status. Please learn the difference rather than be an ignorant racist.

The outrage was supposed to be all about them being housed in "luxury" hotels and now they're being moved to old Army bases, you got what you asked for.

However, numbers of asylum seekers with initial claims pending has reduced from 125,000 to about 64,000 from 2024 to 2025. So no, they're not just being shuffled, their cases are being heard more quickly too.

The problem is not the terminology.

unlawful, illicit, prohibited, banned, criminal, and unauthorized aliens

Are they arriving with cash and buying houses?

Don’t think you are going to get many surgeons and other highly qualified people turning up on a boat!

I don’t think that’s what Labour meant when they pledged to ‘smash the gangs’. They didn’t sell in barracks pre GE.