Britain’s refugee-resettlement scheme remains moribund
Empty homes, full wardrobes and hot meals await arrivals
HANI ARNAOUT and his family, refugees from Syria, arrived in Ottery St Mary, a small town in Devon, in 2017. Locals offered them a home, English lessons and help for Mr Arnaout to find work as a handyman and gardener. “I called my daughter Mary because I love Ottery St Mary,” says Mr Arnaout. “The first time I came here I saw that it was all green and nice. I felt like I had died and come back to life again.”
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Locked out”
Britain January 9th 2021
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- Why Google and Facebook are shifting British data to America
- European remainers will continue to shape Britain
- Declinism is booming in Britain
- Britain’s refugee-resettlement scheme remains moribund
- British fishermen have not escaped the Common Fisheries Policy
- Scottish nationalism and the politics of patience
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