- 1,964
- 397
- 83
I find it depressing that the vfm calculation assumes that the situation will continue for 3 years.
Some of the complaints about the use of Weathersfield (and probably Scampton) centre around the fact that the new inmates will be able to come and go but that there is nothing for them to do in the local area and they have no money to go anywhere - hence fears of 'idle hands' of unknown honesty being foisted onto hitherto 'nice' areas.
There doesn't seem to be any mechanisms or plans to fill the immigrants' days with anything meaningful (neither compulsory work nor formalised induction/education into British society) nor any speed in deciding whether they should be accepted as legitimate immigrants or refused admission and deported promptly. Other countries in Europe have much higher refusal rates (up to 60 or 70%) and make their decisions quicker with fewer opportunities to drag the process out. We need to get much much better at deciding cases and getting rid of the illegitimate ones whilst inducting the legitimate ones and getting them into productive society.
Just storing people at taxpayers cost (whether in hotels or camps) apparently almost indefinitely is not good for the taxpayer nor good for the genuine refugees. The ability to live free at taxpayers expense is not something we encourage in those born here, allowing it for outsiders will only increase resentment against them.
Some of the complaints about the use of Weathersfield (and probably Scampton) centre around the fact that the new inmates will be able to come and go but that there is nothing for them to do in the local area and they have no money to go anywhere - hence fears of 'idle hands' of unknown honesty being foisted onto hitherto 'nice' areas.
There doesn't seem to be any mechanisms or plans to fill the immigrants' days with anything meaningful (neither compulsory work nor formalised induction/education into British society) nor any speed in deciding whether they should be accepted as legitimate immigrants or refused admission and deported promptly. Other countries in Europe have much higher refusal rates (up to 60 or 70%) and make their decisions quicker with fewer opportunities to drag the process out. We need to get much much better at deciding cases and getting rid of the illegitimate ones whilst inducting the legitimate ones and getting them into productive society.
Just storing people at taxpayers cost (whether in hotels or camps) apparently almost indefinitely is not good for the taxpayer nor good for the genuine refugees. The ability to live free at taxpayers expense is not something we encourage in those born here, allowing it for outsiders will only increase resentment against them.
