Goochie

Sadly, our local council has lost it's high court battle to prevent the government building an Asylum seeker's unit about 8 miles from my house

From what I've read, the unit will house around 700 single men, 400 women and another few hundred families. These will have facilities on site to rival thosein the town itself and will also be bused to local towns to see the tourist sights of Oxford and the Cotswolds.

Now, I dont want to jump to the conclusion that they're going to try and escape as soon as they hear their application is refused but I cant help wondering how many are going to disappear into the countryside.

Does anyone here live near an existing asylum camp??

misty

I work in an asylum!!!......................................... ...............A lunatic asylum!!!
dave

||VaNDaL||

Get used to it pal... I live in an Asylum area, and Tone bLiar (not a spelling mistake) has been fiddling figures for years, so there are more here than u realise

Katana

Why build it in Oxfordshire? They should build it up North or something.

Dracoro

I understand people sentiments but ultimately isn't this just a case of 'not in my backyard'?

Personally think they should be secure units like in germany where once your application is OK'd you can go else you're deported.

Katana

You got it pal. Oxfordshire is meant to be a "posh" place. Foreigners here are normally the ones that have a good income. Then you get the Kosovans who for some reason love harassing my girl as she's "Russian". These guys give foreign people a bad name.

V45DSM

London is one big asylum centre, isn't it?

Goochie

I think they should be housed on old cruise ships in the channel.

Petem95

Unlucky mate, I hate to think what that'll do for house prices in the area. They should defo process them off-shore.

Butty

iTrader: (2)

I'm about 8 miles from Yarleswood, Bedford.
Perhaps not the best one to mention when talking about trouble and escapees
They still don't know who actually escaped as all the records went up in flames doh!

GaryK

yep i live a few miles from yarls wood, you know the one that was built using 100million pounds of taxpayers money, burned to the ground, detainees escaped and were never found, mind you wouldnt matter if they were, illegal or not you can stay, then cost to rebuild is something like £60million. That said I dont think it has made one jot of difference to house prices.

Gary

JoanUK300

Shouldn`t say this but yes......I totally agree with you........and then it might sink

turboman786

yawwwwn....

tiggers

Oh an asylum seekers thread on SN - now there's a refreshing change

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

I LIVE IN ONE!

Petem95

Its got to be said guys, its pretty obviously what the thread is about from the title, so why view it in the first place?!!

Next you'll be moaning that people are talking about Subaru's again!