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1. schnitzelstoat · 1789563681 · focus · HN ↗

   > Piddington — home to roughly 350 residents

   > the Government announced plans to house 1,256 male asylum seekers in a nearby former military base.

   It seems a bad idea to put them all in one place where they will outnumber the local residents almost 4-to-1

   1. pjc50 · 1789564042 · focus · HN ↗

      Previous approaches of distributing them across low-rent hotels and bnb accommodation have recently suffered arson attacks. This isn't the first time a disused military base has been used for this kind of purpose, and ultimately they have to go somewhere; wherever the government puts them is going to object.

      I'm not even 100% clear whether they're allowed off the site!

      The asylum system leaves people in an extremely unpleasant limbo for a long time while it makes decisions, based purely on the false belief that they're uniquely likely to be criminals.

      1. allanmacgregor · 1789645307 · focus · HN ↗

         > and ultimately they have to go somewhere; wherever the government puts them is going to object.

         Back to their own country, look I am an immigrant myself but there is this massive trend of goverments developing suicidal empathy even at the cost of their own citizens; it really needs to stop.

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