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The New Arena

What do you seek?

  • Bread

    Votes: 23 17.6%

  • Circus

    Votes: 33 25.2%

  • Aggro

    Votes: 75 57.3%
  • Total voters
    131
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Marius57 said:
So people seeking asylum are not allowed to work (even though the majority of them want to). The claims are meant to be processed in 6 months but often take longer.

Asylum seekers get put into basic, not fit for purpose, already council owned housing. (And in most cases it is appalling conditions). They then get £50 per week to buy food, toiletries and clothing. (Only get £9 a week if their accommodation provides food). And it is pre loaded on a card meaning they can’t buy other things with it. (In the grand scheme of things, paying for food for asylum seekers is fairly negligible)

If their claim is approved (usually for 5 years), and they become a refugee, they can claim benefits however the same restrictions apply to them as to a uk citizen. Most refugees go on to find work.

In terms of rising claims, there was 67k asylum claims made last year, which was 17% lower than the previous year.
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Thanks for explaining this. I think if others knew the costs are lower than they (i also) thought & that they arent 'stealing jobs' which seems to be another topical issue then there may be less concern.

I think places like Japan & Singapore had close to single digits a few years ago. Singapore is a multicultural society and locals are protected with certain laws in place regarding housing, high taxes on foreign property purchases and benefits to employ them over foreigners.

Extremely peaceful place and everyone lives together in harmony. Because everything is black/white which as a 'newish country' is refreshing.

I still think its weird people are concerned about costs (which you explained) but thrown in with racist connotations. Im not sure how it can be seen as racist to want to keep a cultural identity either.

I dont know what Englands cultural identity would even be now or what it used to be lol but it should be fine for people to cling to their past and beliefs as long as it doesnt impact others negatively.
 
Zatara said:
Thanks for explaining this. I think if others knew the costs are lower than they (i also) thought & that they arent 'stealing jobs' which seems to be another topical issue then there may be less concern.

I think places like Japan & Singapore had close to single digits a few years ago. Singapore is a multicultural society and locals are protected with certain laws in place regarding housing, high taxes on foreign property purchases and benefits to employ them over foreigners.

Extremely peaceful place and everyone lives together in harmony. Because everything is black/white which as a 'newish country' is refreshing.

I still think its weird people are concerned about costs (which you explained) but thrown in with racist connotations. Im not sure how it can be seen as racist to want to keep a cultural identity either.

I dont know what Englands cultural identity would even be now or what it used to be lol but it should be fine for people to cling to their past and beliefs as long as it doesnt impact others negatively.
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National Cultural identity is and never has been fixed. Rather it evolves and changes. Modern life just has more accelerants.

The concept of Nation and national identity is a relatively new phenomenon historically.

What you are banging on about isn't some pure hermetically sealed thing.
 



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