When anti-asylum demonstrations have so much support from the mainstream, a smarter, more tailored message is needed, says campaigner and barrister David Renton
“Fascism” should not be used lightly. It’s a very old political theory. Many of the complaints are that they’re lazy or non-working, they should be able to work, pay taxes and succeed in life. Instead of succumbing to the forever hellhole that’s hotels and unemployment.
I don’t really care if asylum seekers are able to work; the point of granting asylum is humanitarian, not self-interest. Regular migration is self-interested (from the point of view of the new country) though.
I think most complaints about asylum seekers are about crime, about being “swamped” or about how they arrive, none of which really makes sense, except that it is true that there has been a large rise in refugees arriving in the UK over the last decade. It still doesn’t really stand up to scrutiny though.
“Fascism” should not be used lightly. It’s a very old political theory. Many of the complaints are that they’re lazy or non-working, they should be able to work, pay taxes and succeed in life. Instead of succumbing to the forever hellhole that’s hotels and unemployment.
I don’t really care if asylum seekers are able to work; the point of granting asylum is humanitarian, not self-interest. Regular migration is self-interested (from the point of view of the new country) though.
I think most complaints about asylum seekers are about crime, about being “swamped” or about how they arrive, none of which really makes sense, except that it is true that there has been a large rise in refugees arriving in the UK over the last decade. It still doesn’t really stand up to scrutiny though.