Children’s Asylum Centre ‘too welcoming’ 😢

FannyCornforth

Casdon no, no.
I think that you’ll find that it’s all the media’s fault.
Unless it’s on GBNews of course…

(I wonder how they reported it? 🤔)

twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1677370758677291028

westendgirl

If the media isnt reporting correctly then they are all doing it with the same story, even on BBC yesterday.
Nannashirlz I 'm afraid you must accept that Jenrick has made a horrendous mistake and in doing so has shown everyone just how heartless his party is.

Another bi-election?
😁

Casdon no, no.
I think that you’ll find that it’s all the media’s fault.
Unless it’s on GBNews of course…

(I wonder how they reported it? 🤔)

Nannashirlz

I think media aren’t reporting it correctly because anything to bash the tories they will do no doubt the truth will come out soon because I’m sure he’s got kids and wouldn’t do that but as others have said staff painted it over and maybe they thought Micky being black was racist 🤣 who knows how ppl think nowadays

It’s been confirmed by the Home Office that this has happened. Robert Jenrick instructed that they be removed. That’s pretty unambiguous.

If the media isnt reporting correctly then they are all doing it with the same story, even on BBC yesterday.
Nannashirlz I 'm afraid you must accept that Jenrick has made a horrendous mistake and in doing so has shown everyone just how heartless his party is.

Who knows indeed…

I think media aren’t reporting it correctly because anything to bash the tories they will do no doubt the truth will come out soon because I’m sure he’s got kids and wouldn’t do that but as others have said staff painted it over and maybe they thought Micky being black was racist 🤣 who knows how ppl think nowadays

That's vile. A shameful thing to say.

Whitewavemark2

So the situation is that asylum seekers choose totally legally to seek asylum in the U.K. They are innocent of any illegal act, and yet this government chooses to detain them in a detention centre with the intention of transportation to a country at war with its neighbour and who shoots and kills asylum seekers for protesting that they are hungry.

Whilst these innocents are waiting, they are held in the most unpleasant circumstances that this government thinks it can get away with. Presumably this includes painting out murals.

Pathetic, History will never forgive or forget.

I couldn't agree more. This report shows in a nutshell the mindset of the people running this country now..!
It's utterly abhorrent 😖

The murals were painted by volunteers, it states it in several articles. The tax payer didn’t fund it. I want to say get a bloody grip. I have never seen so many unfeeling posts regarding vulnerable children. It’s sad

I understand people's reluctance to be too welcoming to the adult migrants, though don't agree with it myself, but the children are not here by their own choice so should be treated differently anyway. I was shocked to hear it. Sadly it's just another inhumane Tory policy just like sending the poor folk to Rwanda. Shame on them!

Did anyone hear the report on 'From Our Own Correspondent' this morning on Radio 4? It described one of the very many ways unaccompanied children can be exploited, in this case Yezidi children. Famine, natural disaster, war, despotic governments make children particularly vulnerable. What makes us in the UK or similar rich countries more 'worthy' of care and humane treatment?

I don't think anyone on this discussion would shut their door on a child or teenager in desperate need? I hope they wouldn't on an adult either.

I am staggered at the albeit minority support on this thread for Jenrick's heartless, spiteful demand. All that removal of these murals would achieve would be to send a very clear, painful message to children who are already here, and may well already be traumatised by their experiences, that the hurt will not stop here, and that they will continue to be victimised and scapegoated by those who supposedly should now have an interest in their welfare and wellbeing. No-one is suggesting they should attract 5 star treatment or should automatically be handed passports and receive full benefits... although some of the gutter press would have you think otherwise. Painting of the murals for these children was a caring, voluntary act by centre staff, through which they displayed just a little of the milk of human kindness, in attempt to make the surroundings feel just a little less like a sterile detention centre. A purely cosmetic but no doubt welcome diversion for the benefit of those unfortunate, lonely children. Jenrick and his apologists here are now attempting to heartlessly turn that milk very sour. May their God forgive them, because I can't... The children are here, whether we like it or not, and should be treated with compassion and with humanity. Jenrick and his like are proposing quite the opposite.

If it is true that the murals were painted without permission, then that would possibly call for a reprimand to the person who ordered them.

If, as I assume, the murals were paid for out of public funding then that too might indicate the need for investigation on the part of the relevant authority.

Ordering them to be painted over does seems unkind and unneccessary - a reprimand could have been given and the minister then allowed them to remain on the walls, as this would be cheaper than having the walls repainted.

The reason stated "that they were too welcoming" sounds to me more like the spin a newspaper would put on the action than anything a politician would be likely to say in public.

mayisay/Primrose 53 - I agree that crossing the Channel from a safe country is unnecessary, but how can an unaccompanied child pay to make the journey?🤔 Removing the cartoon pictures is unbelievable.
Does Jenrick have children of his own? I wonder if they’re allowed pics in their bedrooms?!
I have never before considered voting Labour, but the Tories are rapidly losing my support. I watched the Tory MP on Question Time on Thursday - supercilious, obnoxious. I thought the Labour MP and Fiona Bruce did well not to throttle him on live TV! 😂
The owner of the green power co. came over very well (sorry, can’t remember his name). If we had PR I wouldn’t hesitate to vote for the Green Party.

These poor traumatised, lost children. How can anyone have so little compassion.. surely he must remember how vulnerable his own children were when they were little.. unbelievable lack of empathy

Remember when they realised they were known as the Nasty Party

What planet is this Jenrick person on? Is he from the 18th century? He certainly cannot be very intelligent!

Children aren't responsible for whatever caused them to seek asylum what a cruel and pointless gesture. Maybe Banksey et al will replace it. Why punish children! Why punish asylum seekers at all! So many of them are genuinely in need of our support and kindness after fleeing terrible persecution and danger! If this is true is shows the Tories in a very poor light.

I am mortified to be British 😱. How can anyone think this is ok ? The conservatives have lost reality and humanity. This can not be the will of the British people

He should be sacked

Home office figures show there were over 5 k applications for asylum by unaccompanied children last year. And as it takes ages to even get to apply there must be many more who are not yet in the system. I used to work with these children, and, believe me, they exist.

MerylStreep

The Dutch (ex) Dutch government have a very strict asylum system.

www.standard.co.uk/news/world/dutch-government-collapse-migration-asylum-seekers-politics-mark-rutte-prime-minister-netherlands-b1093056.html

I would agree that our system here (if you can call it a system) is completely chaotic and the government has got to get a grip on speedier processing and outcomes for asylum seekers.

However, perhaps Jenrick should concentrate on the bigger issues rather than a petty, mean-spirited action such as painting over cartoons at a centre for unaccompanied children.

Shouldn’t judge by appearances, I know but one look at the man’s visage and it says it all, doesn’t it? Self satisfied creep.

Some of you on here have sunk to a new low . What the hell does "need more information" mean ? What more information do you need ? A minister has ordered cartoons in a centre to house kids who are scared ,possibly traumatised, to be painted over so as not to make them welcoming . I dispare when I read some of the comments on here, you should be ashamed.

Do the Tories treat children as undesirable criminals? Does Jenrick represent mainstream Tory opinion? Are they fit to be in government?