If it was part of an integrated , coherent and cohesive plan it'd be the only example of such a thing in many, many years of shitshow government
As suggested elsewhere, it seems that it's better to use asylum-seekers for political propaganda than to process them efficiently and let them get on with their lives
Is this intended to stir up more hatred and divide?
In Lincolnshire? The country we've become over the last few years is exactly what Lincolnshire was like when I was there 20 years ago. 🙂 They're way ahead of the curve there
Wasn't Lincolnshire the only county still in favour of Brexit in a recent poll?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-regrets-map-uk-b2272117.html
Numerous barracks in Germany are now being used for asylum seekers
That's certainly what the Germans are using the old JHQ near Rheindalen for.
As suggested elsewhere, it seems that it’s better to use asylum-seekers for political propaganda than to process them efficiently and let them get on with their lives
Indeed. Sadly a change of government, which looks increasingly probable, is unlikely to bring about huge change in the system.
Quite possibly faster asylum processing with lucrative contracts for private companies but not necessarily massively more humane.
Labour established the privately run notorious Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, which for years was riddled with scandals, protests, allegations of sexual abuse, and hunger strikes.
Almost as soon as it was opened Yarl's Wood was hit by scandals :
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jul/23/immigration.immigrationandpublicservices
And at least one Labour government minister wasn't shy to to suggest that asylum seekers and immigrants were being given housing priority over Brits.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/may/20/immigration.immigrationandpublicservices
Those comments by a Labour minister were condemned as pandering to the far-right:
Nancy Kelly, head of UK and international policy at the council, said: 'The way to counter some of the views that are put forward by the far-right parties is not by trying to follow their lead.'
If it was part of an integrated, coherent and cohesive plan it might be worth considering.
It isn’t.
I’m against it.
this. the problem is not the number of refugees. the problem is the slowness of processing them.
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That’s certainly what the Germans are using the old JHQ near Rheindalen for.
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and Herford. Was in Paderborn in December and some of the old quarters have Ukrainians in now though most are empty still, one camp has been flattened and the other is in the process of being developed. We were one of the last units to leave Minden and they moved refugees in the day we moved out. Good use of empty real estate IMO. There was a brief amount of rioting from the refugees in Herford a few years ago, about conditions if I remember rightly
Quite a pertinent message for today, St Patrick's Day, from across the Irish Sea :
https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1636276520271458309?s=20
