Asylum seekers.

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People who flee their homes in the face of persecution, or threats to their lives, deserve compassion and support. Unfortunately for those reaching the UK they are all to often greeted with more hostility and treated like criminals. New legislation looks set to make things worse.

Asylum seekers are all around us. They eat, breath and function just like us, so why should we kick them out?

The dictionary defines “asylum” as a ‘protection given by a government to someone who has fled from their own country for political reasons’.

Therefore they are only in our country because they want to get away from abusement they suffered in their own country. It’s not wrong then for someone to come in our country because they may get a better life, is it?

However, survey’s have shown that asylum seekers are treated as bad, if not worse in this country, than in their previous one. And do you know why?

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Because polititions are more interested in spending money on so called “more important things”, than the lives of people. I don’t know about you, but that makes me disgusted. Just imagine someone caring more about material things, than the lives of innocent children and adults. God created this planet so everyone should live equally, and that no one should be mistreated. So why should we kick out asylum seekers?

Because we are too damn interested in more in ourselves, rather than other people.

A report by the Greater London Authority said that refugee and asylum-seeking women were eager ...

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