Bradford Steps Into The Breach.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13710848.Bradford_prepares_to_accept_more_Syrian_refugees/

Amazing how the UK can suddenly find cash and resources when it comes to looking after the world's population, while it's own people suffer.

I saw scenes of these 'new comers' on the TV news, the accommodation they were living in would be the envy of many, it also showed them attending classes, where they were being instructed in matters of benefit claiming, health care, and free dentistry.

/// Chancellor George Osborne has said money from the UK's £12bn international aid budget will be used to help local authorities house Syrian refugees. ///

How many times have we heard requests to the government to spend some of this overseas aid on our own people, all without success I'm afraid?

/// The support Horton Housing offers is for one year and includes providing suitable accommodation, access to education and health services, support with language skills, cultural orientation and other housing-related support as well as training to become financially self-sufficient - private landlords are the main housing source rather than social providers. ///

That's nice........

[Zacs-Master]

It does qualify the headline by saying 'we are not making any commitment on numbers until we have had discussions with the Government about resources they will make available, the two have to marry up.'

[anotheoldgit]

/// Under the VPRS scheme, the most vulnerable refugees escaping the Syrian crisis are given humanitarian protection for five years with rights to work, welfare benefits, health and education and the right to apply for other family members to be reunited with them. ///

Take note of that last bit, "and the right to apply for other family members to be reunited with them".

That on top of their birth rate, have we took off more than we can chew? or rather, more than we can accommodate.

[Zacs-Master]

Not yet because Bradford Council have said they 'are not making any commitment on numbers until we have had discussions with the Government about resources they will make available'

[bazwillrun]

This is just the start, look at what 10,000 ugandad asians turned into !

[sandyRoe]

Are the Syrian refugees and the natives of Bradford of a like mind religiously? They wouldn't want to be importing sectarian tensions into such a lovely city.

[Peter Pedant]

1973 // This is just the start, look at what 10,000 ugandad asians turned into !//

they were middle class and educated and turned into self employed entrepeneurs didnt they ?

I am no aware they were a drain on anything ....

[Peter Pedant]

Arab and Asian Muslim Sandy

there isnt a large Arab/syrian minority anywhere in the UK

[Baldric]

Bradford, from Wiki. page

67.44% White British
26.83% Asian or Asian British
1.77% Black or Black British
2.48% Mixed Race
1.48% Chinese and other

[sandyRoe]

I was thinking many residents of Bradford would be from the Indian sub continent. If they were Sunni and the newcomers were Shia, or vice versa, there could be tensions develop.

[Zacs-Master]

That's race Balders, not religion.

[Baldric]

///The largest religious group in Bradford is Christian (45.9% of the population). Nearly one quarter of the population (24.7%) are Muslim. Just over one fifth of the district’s population (20.7%) stated that they had no religion.///

https://www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc/community_and_living/population

[bazwillrun]

"self employed entrepeneurs didnt they ? "

i suggest you dig a bit deeper and see where they got the money for their entreprenurial exploits !

[dannyk13]

Sandy. We already have a mixture of Sunni and Shia Asians.Other than some slogans daubed on Mosques we have not had any problems arising.

[Ric.ror]

Are the Syrian refugees and the natives of Bradford of a like mind religiously? They wouldn't want to be importing sectarian tensions into such a lovely city.

You've clearly never been Sandy

[Svejk]

Sandy has a point (for once;)) There's been a great deal of internecine strife (including deaths) in Europe and, so far, to a lesser extent here. There's the obvious sunni/shia divide but Syrians just don't like Pakistanis anyway.(and that's just one of many prejudices these people will bring with them)

[mikey4444]

Yes, very nice AOG ! It just shows what can be done, when there is a will.

I hope other towns and cities follow suit. Some tolerance and compassion is what is needed here, not blind prejudice.

[Pete65]

Well said, Mikey!

[youngmafbog]

//I hope other towns and cities follow suit. Some tolerance and compassion is what is needed here, not blind prejudice/

1. You would say that, if they didnt want to stay in Hungary highly unlikely they will want to be on your doorsetp in Swansea.

2. By blind prejudice I suppose you mean those that, quite logically, dont agree with your views?

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

Lets take this scenario Mikey, your son or daughter have just got married, can't afford to take out a mortgage, can't get a Council House, their only alternative is to rent from a private landlord at an extortionate monthly rent.

Yet here we see persons from a foreign lands, given free food, a house or flat, fully furnished, with TV, washing machine etc etc. rent free, Council Tax free, Utilities bills free, free access to the NHS, along with free dentistry (do you get that by the way) free schooling, I could go on and on.

Still think that they should get precedence over your son or daughter do you, along with your fine talk of tolerance and compassion?

[mikey4444]

AOG...we have had a paucity of affordable housing for many, many years, and it wasn't caused by an influx of immigrants, especially Muslim ones.

That problem exists in parts of the country, that never here a foreign accent from one day to the next.