3/31/2023 0 Comments Gone home controversyMy family has lived in Great Parndon/Harlow, for more than 400 years, and I know all of my family and local history, well almost all of it. Don't let them use racism to hang on to power. The one group of people that need to be stopped are the Conservatives. Attempts to build on reception centres on former MOD sites has been thwarted by Tory council's making excuses in just the same way as they do for Travellers. The Tories have presided over a woefully inefficient asylum system and that is why their is a huge backlog of applications. The Conservatives take large donations from property developers and in turn don't make a fuss about land banking that restricts building plots and facilitates the drip feed supply of housing to maximize profits. People should ask themselves why the government paying people very well to house Ukrainians and allow them to work was okay - they are white skinned - but not the same for brown and black skinned refugees? The answer is the Tories want to hang on to power by sowing social division and providing a hostile environment for refugees that feeds far right extremists. For example, the work which has taken place in recent years where councils have supported a small number of Ukrainian families and Afghan and Syrian refugees to integrate into our communities as part of national resettlement programmes.” “There needs to be joined up approach across the country where councils and the Home Office work together to find effective solutions. Ultimately this would not be Harlow Council’s decision, but we are actively making our feelings and concerns known to the Home Office. Meeting the housing needs of Harlow residents is also a high priority for Harlow Council. “Harlow is a welcoming town, but we have serious concerns about the impact such a move of hundreds of people with a range of needs would have on local housing provision and services such as health and education and whether there would be adequate specialist support and funding to help people. We understand that nothing has been agreed by the Home Office yet and this is part of them considering options and sites to support asylum seekers. This proposal appears to be to move asylum seekers in brand new privately owned state of the art flats earmarked/promoted as part of the town centres regeneration agenda.Ī spokesperson for Harlow Council said: “We were made aware by the Home Office at the end of last week that they were considering using new housing in Wych Elm. YH understands that Harlow Council has been approached regarding the plan.Īt this point it is unclear whether this is part of recent plans unveiled by the prime minister Rishi Sunak under his pledge to “Stop The Boats”.Īs part of those plans, the government was looking at housing asylum seekers at RAF bases outside Braintree. THE HOME Office are considering moving up to 400 asylum seekers into a brand new housing development in Harlow reports the BBC.
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