Belfast Offering Asylum Seekers Free Jacuzzi & Sauna Sessions But Not Refugees or Veterans – Guido Fawkes

EXC: Belfast Offering Asylum Seekers Free Jacuzzi & Sauna Sessions But Not Refugees or Veterans

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As part of Guido’s Asylum Freebiegate series it can be revealed that Belfast City Council is offering free access to jacuzzis, saunas and other sports activities – only to asylum seekers. Through a ‘Better Health Centre’ membership, you get access to:

• A gym along with the facilities within it.
• Free access to a swimming pool
• Fitness classes including dance lessons and “mind and body” sessions
• Saunas, steam rooms and Jacuzzis.
• Up to 30% off activities and services not covered in the membership.

For local working residents, a Better Health Centre monthly membership fee is £30.35. If you are disabled, on benefits or a veteran, you still pay £23.45 a month. Shockingly, the free membership only applies to asylum seekers, not refugees – meaning that only those in the process of seeking refugee status can get the freebies, not those who have actually been legally given the status. There will be others…