The Refugee Council has supported more than 400 asylum seekers in hotels and the report was based on their testimony.
Enver Solomon, chief executive of the council, said: “People who have fled war and persecution often arrive in the UK with just the clothes on their back, in urgent need of healthcare, nutritious food and other essentials such as toiletries.”
The charity says the food provided in many of the hotels is “a major cause of concern”. Food often arrives in small portions, with limited options available, the report says. The quality varies widely across sites, with some hotels providing little or no fruit.
...it's more than good enough for 'refugees', Enver.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are provided with accommodation, a choice of three meals a day in line with NHS nutrition guidelines, as well as access to fresh fruit and drinking water, and we work closely with our providers and local charities to provide other basics.”
Particularly 'refugees' who are fleeing....err, Calais.
".....often arrive with just the clothes on their back."
ReplyDeleteAnd an iPhone model that I can't afford. And trainers that I can't afford. When they are picked up by the UK Border Force Illegal Immigrant Rescue Service, these invaders, mainly male and of military age, should have their mobile phones taken off them and the phone call history checked. I would suggest the results would be of interest to those who want to identify the people smugglers.
The people smugglers are an irrelevant nuisance who (much like PIRA back in the day) are almost all known (OK the police and customs may not know but if you imagine the SIS’s don’t you’re delusional) and could be wiped out in a day if there was the political will to do so.
ReplyDeleteSo why not? As you’d guess money.
Oh not the pitiful millions the smugglers are making, the literal billions upon billions the Councils, NGOs and Government Departments are.
Some the best staffed and funded departments in councils and government deal with the immigration racket. My local council regularly delays infrastructure works as ‘lacking the budget’, pensioners and veterans do without support (staff and monies), but certain ‘special’ projects never, ever, run short (LBGT, anti-smoking, climate-change) and first amongst them is refugee and immigrant support. (and like most scams the money circulates back as ‘donations’ to the political whores who manage it).
It’ll never be stopped. Too may vested interests. Too many jobs for the girls. Too much graft.