Keir Starmer

" Nearly halved the number of ‘asylum seekers’ in hotels in 12 months of government."

That's just wrong YT....another poster said that earlier in the thread...there are actually more people in hotels now than when Labour took over. That's not a criticism of the Govt, just the reality of what they are having to deal with. I certainly don't know what the answer is.
In the interests of accuracy... the figures reported in the Guardian this week.
There were over 56,000 people in Hotel accommodation at it's peak in Sept 2023, but when Labour took office the figure was 29,585. This weeks figure is 32,345.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...tels-rises-8-percent-on-a-year-ago-shows-data

 

Yes. I am saying that.

 

My apologies. I’d edit the original post but then yours wouldn’t make sense so I’ll leave the mistake there.

I stand by my point though. There are plenty of things I don’t like about this government and particularly Starmer, but asylum seekers in hotels and boat crossings aren’t among them. In fact, whilst I’d welcome an end to the crossings, because it’s risking people’s lives, I really don’t have an issue with immigration at all.

 

…and you’re right

Safe and legal routes into the UK in 2025 are primarily through humanitarian routes such as the Afghan Resettlement Programme, UK Resettlement Scheme, and the Community Sponsorship Scheme for refugees, and special schemes like the Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) (BNO) route.

 

You don't think immigration should be controlled or just a free for all open borders sort of thing?

 

Thank you