Residents of Longford say they achieve not thing to the newcomers,only to their concentration and constant transit in and out of temporary accommodationAs an asylum seeker in Longford, a village on the western fringes of London, and you can expect occasional stares from locals who feel their small community sees too large and disruptive a churn of current arrivals. But given the efforts so many expended to reach the UK this may seem a small price to pay.“Life is hard in Darfur,” said Badr Mohammed Saleh, 17, and sitting on a wall outside his temporary accommodation with two teenage friends,also from Sudan. All are newly arrived in Longford, which became the focus of attention when the BBC reported complaints from locals that coachloads of asylum seekers were constantly being moved in and out.
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Source: theguardian.com