Asylum Seeker Plight.
Just when you may think politics are being directed in the UK in a clear and wise direction, I’m afraid along comes another blatant error to bewilder the mind.
After the Liz Truss fiasco plunging the country into financial chaos, her replacement Rishi Sunak has made a declaration to instil integrity back into political scenes across the country and to achieve certain ambitious goals. There is undoubtedly a crisis of vast proportions unfolding along many of the country’s beaches and coasts but unfortunately the method most recently chosen to deter illegal Channel crossings is short sighted. Enforcing a policy that may well turn out to be in contravention of human rights is not acceptable, not to mention that it will leave the UK in no position to morally highlight other international actions that might totally disregard human rights.
That said, the way asylum seekers are treated in this country makes no financial sense and with even a little creative thinking, there are obvious real term solutions. There is a vast amount of asylum seekers currently in the UK who have been frustrated by not being allowed to work or contribute to the country in any significant way. A huge number of skilled, potential workers who at the moment are demoralised and claimed to be a financial burden. A burden that could easily become an asset, if they were allowed to work, particularly in areas that were suited to their abilities or that desperately needed employees.
Many asylum seekers are refugees looking for refuge because of the part other countries have had in disrupting them of a native homeland. There is an extreme emphasis on a country like the UK to lead by example and I would certainly hope that barbaric and bombastic tactics are not the impression desired to be given in this specific situation. Many genuine asylum seekers would like to positively help their own plights, act as responsible members of a community and sustain a system that could contribute towards relatives in their original country. Having a job is mentally and socially worthwhile, it is for many a basic need and it should not be withheld from those who can and want to contribute.
I would think that any defining, successful government should encourage a collective unity and not a divisive theme of segregation and hatred. In the long term, introducing the means for individuals to work and even through a lengthy citizenship process, could lessen the us and them mentality. Wherever we originate, we all share the common need for survival and hopefully the same human ideals.
After the Liz Truss fiasco plunging the country into financial chaos, her replacement Rishi Sunak has made a declaration to instil integrity back into political scenes across the country and to achieve certain ambitious goals. There is undoubtedly a crisis of vast proportions unfolding along many of the country’s beaches and coasts but unfortunately the method most recently chosen to deter illegal Channel crossings is short sighted. Enforcing a policy that may well turn out to be in contravention of human rights is not acceptable, not to mention that it will leave the UK in no position to morally highlight other international actions that might totally disregard human rights.
That said, the way asylum seekers are treated in this country makes no financial sense and with even a little creative thinking, there are obvious real term solutions. There is a vast amount of asylum seekers currently in the UK who have been frustrated by not being allowed to work or contribute to the country in any significant way. A huge number of skilled, potential workers who at the moment are demoralised and claimed to be a financial burden. A burden that could easily become an asset, if they were allowed to work, particularly in areas that were suited to their abilities or that desperately needed employees.
Many asylum seekers are refugees looking for refuge because of the part other countries have had in disrupting them of a native homeland. There is an extreme emphasis on a country like the UK to lead by example and I would certainly hope that barbaric and bombastic tactics are not the impression desired to be given in this specific situation. Many genuine asylum seekers would like to positively help their own plights, act as responsible members of a community and sustain a system that could contribute towards relatives in their original country. Having a job is mentally and socially worthwhile, it is for many a basic need and it should not be withheld from those who can and want to contribute.
I would think that any defining, successful government should encourage a collective unity and not a divisive theme of segregation and hatred. In the long term, introducing the means for individuals to work and even through a lengthy citizenship process, could lessen the us and them mentality. Wherever we originate, we all share the common need for survival and hopefully the same human ideals.
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