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Originally Posted by aliferste
Would that be travelling land by any chance?
Its just that the problem with the travelling community is that they do just that...........a life on the road with extended periods of time spent in the one place!!
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Ah, Aliferste, it may have been unintentional, but you misquote me. What I said was: "In their case, the council provide land for them to live on".
In honesty, I would love a life where I could do that; settle, enjoy the surroundings, then up sticks and move on after a few weeks or months. But that's not really the true picture. If I may correct you, the problem is not their living on the road and staying in different places for different times; it's how they live when they have settled temporarily, and how they affect those around them.
Anyway, that detracts from the original issue. As a comparison, I have relatives who have emigrated to three different countries on three different continents. In eachcase they had to prove that they were a) skilled and b) self-supportive before even being considered for acceptance to live in those countries. There was never any question of just turning up and claiming benefits, or expecting to be housed.
My own view is that the country's present handling of immigration is ridiculously lax; we as a country cannot cope with many more people, and yet we seem to absorb all the "waifs and strays" that knock on our door. And I am referring to black and white, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jewish, Agnostic, Hindu, and any other religion I may have missed. It is non-discriminatory, but I feel it should be MORE selective.