Hundreds of illegal migrants to be put in existing military barracks

Quite a good video from Sky (1 min 34 secs) Listen to the boundaries carefully. (ie time spent there, reality check on expectations of migrants etc)

news.sky.com/video/inside-the-former-army-barracks-in-crowborough-used-to-house-asylum-seekers-13497619

Thanks for the explanatory link Wyllow3.

If not housed in former army barracks as outlined- I wonder where the OP and others would prefer asylum seekers to be housed whilst awaiting their asylum applications to be processed.

Well exactly. They also allude to the deterrent affect. Which actually matches measures taken in other European countries.
Labour have actually been doing a lot to try and change matter: it frustrates me this isn't recognised, because despite policy claims from the Far right claims "turn the boats back" they know quite well they cant do it.

Well unless you want everyone to be drowned when France refuses to take them back - and why should they? (goes away muttering, reminding GN's that around 94% of incomers come legally and the govt are taking more action on both these matters than previous ones. And actually speeding up the processing.

Labour will not be given credit for improvements in many MSM outlets.

I guess it's a short term solution, but not the answer to the problem.
Add these young male illegal migrants to the 6,000 killers, rapists and sex offenders being freed early from prison from September, and we have a tinderbox waiting to ignite.

Just because we move the problem round the houses, it doesn't go away and certainly serves as no deterrent.

The military barracks didn’t seem to be a solution under the Tories, which is why hotels were used.

Why will it work now?

Better than hotels or HMO’s in town centres.

Seems a sensible option

GrannyGravy13

Better than hotels or HMO’s in town centres.

Yes.

Also moving them to massive Army base in Grantham. Personally, I cannot understand why we allow undocumented, unvaccinated, uneducated, unskilled, non-English speaking, different cultured, etc, who throw away any ID upon landing on British or other European shores. Just considering where I would go and live given the same circumstances. Monaco, perhaps.

Can you suggest a way to 'un-allow' them?
Is there a way?
We had a deal with France until BREXIT.

Maremia

Can you suggest a way to 'un-allow' them?
Is there a way?
We had a deal with France until BREXIT.

I just Google the Dublin Agreement, which we were part of before we left the EU.

We (UK) received more migrants than we removed under this..

Well unless you want everyone to be drowned when France refuses to take them back - and why should they? (goes away muttering, reminding GN's that around 94% of incomers come legally and the govt are taking more action on both these matters than previous ones. And actually speeding up the processing.

I think that drowning is the preferred solution, Wyllow. That, or a mass abduction by aliens to take them to a galaxy far far away. They certainly don’t seem to be considered fit to exist on the same planet as the British…

MaizieD what a horrible insinuation!

It is not a crime to be concerned about these (mainly) young men arriving on our shores with no documentation.

I am going to assume that your last paragraph was an attempt at either irony or sarcasm…

Think Private Eye? Reductio ad Absurdum?

Wyllow3

Think Private Eye? Reductio ad Absurdum?

Careful a former PM was castigated for sprinkling his speeches with Latin…

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GrannyGravy13

Wyllow3

Think Private Eye? Reductio ad Absurdum?

Careful a former PM was castigated for sprinkling his speeches with Latin…

😂
Oooh yes, much too elitist.

GrannyGravy13

Wyllow3

Think Private Eye? Reductio ad Absurdum?

Careful a former PM was castigated for sprinkling his speeches with Latin…

Aw, I did enjoy it GG13

I also had to look it up. 2x

(It was floating round my mind as a neat summary)

Rwanda? It was never given a chance to see if it would indeed act as a deterrent as the foolish Starmer abandoned the whole idea.

It may have worked or it may not but it should at least have been given a chance.

I believe it had already been showing encouraging signs.

If you had read my earlier post MaizieD you would know that I am in favour of Barracks being utilised in this way 🤦‍♀️

The military barracks are the best option. Housing in hotels was a bad idea. At least Labour are actually addressing the problem in a constructive way.

Not all cases of migrants landing here are genuine asylum seekers. If they were there’d be no need for Tik Tok guides and coaches telling them to ‘pretend they’re gay’ to game the system. We are too soft.

GrannyGravy13

If you had read my earlier post MaizieD you would know that I am in favour of Barracks being utilised in this way 🤦‍♀️

Me too, it’s the obvious answer to migrant housing.
MaizieD I consider your comments disgraceful to other GN members and absolutely untrue.