Footage is cross-posted to Reddit and draws debate
2 Sep 23 3:51 AM · 2d ago · 1 post · 3 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 2
The same video and quote are reposted to Reddit under Madgwick's title, generating comments that shift into a wider argument about asylum housing costs, rules, and whether asylum seekers are being unfairly generalized.
“Once migrants learn they will not be put up at the taxpayers expense they will stop flooding in. Do you any sources to indicate this? I agree with the point of building facilities though, or housing illegal migrants in closed off buildings.”
N-V-V-M-E-A, Reddit commenter · reddit ↗George Madgwick Councillor, poster of the viral footage
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>If a ship is waiting to be scrapped then it isn’t fit for purpose. Companies don’t scrap expensive vehicles that could viably be used to make them money, after all, and the fact that they are scrapping them means that it would cost more to repair them than to buy one brand new. They are usually sent for scrap if they are a little dated and costly…
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“Once migrants learn they will not be put up at the taxpayers expense they will stop flooding in”. Do you any sources to indicate this? I agree with the point of building facilities though, or housing illegal migrants in closed off buildings. It’s such an obvious solution to a glaring problem.
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You do realise they don't have to settle in the first country they get to right? Even then, most already do stay in the first country they arrive in. The vast majority of asylum seekers aren't criminals likewise the vast majority of Brits aren't criminals.
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I know the grossly outdated rules means they can window shop, yes. As I said, we have no shortage of those turning up to enjoy such awful conditions of being housed, fed and watered for the rest of their lives.
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