This story on the LBC website piqued my interest. Notwithstanding Charlotte Lynch’s use of the word “luxury” that seems simultaneously ironic and inflammatory, it seems the government are trying to turn students against refugees.
Because government policy regarding refugees is a shambles, and thousands of vulnerable individuals are living in hotels waiting to have their cases heard, which apparently isn’t financially sustainable, but don’t mention the £169000 per person the Rwanda policy will cost, the Home office have made the “difficult decision” to take over student accommodation in Huddersfield, forcing students to find “alternative accommodation just weeks before they are due to move in”.
Incompetence or conspiracy the policy lands the same. The government want students, and or their parents, to see this as a consequence of boats arriving in Kent. If these people didn’t come here uninvited, you’d have a place to stay. I really hope students see this for what it is, an attempt to divide and conquer.