Answer regarding whether Priti Patel's legislation proposes an existential threat to us:

Yes, especially to the poorest/most vulnerable families who have nowhere to go. There is a shortage of sites nationwide and there is an even bigger shortage of transit sites.
The most concerning aspect of the legislation is the proposed power to asset strip what little assets families have got. In 'order to pay for clean up' if there were enough authorised sites for one they would pay either ground rent or council tax! Councils are failing us!
Councils should be providing access to bins and sanitation. If you want to solve the issue legally enforce councils to provide transit sites and permanent sites. Clean water and access to waste disposal services is literally a human right.
Stripping assets makes our already the worst outcomes by minority even worse. It potentially means bread winners cannot work, it might mean people going to prison and children getting sent into care. This is on the top of the fact this is forced assimilation/cultural genocide.
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