To ask if you think the prime minister has a democratic duty to house asylum seekers in middle class areas

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By which I mean, would most voters support this as opposed to a change in policy to refuse in greater numbers? I honestly can't tell what "the majority" actually wants. I would prefer fewer having seen how things went in Germany thanks to the Merkel wave but I am willing to believe I'm a backwards old boomer and a majority would be more welcoming.

They (UK governments) tend to say they have no choice due to the echr but this isn't true. There are a lot of operational choices they could make (eg sometimes when people are denied entry at the border they are actually allowed into the country for a few days and instructed to report back to the airport when it's time for the removal flight).

And the other countries who are experiencing the same phenomenon?

Goodness me, even the legendary trump has to stand by and allow them to come! And him being a strong man an' all. Baffling don't you think?

asylum is not the same as illegal immigration.

I have a friend who volunteers with aslysum seekers. The most difficult thing is trying to explain they are not at the top of the housing list. That is for people - yes British! trying to escape domestic abuse, child abuse, violence. Things like that. Urgent desparate need. Not asylum seekers now in a safe place. Its intetesting culturally too, not uderstanding they cant have a flat with onebedroom and a family with kids of different sexes, teenagers etc.

They want the best they can get. Like everyone, but they cant be prioritised. We shouldnt be trying so hard and they shiuld be escorted immediately back to the first safe country they passed through. . It wont make britain better in the long or short term. Its not racism, its common sense.

That's proportionate representation and we had a referendum about that

They should be last on the list. I can't imagine breaking into a country and expecting to jump the queue.

Yes I think so

Or reintroduce the Rwanda scheme pronto, they need to be detained not distributed across the UK

Because accommodation is more expensive in affluent areas

This is incorrect. When we were in the Dublin Convention (before Brexit) the UK was a NET recipient! Very few people were actually removed under the agreement, it was basically useless.

On a slightly separate issue, did anyone else see the women dressed as clowns “entertaining” the Calais migrants? The men were totally ignoring them as the daft do-gooders were leaping around performing inclusive comedy…

Yes that’s great, still in answer to the question which EU country is using the Dublin agreement to resolve migration issues?

The government just aren't listening. I don't care whether they are in hotels, hovels or a country house, they shouldn't be here.

The new water bottle tops that don't close i think. Brexit was never going to get us out of having to make changes like that. I'm not sure why anyone thought it would.

It’s misinformation isn’t it, but still gets put out there on each thread and in the media too - the BBC and the Telegraph even.

We live in a liberal democracy.
If it wasn't, you wouldn't be able to post what you just did.

Male entitlement

There’s been small boats for the last 10 years or so. And illegal immigration before that. No government seems to want to defend the UK’s borders.

It’s unbelievable, yet it’s happening. When I came to the UK in 2002 (I’d lived here as a child too), I had a big stamp in my passport, NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS. Yet, my great-grandparents were born in the UK and both my grandfathers fought on the Allied side in WW2. I didn’t expect anything. I was so happy to hear and I’ve always worked hard.

UK is wonderful is so many ways and utterly gone to shit in many others. .

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Oh dear, you believe this? I cannot post what I actually want to, trust me!

You’re so right. I know someone living in a £950k house on a lovely development in a very exclusive village who say there are no such thing as illegal immigrants and everyone should be welcomed and accommodated.

I think most people want fewer asylum seekers unless they are Ukranian.

So I don’t think it matters where they are housed though I do think they should be housed in a mix of socio-economic areas.

'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'

I am aware that properties are more expensive but these properties are not bought with the intention to sell them in the future

Its the costs of running these services not the cost of purchasing buildings (often on long-term leases) that is the be far significant costs

The are kept out of areas as they can be problematic but that's ok for some people to have to live with in our society (areas with people who are less likely to complain and challenge local authorities/start campaigns/treaten legal action) than others.

Yes I’d love to know too? This is not a UK only problem, the daily mail highlights it. There has been 1000’s hitting mainland Spain in the boats too, Italy, Greece, poor Spain due to old squatting laws are having a major problem with squatters.
Last year a group of men arrived, ran up the beach through a hotel lobby, had a scuffle, then one was kicked to death in the lobby of the hotel for his cash, while the users sat in shock, Spanish media contain a lot of it.

Why on earth would they need to dress as clowns?

Surely, even if they had appeared in the nude, it would have been obvious to all God's children that clowns is indeed what they are.

No need for costumes.

If the view is to put people in places where they know or suspect they will never vote Labour, no this is not right.

But that is what will be meant by it in reality.

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