Well in yet another bombshell of totally unexpected migration related news:
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There is an "impending shortage" of housing for asylum seekers in the UK, the home affairs committee has warned.
The issue is being made worse by a lack of "fair and equal dispersal", with some areas taking hundreds of people and some taking none, its MPs said.
They condemned an "appalling" episode where asylum seekers were told to wear wristbands, and an instance where their doors were all painted one colour.
The Home Office said it was committed to providing safe and secure housing.
"The dispersal system appears unfair, with whole swathes of the country never receiving a single asylum seeker," said committee chairman Keith Vaz.
"The majority are being moved into low-cost housing in urban areas such as Glasgow, Stoke, Cardiff and of course Middlesbrough, where the ratio is 1 asylum seeker per 137 people.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35719489
Should they be moved into high cost accommodation then? Leave the lesser accommodation for mere citizens?...
These are of course just official figures for those registered for asylum and almost certainly bear no relation to the reality when it comes to the number of illegal migrants located around the UK. In fact many asylum claims only happen years after migrants have entered illegally and finally been caught so God only knows how many are in the pipeline.
With net 'official' immigration at well over 300k pa it's really not surprising that there's a shortage of many things, including decent housing. It's just a pity that those who opened the floodgates and told us it would all be a significant net benefit to the UK didn't put in place the services and infrastructure to cope with the resulting deluge, let alone think about the inevitable social consequences. Shame that eh?...