Posted on 10/09/2021 3:02:49 PM PDT by RandFan
Afghans who recently arrived in the UK after fleeing the Taliban takeover have asked to be sent back, casting doubt over the success of Operation Warm Welcome, the government’s Afghan resettlement programme.
It was launched by Boris Johnson on 29 August to help Afghan refugees arriving in the UK by providing support so they could “rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education and integrate into their local communities”.
However, a widespread lack of housing means hotels have been commandeered as emergency temporary accommodation for 7,000 Afghan refugees, with Home Office officials admitting that some will be held in them for months.
Already some refugees have had enough. One doctor, who has been working with the newly arrived Afghans for weeks but who requested anonymity, said: “I’ve had a few patients telling me they want to go home. One guy, who was 67, kept saying: ‘I can’t take this any more. I have to get out of this [hotel] room.’ ” The GP, an Afghan who fled the country in 2000 when the Taliban were previously in power, added: “Another said: ‘I just want my freedom from the hotel.’ I had to put him on medication, and his wife, because they were so upset.”
There are also concerns over healthcare for those held in hotels following the evacuation from Kabul airport, with one charity describing confusion over access to local GPs.
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Can we put our refugees in UK hotel rooms?
Maybe we should put our sourthern border refugees in UK hotel rooms too.
GTFO
No matter what is done it won’t be enough. If they want to go home why not send them?
Appatently the Grand Hotel in Scarborough has been a NIGHTMARE. They are taking money from the gov to house them there and are tearing up the place.
“It was launched by Boris Johnson”
Who’s paying for this initiative Boris?
Who is going to pay compensation for the victims of the crimes they commit?
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Sounds like somebody didn’t appreciate the pork sausage, rashers and blood pudding served with his complementary full English breakfast this morning. Shame.
The Who did the same thing to their hotel room in Flint Michigan off Bristol Ave.
Circumstances were a bit different then...
Maybe I'll start one when my cheap afghan labor arrives. The great thing about them is they hate rooms. So I'm thinking waterproof chrommebooks, and some outdoor seating.
Pay will be 2 live chickens starting bonus. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (Apparently that's a staple in Afghanistan). 2 lbs of rice a week. Maybe a lettuce head or a cabbage every week.
They payed for it...not the taxpayer.
One guy, who was 67, kept saying: ‘I can’t take this any more. I have to get out of this [hotel] room.’ ”
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What does this say about UK hotel rooms? Worse than living under the Taliban.
They should put them up at the Fawlty Towers.
Basil would know how to deal with them...
I will join in singing “Send Them Home” before they make us all Miserables.
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