AIBU to feel helpless about a large asylum camp in our village?

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My village has been chosen for a 1500 open asylum camp for single men. It will be an open camp (as the men haven't done anything wrong so aren't detained.)

The thing is the village only has 700 people and it is pretty isolated. it's about 10 miles to the nearest city and you can walk to another small village. There is a playpark, a pub and a primary school.

It has to go through planning, but the government have changed the planning laws so that they grant themselves planning and you can't see it as it is deemed sensitive. So they will just grant themselves planning and you can't oppose it without a judicial review--by which time it will probably be already open.

They want to reduce the number of people in hotels. But am AIBU to think that this puts the burden of sorting these issues out on one tiny community? Feels like we are collateral damage to be honest. The community will be outnumbered 2 to 1 and it feels too much. There is nothing for them to do or places to go. Also the fact that it is all single men put in one massive place with no money or means or anything to do is going to lead to problems

Apparently the camps cost £10 less a night than the hotels. But they don't count the set up costs which are astronomical (the one in Essex was £47 million to set up). So it seems like it's not not even cheaper than the problem it is trying to solve but much more expensive.

AIBU to feel a bit helpless? It seems so unfair but there is nothing I can do. We wouldn't be able to move from the village anyway as no one would buy a house here.

They must know about them because they ritually slaughter goats for Eid.

Just because I disagree with you does not make me a bot. What a lazy response. How would I know your race. If you're accusing ALL asylum seekers as thinking women are worth trading in goats then yes you are absolutely problematic no matter which term you'd prefer to us.

Again. Not all asylum seekers are the same religion and many are Christians.

What I have said isn’t denying people the right to their religious rites.
It is stating that alternative religious legal systems should not be placed on an equal footing with the laws of the land.
So people are not legally married, or divorced, in the UK if they have not undergone a legally recognised ceremony.
Any other religious status does not require a “court” to either confirm or deny.

You obviously missed the humour? Interesting.

I don't trust the process of the government deciding who can stay - I think most of the time they're waved through as it's quicker and there's less paperwork. In any case if they've discarded their paperwork (which most do) how on earth can they be accepted. The immigration charities teach them what to say or bent lawyers.

How many?

Where are the statistics to show that?

Real Christians or fake Christians?

Have you heard of Google? I'm not your personal search engine. The home office collects data on countries of origin and religion.

Ffs! The women can't leave can they? Many will have children. It's common practice that a family will send one person initially - yes, invariably a healthy male who has more chance of surviving the journey - and they all hope for the best. They hope he'll get asylum so that they may follow.

So what if there are some fake letters? The fact is millions are living in terror. I'd buy a fake letter or whatever if that's what it takes? Wouldn't you?

You are a lunatic

Not wanting to pay for the entire world to turn up on our doorstep and then expect us to pay is not related at all to if we care how women are treated in other countries.

We work longer now, we pay billions of over seas aid, now we pay billions to feed house clothe and all the rest in our own villages.

Stop obfuscation

Yes it’s a terrible system.

I don’t think Rhiannon losing her life in that way makes the system worth it. Plus other victims.

Quite honestly with all that is going on I welcome it.

Do you go to your local church to determine that?

Why does it matter if they aren't coming here based on religious persecution? What has that got to do with you?

So I'll ask again.
What percentage of asylum seekers are Christian? - if you don't know just say so.
Don't spout information you can't prove.

The refugee convention was created to handle European post ww2 displacement

If you are buying a fake letter from the Taliban, you're not at risk from the Taliban. They're at best economic migrants, at worst welfare seekers.

Sure, most of us would try our luck if we were born somewhere shit, but so what?

That is an incredibly short sighted view. Especially since reforms policies are extremely anti- women.

Because I'm a tax payer and I'm paying for them?

Lots of Christian "converts " being baptised in bathtubs...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/20/asylum-seekers-baptised-in-migrant-hotel-bathtubs/

”We” were not there though.
Look to the rich families in this country who made much money out of them.
Let them pay to equal what they have taken out, not make the rest of the country suffer.

You are relentless.

Reform are anti women, however afghani men should be welcomed and we should start a knitting club woth them.

Reform will remove all of these poor misunderstood men and that is so nasty of them.

We must stop being racist and buckle down to work until we are 80 so Jamil can get free accommodation and education. Then his wife can come over and have 12 kids and get our houses and we can go and live in a tent.

So they owe you personal information now?

I benefit from your taxes as a single mother even though i also work full time and pay taxes, how much of my personal information do you think you are now entitled to? What about pensioners? The disabled? You want their deets too?

And the stupid fools who are baptising them.

@Lavender14 In what capacity have you worked with male asylum seekers?

Im not sure that them wanting to visit local churches, help out in charity shops, and integrate with the community is everyone's experience.

There are 4 asylum hotels in my town, and knife crime and rape here is the highest its ever been.

Several years ago, an adult male asylum seeker was enrolled and attended my daughters school for a few months, as the authorities had not done the correct checks. He later went on to knife someone in the town centre, and killed them.