In the news at the weekend, missed by most of the news media, an announcement that £2m has been paid out over child asylum seekers illegally detained as adults. The legal case involved 40 youngsters who were locked up in adult units under Home Office policy that was deemed to be unlawful, read about it here in the Guardian
Now most "kids" between the age of 14 - 16 seeking assylum are regarded as adults in their home country, so why the hell are we paying these "kids" big payouts because of a slight cock-up? Are they worth thousands of GDP? (£2m divided by 40 is £50,000 each) Yet the government of this coutry sees fit to award them big payouts. In my book charity begins at home, so why are we spending £2m on somebody elses problem kids and not taking care of our own impoverished and under priviledeged kids.
No wonder this country is in such a financial mess - £2m given away to "kids" who are in no position to understand how to make the best use of the money and will probably waste it and return to poverty, where they (most likely) will be eternally happy. Makes me seeth.
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