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Many of them have trades and useful skills. A system should have been put in place years ago to allow them to work while waiting for their claims to be processed.

There often seems to be confusion about the terms asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants.

Who are we discussing here, please, Cossy?

Oh, and the state of the country is government's fault. The last government and the current one if it doesn't sort stuff out.

Those aren't really sensible questions. They don't address the actual issue which is the particularly high rate of incoming people. It is the rate of influx that causes problems, not the fact that non-native people want to live here.

I have never heard anyone speaking against asylum seekers or against helping them as such.

Well I have met several young male Afghan refugees, our friends housed them.

Two went on to University, one is probably in jail by now (he stole from our friends, into drugs, alcohol etc), the others they lost contact with.

Some of their stories were horrific, some just wanted to live in England were everything is good

Cossy
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Poppyred

I didn’t blame immigrants for this countries state of affairs. Just pointed out that it is costing British tax payers a fortune on a daily basis.

Money that could be better spent looking after our own. We have given more than our fair share of help over the years. Enough is enough now.

Poppyred you had better get your tin hat on! 🤣.

You are not allowed to say ”our own” on here.

I agree withyou💯 though

I didn’t blame immigrants for this countries state of affairs. Just pointed out that it is costing British tax payers a fortune on a daily basis.

Money that could be better spent looking after our own. We have given more than our fair share of help over the years. Enough is enough now.

One of the issues is that there is already a dire shortage of decent, affordable housing for so many people - natives included - already here.

Given the latest landlord scandal regarding the new Labour MP I look forward to a robust response from KS and the party generally. Housing is supposed to be a priority for the new Labour government - it will bode very ill if he’s allowed to remain as an MP, having flouted regulations and evidently seriously shirked his duties as a landlord.

That’s 5 questions! 🤣🤣🤣

I don’t blame immigrants, presumably you mean asylum seekers, for the state of our country.It doesn’t help the finances of the country tho does it? We need to feed and house them and if hundreds arrive daily that’s a lot in a year.
Asylum seekers have a right to ask for asylum of course, but if their claims are processed properly there will be loads found to be economic migrants who should be swiftly deported.I think the past government has just been accepting of claims in order to get the numbers down, so am hoping Labour will do the right thing going forward.
I don’t say give them a room in your house so can’t answer that one.