Putting asylum seekers into hotels isn't good for the community and isn't good for the asylum seekers either. They need to be treated like human beings, placed in houses and flats so that they can build relationships with their neighbours rather than being isolated in a hotel. They should be allowed to work and pay taxes so that they are contributing to society rather than being a drain on the public purse. And they should get a decision on their application in weeks rather than months or even years.
There’s no point just closing the hotels without a proper plan to replace them. We need decent council and private housing provided quickly in order to meet the needs of everyone in the UK. And we need an economic transition that makes it harder for the super wealthy to suck money out of the public purse and our private bank accounts only to hide it through legal tax avoidance. There should be safe, managed routes to the UK so that nobody has to pay a criminal gang for a place in a small boat. And the last thing we need is politicians whipping up fear and hatred against already-traumatised asylum seekers. I despair at the direction some people in our society are taking.
I think they are fanning the flames of racism. It could be they’re doing it as a distraction. Reform councillors generally aren't dull-but-competent timeservers, they are, to use a technical term, heid-the-baws. Inevitably going to be a fair bit of fingers in the till/pissed and gropey at official function shenanigans in the meantime, so stirring the pot takes the scrutiny away.
Meanwhile WNC continues to waste money on entering the crematorium business when there is enough capacity already. Total cost at least 10m. Return on investment uncertain. The only benefit to the community could be that prices fall.
The government have halved the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers since they came to power last year.
Maybe our MPs can find out when the hotels in Northamptonshire will be vacated.
Putting asylum seekers into hotels isn't good for the community and isn't good for the asylum seekers either. They need to be treated like human beings, placed in houses and flats so that they can build relationships with their neighbours rather than being isolated in a hotel. They should be allowed to work and pay taxes so that they are contributing to society rather than being a drain on the public purse. And they should get a decision on their application in weeks rather than months or even years.
There’s no point just closing the hotels without a proper plan to replace them. We need decent council and private housing provided quickly in order to meet the needs of everyone in the UK. And we need an economic transition that makes it harder for the super wealthy to suck money out of the public purse and our private bank accounts only to hide it through legal tax avoidance. There should be safe, managed routes to the UK so that nobody has to pay a criminal gang for a place in a small boat. And the last thing we need is politicians whipping up fear and hatred against already-traumatised asylum seekers. I despair at the direction some people in our society are taking.
I think they are fanning the flames of racism. It could be they’re doing it as a distraction. Reform councillors generally aren't dull-but-competent timeservers, they are, to use a technical term, heid-the-baws. Inevitably going to be a fair bit of fingers in the till/pissed and gropey at official function shenanigans in the meantime, so stirring the pot takes the scrutiny away.
Meanwhile WNC continues to waste money on entering the crematorium business when there is enough capacity already. Total cost at least 10m. Return on investment uncertain. The only benefit to the community could be that prices fall.