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New immigration bill - how on earth will it work?

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Whitewavemark2 Tue 07-Mar-23 07:49:34

So the latest wheeze from Sunak is to export every single asylum seeker who arrives on our shores, who have not gone through the proper channels or “safe route”

So,

Can anyone explain what safe routes are available.

Can anyone explain the countries willing to accept these exports?

Rwanda has agreed some sort of mutual export agreement - so they will take a few hundred in exchange for us taking theirs. So I’m unclear how that will reduce the pressure - if it ever gets off the ground.

Can anyone explain where all these people are going to be held whilst waiting export, as the law is to apply retrospectively.

Can anyone explain how the Tory government is NOT breaking international law?

MaizieD Sat 11-Mar-23 12:18:43

GrannyGravy13

Sorry MaizieD the blame lies firmly with those who commit the crimes and intimidate people.

Even in the good old days there were never policemen on every corner.

Southend police are very pro-active they have several mobile knife arches along with a constant physical police presence.

Whatever, GG13.

I'm sure the Southend police are wonderful and not suffering in the least from 13 years of government cuts to state funding.

Maudi Sat 11-Mar-23 12:14:22

11:54growstuff

Maudi

11:40growstuff

Don't twist my words, I know what you meant. Little digs like some of the other left leaning posters on here. Pathetic in my opinion and so easy to disregard other posters opinions without walking in their shoes or living in places where undocumented illegal young men from different cultures have been dumped upon them and who are harassing their daughters and granddaughters. Or is that OK with you.

Pardon?

I'll come back later and see if that post makes sense.

No concerns then about illegal young men harassing young girls and people frightened to go into their town centres because of them. No your from the let them all in brigade.
Carry on with your little digs and innuendos if it makes you feel superior.

Glorianny Sat 11-Mar-23 12:01:04

MerylStreep

Sago

I live in Hull, as a City we are housing many asylum seekers, local hotels and a large University Hall of residence have been requisitioned by the council.

In the University Halls 34 young men absconded within the first fortnight.
We don’t know who they are or where they are.
A large hotel and wedding venue in a village on the outskirts is now also full of young men in an area with no facilities for them.

Hull is a poor City with many good and kind people, we have supported a lot of Ukrainian refugees, there is a large Kurdish community that have been well accepted and are now very established in the City.

Patience is now running out here, there are just too many, we have massive drug wars , a growing Albanian population, more knife crime and a City Council that is finding ways to accept more and more refugees.

They are all young men, we haven’t seen many families since the first Syrian refugees came over.

There are so many reports in the local paper of these young men having committed crimes, many of them have used cultural differences as an excuse.

I am glad the Sunak has finally done something.

Sago
I hope you have evidence to back up your statements because now, on GN nothing is believed Re immigration.
Nothing personal from me to you but I’ve been doubted/ questioned on several of my posts on this thread.

The problem is that the present system encourages the placement of refugees in depressed areas, because depressed area have the facilities to house them. Hull has many under occupied hotels which lend themselves to housing refugees, because otherwise they would simply be closed and left empty.
If the system changed and asylum seekers were permitted to work whilst their application is being processed they would be unlikely to remain in those areas. They would move to where there is temporary employment.
So you may be right about what is happening. You are wrong in thinking the policy will change anything for Hull. Apart from of course removing the investment the company running the hotels is currently making and cutting the money the refugees currently bring into the council. Which will leave Hull poorer and with many more problems.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 11-Mar-23 11:55:42

Sorry MaizieD the blame lies firmly with those who commit the crimes and intimidate people.

Even in the good old days there were never policemen on every corner.

Southend police are very pro-active they have several mobile knife arches along with a constant physical police presence.

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:55:13

BTW Careful with your blood pressure!

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:54:37

Maudi

11:40growstuff

Don't twist my words, I know what you meant. Little digs like some of the other left leaning posters on here. Pathetic in my opinion and so easy to disregard other posters opinions without walking in their shoes or living in places where undocumented illegal young men from different cultures have been dumped upon them and who are harassing their daughters and granddaughters. Or is that OK with you.

Pardon?

I'll come back later and see if that post makes sense.

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:53:39

I would include Border Force and the NCA in the cuts. Few people are really aware what they do because they're not often "in your face", but they've experienced savage cuts since 2010 and can't do their job properly.

JaneJudge Sat 11-Mar-23 11:52:28

Sago, overseas students going 'missing' in their first term at university has always been a thing fwiw

I do think people get 'dumped' in places that are cheaper but this has also been happening for years, especially in the areas surrounding London. Look at places like Rochdale that has very high proportion of children's homes compared to the rest of the population. It does c ause problems when people/children with complex problems are disproportionate in volume to the general local population, especially because of lack of funding from central government. It is ok to acknowledge that.

Maudi Sat 11-Mar-23 11:52:03

11:40growstuff

Don't twist my words, I know what you meant. Little digs like some of the other left leaning posters on here. Pathetic in my opinion and so easy to disregard other posters opinions without walking in their shoes or living in places where undocumented illegal young men from different cultures have been dumped upon them and who are harassing their daughters and granddaughters. Or is that OK with you.

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:51:31

Indeed!

MaizieD Sat 11-Mar-23 11:50:56

Legislation is useless if it cannot be enforced...

MaizieD Sat 11-Mar-23 11:50:12

GrannyGravy13

Germanshepherdsmum

I know Meryl’s and Sago’s areas and entirely believe what they say. It’s true that some on GN won’t have a word said against immigrants. Presumably they don’t live in areas that are adversely affected by immigrants. There are some areas of Norfolk and Suffolk that I wouldn’t consider going to, such are the problems with gangs of immigrants.

Totally agree regarding Meryl’s area, my GC are not allowed into the town or main seafront on their own (they are teenagers)

I haven’t shopped in the town centre for over 15 years, and no longer take any of the GC to the amusements or rides. Only walk along the pier off season

(I shall drive through it in about 15minutes, always check doors are locked and windows up when going through the shared space )

Perhaps people should think about the political choices they have made over the years which have contributed to these problems by cutting funding to the police and the courts and making it much more difficult for law enforcement agencies to control the behaviour they deprecate.

Oreo Sat 11-Mar-23 11:48:17

Working with the French, and doing anything else that will put off small boatloads crossing the Channel is the right thing to do.It’s gone on too long already.

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:46:01

MerylStreep

growstuff
Of course it’s your right to spend time as you want.
But it was still a funny quip 😄

Why?

GrannyGravy13 Sat 11-Mar-23 11:43:45

Germanshepherdsmum

I know Meryl’s and Sago’s areas and entirely believe what they say. It’s true that some on GN won’t have a word said against immigrants. Presumably they don’t live in areas that are adversely affected by immigrants. There are some areas of Norfolk and Suffolk that I wouldn’t consider going to, such are the problems with gangs of immigrants.

Totally agree regarding Meryl’s area, my GC are not allowed into the town or main seafront on their own (they are teenagers)

I haven’t shopped in the town centre for over 15 years, and no longer take any of the GC to the amusements or rides. Only walk along the pier off season

(I shall drive through it in about 15minutes, always check doors are locked and windows up when going through the shared space )

MerylStreep Sat 11-Mar-23 11:41:50

growstuff
Of course it’s your right to spend time as you want.
But it was still a funny quip 😄

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:40:38

Maudi

09:31growstuff

Any fit young man wandering around our streets could be a murderer or rapist - in fact, some are!

PS. They're not trying very hard. If they were, they might actually come up with a scheme which would work. As it is, they're touting for votes from people like you.

.......

Touting for votes from people like me, really, who do you think you are some superior being. I'm a concerned mother and grandmother of 5 as are many other people who are concerned by this policy of dumping young men who have mostly no documentation, who we know nothing about into our towns and cities. I'm worried about my granddaughters walking past these groups of men who come from countries who do not value woman.

Nope, I don't think I'm superior. Do you have a chip on your shoulder about being inferior - or something?

I'm interested in voter behaviour and how that interacts with policy.

growstuff Sat 11-Mar-23 11:37:54

MerylStreep

Oreo
someone with loads of time pmsl 😂

What's so funny about that?

For the first time in my life, I have time for things I want to do. I think it's up to me how I spend that time.

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 11-Mar-23 11:37:25

I know Meryl’s and Sago’s areas and entirely believe what they say. It’s true that some on GN won’t have a word said against immigrants. Presumably they don’t live in areas that are adversely affected by immigrants. There are some areas of Norfolk and Suffolk that I wouldn’t consider going to, such are the problems with gangs of immigrants.

Sago Sat 11-Mar-23 11:35:44

MerylSteep I don’t give a “tinkers toss” I’m sick of keeping my mouth shut and reading but not contributing to these threads.

I can substantiate all of these points.

I believe we have a big problem looming.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 11-Mar-23 11:33:56

Just googled details of Albanian passports, ease of getting one etc. and what countries they give automatic access to.

Makes you wonder why they make the perilous journey across the channel in what are little more than rubber dinghies, after travelling across continental Europe from their country which by some standards may be poor, but not dangerous?

MerylStreep Sat 11-Mar-23 11:08:10

Sago

I live in Hull, as a City we are housing many asylum seekers, local hotels and a large University Hall of residence have been requisitioned by the council.

In the University Halls 34 young men absconded within the first fortnight.
We don’t know who they are or where they are.
A large hotel and wedding venue in a village on the outskirts is now also full of young men in an area with no facilities for them.

Hull is a poor City with many good and kind people, we have supported a lot of Ukrainian refugees, there is a large Kurdish community that have been well accepted and are now very established in the City.

Patience is now running out here, there are just too many, we have massive drug wars , a growing Albanian population, more knife crime and a City Council that is finding ways to accept more and more refugees.

They are all young men, we haven’t seen many families since the first Syrian refugees came over.

There are so many reports in the local paper of these young men having committed crimes, many of them have used cultural differences as an excuse.

I am glad the Sunak has finally done something.

Sago
I hope you have evidence to back up your statements because now, on GN nothing is believed Re immigration.
Nothing personal from me to you but I’ve been doubted/ questioned on several of my posts on this thread.

MerylStreep Sat 11-Mar-23 11:00:41

Oreo
someone with loads of time pmsl 😂

Maudi Sat 11-Mar-23 10:45:35

09:31growstuff

Any fit young man wandering around our streets could be a murderer or rapist - in fact, some are!

PS. They're not trying very hard. If they were, they might actually come up with a scheme which would work. As it is, they're touting for votes from people like you.

.......

Touting for votes from people like me, really, who do you think you are some superior being. I'm a concerned mother and grandmother of 5 as are many other people who are concerned by this policy of dumping young men who have mostly no documentation, who we know nothing about into our towns and cities. I'm worried about my granddaughters walking past these groups of men who come from countries who do not value woman.

Shinamae Sat 11-Mar-23 10:43:29

Sago

I live in Hull, as a City we are housing many asylum seekers, local hotels and a large University Hall of residence have been requisitioned by the council.

In the University Halls 34 young men absconded within the first fortnight.
We don’t know who they are or where they are.
A large hotel and wedding venue in a village on the outskirts is now also full of young men in an area with no facilities for them.

Hull is a poor City with many good and kind people, we have supported a lot of Ukrainian refugees, there is a large Kurdish community that have been well accepted and are now very established in the City.

Patience is now running out here, there are just too many, we have massive drug wars , a growing Albanian population, more knife crime and a City Council that is finding ways to accept more and more refugees.

They are all young men, we haven’t seen many families since the first Syrian refugees came over.

There are so many reports in the local paper of these young men having committed crimes, many of them have used cultural differences as an excuse.

I am glad the Sunak has finally done something.

Well said Sago 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻