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Govt announces Ukrainian style scheme to bring thousands more migrants to UK

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Primrose53 Fri 26-Jun-26 22:52:18

I believe mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

Be interesting to see how many migrant supporters on here offer to take them into their homes!

If it’s the same as Ukrainian scheme you will get paid about £380 a month.

Getting ready for the usual excuses - haven’t got a spare room, can’t afford it, I live in a flat, I am too old, my second cousin twice removed lives with me etc etc. 🤣

AGAA4 Sat 27-Jun-26 12:07:27

ronib

As an older person, I would welcome some help around the house… and garden. £380 is a very small rental for a room in the south east so it would be a good solution possibly if a few hours gardening and cleaning becomes part of the contract? Or not?

That would be a good idea if you have a spare room. A lot of older people need help and a strong young man could be useful for heavy jobs and they would get a safe place to stay.

mumofmadboys Sat 27-Jun-26 12:07:04

To put the record right you get £350 per month if you house one refugee or four

ronib Sat 27-Jun-26 12:01:04

As an older person, I would welcome some help around the house… and garden. £380 is a very small rental for a room in the south east so it would be a good solution possibly if a few hours gardening and cleaning becomes part of the contract? Or not?

AGAA4 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:50:28

Primrose If you don't understand what is unpleasant about accusing other posters who's views don't align with yours of making excuses then you need to read the guidelines.
It doesn't matter that you aren't naming names people are aware of who you are targeting.

SpinDriftCoastal Sat 27-Jun-26 11:39:10

Primrose53

I believe mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

Be interesting to see how many migrant supporters on here offer to take them into their homes!

If it’s the same as Ukrainian scheme you will get paid about £380 a month.

Getting ready for the usual excuses - haven’t got a spare room, can’t afford it, I live in a flat, I am too old, my second cousin twice removed lives with me etc etc. 🤣

Getting ready for the usual excuses - haven’t got a spare room, can’t afford it, I live in a flat, I am too old, my second cousin twice removed lives with me etc etc. 🤣

Why would I? I've spent a lifetime supporting, nurturing, being a full time carer, provider. I am now sick and old. I need to look after myself. Who will look after me?

LemonJam Sat 27-Jun-26 11:38:29

CatsWhiskas

MT62

LemonJam

There are those that will have no problem helping out the Eritrean and Sudan refugees also.

Good. Let them crack on!

I expect they will.

And good on them 💐💐👏👏

srn63 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:26:54

AGAA4

What a very unpleasant thread.

What is unpleasant about it? Is it because, for once on this forum, people are actually daring to state their own views?

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:22:51

Cw good for them 👏👏👏

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:22:05

Yes I do pre bombing & all the new infrastructure afterwards.
Use to be a treat shopping & going for a meal there.
I missed my bus once on a Sunday winter evening. I was frightened as it just seemed to be men hanging about.
I wouldn’t go there now as I wouldn’t feel safe.

CatsWhiskas Sat 27-Jun-26 11:18:18

MT62

LemonJam

There are those that will have no problem helping out the Eritrean and Sudan refugees also.

Good. Let them crack on!

I expect they will.

CatsWhiskas Sat 27-Jun-26 11:17:06

MT62

FriedGreenTomatoes2

We can’t deal or manage the influx we have.
Why encourage more? Doesn’t make sense to me plus we don’t have the necessary infrastructure to support more people at present.

I’d rather the government got cracking sorting out the huge backlog of asylum seekers already with us. Maybe by employing more teams of ‘processors’. That’d be a start. We obviously can’t keep up yet new arrivals rock up every day.

What a shambles.

Yes I’ve seen the state of Manchester. The smell of urine around that old Debenhams.
State of Piccadilly Gardens, it’s a disgrace.
Tents cities. Not just Manc, but Liverpool too.
Amount of homeless ( just our own).
So I don’t think things are going to improve when AB gets in.

Do you remember what Manchester or Liverpool used to be like a couple of decades ago?

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:16:50

LemonJam

There are those that will have no problem helping out the Eritrean and Sudan refugees also.

Good. Let them crack on!

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:14:36

FriedGreenTomatoes2

We can’t deal or manage the influx we have.
Why encourage more? Doesn’t make sense to me plus we don’t have the necessary infrastructure to support more people at present.

I’d rather the government got cracking sorting out the huge backlog of asylum seekers already with us. Maybe by employing more teams of ‘processors’. That’d be a start. We obviously can’t keep up yet new arrivals rock up every day.

What a shambles.

Yes I’ve seen the state of Manchester. The smell of urine around that old Debenhams.
State of Piccadilly Gardens, it’s a disgrace.
Tents cities. Not just Manc, but Liverpool too.
Amount of homeless ( just our own).
So I don’t think things are going to improve when AB gets in.

CatsWhiskas Sat 27-Jun-26 11:11:53

MT62

Primrose53

I believe mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

Be interesting to see how many migrant supporters on here offer to take them into their homes!

If it’s the same as Ukrainian scheme you will get paid about £380 a month.

Getting ready for the usual excuses - haven’t got a spare room, can’t afford it, I live in a flat, I am too old, my second cousin twice removed lives with me etc etc. 🤣

It’s hilarious what excuses these do- gooders come up with, isn’t it.
I’ve seen them on their little ‘All migrants welcome’ marches being interviewed if they would offer accommodation. Every person the interviewer asked if they would home a migrant stuttered & stammered with an excuse why they couldn’t 😂 such hypocrisy.
One woman in France who did take in a migrant, ended up trashing her home.
She ended up sofa surfing at Friends homes as she couldn’t get him out 😂

My small town really has made Ukrainians welcome. There are just over 500 Ukrainian adults and even more children, which means that just over 4% of the population here is from Ukraine. The interviewer must have chosen the "wrong kind of" marcher.

LemonJam Sat 27-Jun-26 11:10:44

There are those that will have no problem helping out the Eritrean and Sudan refugees also.

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:07:40

I have no problem helping out the Ukrainians.
We have a family member who is married to a Ukrainian, lovely person who I get on well with.
Very similar views to our own.

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 11:00:19

me2u

If this is to happen the government will need to have a huge number of extra GPs, medical centres and hospitals etc up and running before they are allowed to enter this country. If not the waiting lists to see someone medically qualified will quadruple!

Are you kidding? That’s not going to happen is it 😩

MT62 Sat 27-Jun-26 10:56:42

Primrose53

I believe mainly from Eritrea and Sudan.

Be interesting to see how many migrant supporters on here offer to take them into their homes!

If it’s the same as Ukrainian scheme you will get paid about £380 a month.

Getting ready for the usual excuses - haven’t got a spare room, can’t afford it, I live in a flat, I am too old, my second cousin twice removed lives with me etc etc. 🤣

It’s hilarious what excuses these do- gooders come up with, isn’t it.
I’ve seen them on their little ‘All migrants welcome’ marches being interviewed if they would offer accommodation. Every person the interviewer asked if they would home a migrant stuttered & stammered with an excuse why they couldn’t 😂 such hypocrisy.
One woman in France who did take in a migrant, ended up trashing her home.
She ended up sofa surfing at Friends homes as she couldn’t get him out 😂

Primrose53 Sat 27-Jun-26 10:39:01

AGAA4

What a very unpleasant thread.

It’s news and not unpleasant. People have differing opinions and just because they do not align with yours does not make you right or better than anybody else.

LemonJam Sat 27-Jun-26 10:18:23

Sudan is widely considered the most severe war torn country and the world's largest humanitarian crisis and Eritrea threatens to merge with the already devastating civil war in Sudan.

Well done mumofmadboys for taking Ukrainian refugees into your home 👏 and offering support. There will be those that come forward similarly to help refugees that come from Eritrea and Sudan in this proposed scheme.

Jaxjacky Sat 27-Jun-26 10:03:18

I’ll await the details.

AGAA4 Sat 27-Jun-26 09:46:29

What a very unpleasant thread.

Macaydia Sat 27-Jun-26 09:41:27

What about young British citizens who cant afford their own homes? Is there a scheme for that?

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sat 27-Jun-26 09:41:24

We can’t deal or manage the influx we have.
Why encourage more? Doesn’t make sense to me plus we don’t have the necessary infrastructure to support more people at present.

I’d rather the government got cracking sorting out the huge backlog of asylum seekers already with us. Maybe by employing more teams of ‘processors’. That’d be a start. We obviously can’t keep up yet new arrivals rock up every day.

What a shambles.

eazybee Sat 27-Jun-26 09:24:11

I look forward to hearing of the experiences of people who are constantly telling us how to behave towards migrants, and who obviously will be first on the list to offer residence in their own homes.