Lord Alfred
Striker
Looks as though the Government is having a change of heart after a rebellion among their own MP's and a plea from Sir Eric Reich, chairman of Kindertransport-Association of Jewish refugees.
He was quite eloquent in saying that 3,000 is only 5 per Parliamentary constituency.......which when you look at it that way it's hard to argue against. But, it doesn't work out like that in reality...the 20,000 already earmarked by the Government for resettlement will almost be exclusively be resettled in The North. Rochdale will take 651, more than the whole of the South East of England.....Oldham 451......and just 5 Northern towns will take in over a third of the refugees. Stockton-On-Tees has taken in 1,709 so far.
Given that each of the 3,000 child refugees is estimated to cost £50k it's hardly peanuts we are talking about here. IF they are to come to this country then London and the South East really need to be taking the majority of them.....it stinks of hand wringers easing their consciences but knowing fully they won't have any real contact with these people.
He was quite eloquent in saying that 3,000 is only 5 per Parliamentary constituency.......which when you look at it that way it's hard to argue against. But, it doesn't work out like that in reality...the 20,000 already earmarked by the Government for resettlement will almost be exclusively be resettled in The North. Rochdale will take 651, more than the whole of the South East of England.....Oldham 451......and just 5 Northern towns will take in over a third of the refugees. Stockton-On-Tees has taken in 1,709 so far.
Given that each of the 3,000 child refugees is estimated to cost £50k it's hardly peanuts we are talking about here. IF they are to come to this country then London and the South East really need to be taking the majority of them.....it stinks of hand wringers easing their consciences but knowing fully they won't have any real contact with these people.