Robert Jenrick says asylum seekers should be held in camps

Robert Jenrick says asylum seekers should be held in camps



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  1. [Robert Jenrick ](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/robert-jenrick-really-needs-get-over-himself-3862383?srsltid=AfmBOoqWlhCEYRHybVgFkD45rasKg77EwnfObBrZKcybtdEscgWoFMwf&ico=in-line_link)has called for asylum seekers to be housed in camps like “rudimentary prisons”, suggesting the [Conservatives ](https://inews.co.uk/category/news/politics/conservatives?srsltid=AfmBOoq9SzdBW28eV4JaScd7sbzEiThBW0LbRgD8OZ8ZyR4QQaDvr6se&ico=in-line_link)should go even further than Reform on the issue.

    In an interview with the [*Spectator* ](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/robert-jenrick-asylum-seekers-should-be-detained-in-camps/)magazine, the shadow justice secretary also said he supported a “sustained period of net emigration,” which he agreed could be up to a decade, as “the country now needs breathing space after this period of mad migration”.

    “My view is that mass uncontrolled migration has and is wrecking British culture and identity,” he said.

    Speaking about proposals to house asylum seekers, he said arrivals “should be detained in camps”.

    He added: “The facilities will need to be rudimentary prisons, not holiday camps. It’s not what Reform have suggested, which is cabins with a fence around them.”

    His comments come ahead of Reform’s party conference in Birmingham, which is due to kick off on Friday.

    The interview was published after Sir Keir Starmer said it would be a “profound mistake” to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which Jenrick has said he wants the UK to exit.

  2. We could house them near farms and factories and they could work in the farms and factories while being processed we could call them ‘work houses’. Give them back their respect and a Bed and food in exchange for some labour what could go wrong?

  3. That’s ironic considering Jenrick should be in jail for helping his Tory donor friend avoid a 45 million pound tax bill.

  4. The same Robert Jenrick who bragged about using more hotels?

  5. Each political party these days seems to try and undermine the other no matter the truth or lies. They just like to be seen to stopping the other side but in reality they are all just glove puppets.

  6. Not sure why someone would consider this “radical” or “wrong”
    Most refugees and asylum seekers in other countries all over the planet are kept in processing camps, heavily guarded and in the middle of nowhere.

    Just build a huge fortified / military patrolled camp in Kent where they live in tents

  7. How about sending them back like the US is doing?

  8. And im sure he’ll volunteer to locate one of these camps in his constituency to demonstrate he’s serious about this and not just shouting anything he thinks might make his party appear relevant.

  9. Secure accomodation has a far less emotive effect than “camps”. Un vetted people coming to the UK should not be able to roam freely around the country until they are vetted and their claim is accepted.

  10. Yes literally lock them in camps until they are processed.

    – No public nuisance, sexual assaults, rape or murder.

    – balanced but cheap diet, doesn’t matter if it is the same meals every day

    – No huge hotel bills

    – If they are found to have no valid claim (none do) they get deported

    That’s how the system should work.

  11. All commentary about the idea itself aside, you do have to wonder if this is what he really wants, why in his time as immigration minister, not make any moves whatsoever towards establishing something like this?

  12. What do France do? Why are people so desperate to make that super risky final leg of the journey?

  13. They should be held offshore, not allowed to stay in the UK. The most successful time in our nation’s history was when we just rounded up all the undesirables and sent them to an uninhabited island in the southern hemisphere. We still have uninhabited islands, including one larger than Long Island. Give illegal immigrants a choice between going there or going home, because remaining in the UK should not be an option.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands

  14. So… why did he gleefully put them all in hotels when he was part of the last Tory government? Mans a grifter with no integrity and no genuine political vision. A political wind sock.

  15. People should held without due process and for an undisclosed amount of time in camps….

  16. The idea is not bad, but we cannot go crazy about building multiple massive campsite facilities that will no longer be of any use after the backlog is reduced (which believe it or not is being reduced, but it’ll take years to get to a good level).

    One advantage of the campsites, though, is that it would be easier to keep them under control, and it’ll be very difficult for them to illegally work as food delivery riders.

    These campsite facilities won’t be cheap to run or keep warm during winter though. They are also not adequate or safe for female refugees or families with kids. Although considering that the vast majority are male, we can host families and females elsewhere.

  17. They’re called detention centres, and it’s normal procedure all over the world.

    In proper countries that have resect for themselves, that is.

  18. It should be a secure centre with all the amenities that are needed. Safe, secure, and catered for. People should stay there until their case is completed.

    If you’re a genuine assylum seekers you’ll be pleased to be safe and secure.

  19. Robert jenrick is a corrupt buffoon.

    Currently in-roads are being made to fix the terrible state that the immigration system was in. A state that he was responsible for as minister for immigration (🤣 you can’t make it up).

    Rather than adding extra costs to immigration why not instead focus on making it more efficient and reducing the cost ffs. The guy is a grade A moron.

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