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When I think about the UK

NAS71232

I worry about it. Without hopefully not getting a thread lock, I want you to just think about something.

If random people enter the UK via the Engilsh Channel on a dinghy, they get rewarded with a house and money. 

What if they are criminals fleeing persecution?

Should they be allowed to roam free amongst our children without documentation?

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  • A quarter of a million entered the UK in small boats over the last 7 years. Yes, their situation is dire; yes, we need to do something; yes we have a moral due to fellow humans. BUT there are practicalities. The NHS is vastly over-subscribed. Some kids have never seen a dentist. Homeless families in temporary accommodation or sofa-surfing have little hope of housing because there are 1.34 million on council waiting lists. Many young people who've never worked face a difficult future. The benefits kitty is not endlesse and will become unsupportable.

    Who is prepared to give up their benefits to a needy person? Or tell someone else they must give up theirs? Give up a long-standing place in the NHS queue for operations - or tell someone else they must give up theirs? Who will offer a place in their home, free of charge, to a stranger in need? Who will sponsor and take responsibility for an asylum seeker? Who is happy to have unknown young men with dire psychological hurts living next to their family? Who is happy to accept tax increases to support a larger civil service to deal with applications, criminality, riots, damaged infrastructure - triggered by opposition to asylum seekers?

    The answer is not a catalogue of dreams and pontification but real solutions to the core problems. This is a vast, world-wide problem growing year by year to which there are no easy answers. It's no use trying to prop up the effects, without dealing with the core problems, is it?

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  • A quarter of a million entered the UK in small boats over the last 7 years. Yes, their situation is dire; yes, we need to do something; yes we have a moral due to fellow humans. BUT there are practicalities. The NHS is vastly over-subscribed. Some kids have never seen a dentist. Homeless families in temporary accommodation or sofa-surfing have little hope of housing because there are 1.34 million on council waiting lists. Many young people who've never worked face a difficult future. The benefits kitty is not endlesse and will become unsupportable.

    Who is prepared to give up their benefits to a needy person? Or tell someone else they must give up theirs? Give up a long-standing place in the NHS queue for operations - or tell someone else they must give up theirs? Who will offer a place in their home, free of charge, to a stranger in need? Who will sponsor and take responsibility for an asylum seeker? Who is happy to have unknown young men with dire psychological hurts living next to their family? Who is happy to accept tax increases to support a larger civil service to deal with applications, criminality, riots, damaged infrastructure - triggered by opposition to asylum seekers?

    The answer is not a catalogue of dreams and pontification but real solutions to the core problems. This is a vast, world-wide problem growing year by year to which there are no easy answers. It's no use trying to prop up the effects, without dealing with the core problems, is it?

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