UKIP couple have foster children removed from care.

[atomic_joe2]

A couple have had three foster children removed from their care because they belong to the UK Independence Party.

Rotherham Borough Council said the children were "not indigenous white British" and that it had concerns about UKIP's stance on immigration.

Comments

[ljtaylor]

I read this over at the Fail (yeah, I know) and at the end there was an addendum about UKIP. Something like "UKIP is against multiculturalism." Yep...not racist at all.

"We have nothing against people from Poland or elsewhere in the world... we are not against immigration. We believe in controlled immigration."

Ha, that old chestnut. Controlled immigration. I know a girl who is a fervent UKIP supporter and also...half Chinese. And as an expat myself, I can't believe how many fellow UK expats I've met who are have an attitude of "the only legit immigration is MY immigration! I'm white and Western European!"

[keestone]

Well naturally, I am a special snowflake! I'm different!

(I've seen the same with Irish undocumented immigrants in the US who somehow think they are totally justified in complaining that the US system doesn't have a special amnesty just for them and not for undocumented immigrants from, say, a country that actually shares a border with the US. And in case I was ever under any illusions that it might be racist . . . I've also had conversations where I pointed out to someone giving out about "non-nationals" that I'm a non-national too and been told, "well, you're different". Yeah. I'm in the same queue at immigration as everyone else. I'm pretty sure I'm not.)

[mingemonster]

I completely agree with this. It's absurd to trust someone with these kinds of views to take good care of children they want to discriminate against

[ragnor144]

I'm not happy that they can still foster white UK children. They will be given vulnerable children and teach them their anti-immigrant hate. Racists warp everything through a lens of hate, and no child should be raised that way.

[moonshaz]

This.

[ceruleanst]

To answer "what would they do": Adopting/fostering kids just to use them like little house slaves is more common than you might imagine.

[akycha]

So is outright abuse of foster children (who will believe them? They're children! Children lie!), and emotional abuse (Be grateful that we're giving you a home and feeding you, you don't even belong in this country! Name calling. Withholding of affection. Worse things.).

The right of children to have a safe and supportive environment completely trumps the desire of adults to raise children.

[intrikate88]

For the children, getting placed and yanked out of a home so quickly must definitely have been disruptive. I only wish that more consideration had been taken before they were placed so that none of this had to happen in the first place, because no, that home was clearly an unhealthy environment for them.