Might aswell get the facts straight if we're thinking these people are "living the dream" If a person seeking asylum is held in temp accommodation (hotel) they receive an £8 per week allowance.
If they are housed in the community, they receive £39.63 on a payment card.
Feck whether they get pizza or not...when does a column in a newspaper not become news ? But it's not the point I guess is it ?
I was living on way less a week when i was starting my business, buying fresh ingredients,(for example especially alone a bag off patatos last longer than one day) not using a car or bus but a cycle etc. made it all do-able. And yes it was more comfortable when i got to the point where i had more income at my disposal. But that's besides the point, £8 isn't much but most likely more they would get in the country their fleeing from.
A column is different from a news article, a column allows more creativity from the writer and is in a newspaper usually based on a news event but also contains personals views and such. (an important difference)
Isn't that rather missing the point? The story that I published wasn't about some Andy Capp, dole scrounger from Afghanistan. This guy was training to be a Paediatrician. We need those. Process his sodding asylum claim and then he can work, and pay tax, and improve life for himself and for other people. He won't need £35 quid a week and social housing.
Let's stop treating these people as if they are scum. They have qualifications, training, skills. What they don't have is a safe place to live and use those skills. Sure, if they start running drugs or whatever send 'em back. But those people are a very very very small minority. The majority just want somewhere safe to work and live. They will work incredibly hard to ensure that their families and community are supported.
People like Priti Patel just won't let them because they came without paperwork.
While i agree with you that the current system doesn't really work, as they are supposed to stay put for years then to be told they need to work and the public picture to be painted there all as benefits scoursers, a better system would be where they get an temporaly status within 6 months and then have the abilty to work/learn whatever however the flip side is also true, gay asylum seekers don't feel safe in gay camps because not-gays have found out they make a better change of getting asylum when claiming they are gay, many terrorist attacks over the past years have been committed by asylum seekers etc. it's with all the numbers we have silly to suggest all those asylum seekers or Paediatricians, dentist and nurses, it simply isn't true. All highly qualified are cherry picked by countries as the Us, Turkey and Canada.(in case of Syria, 'Iraq/middle east, most likely also other countries but from Syria/Iraq is well documented.)
That off course does'nt say all asylum seekers are like that, it would still be a minority but there are things that need attention, like for example cultural differences, being gay, the clothing western women wear etc. are things they are most likely not used to and needs explanation because there own response would generally be disapproval.(which is fine in a free country as long as they leave them alone )
I can’t imagine trying to get by on £5 a day to provide me with three meals a day, sanitation and clothing. It’s no wonder they need extra support from charities.
planning, not buying expensive brands etc. gets you an long way. It's the throwaway/ready meal society that makes things expensive.
