Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Well given your age, you would have been 10? when the Miners strike happened, and 15 ish when the Poll Tax stuff happened, I'd suggest your fetishism with Thatcher is more down to 'Inherited learnings' than personal experience.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

No it's nothing like that - it's just a typical standard Labourite defence offered by those who have no answers and refuse to accept any blame.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

You would be suggesting wrongly.

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Care to expand on that one?

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

In that case we have a different defintion of 'desperate' or 'in need'. If you refuse safety (or several offers of safety) because it doesn't suit you then you're makiing a choice.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

So by your logic all refugees should only move to the nearest geographically located safe country e.g Syria to Turkey for example?

Seems fair

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Russ, can you elaborate more on this offer of safety that seems to be have refused? You are right, if these people all have been made aware of region local refugee camps that are available, have reasonable sanitation, facilities, etc, are correctly funded, operated by UNHR or equivalent NGO then they should not be arriving on the doorstep of the EU.

Is this truly the case?

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

To the nearest safe EU member state, yes. If that country cannot accept them then that government should have the responsibility of transferring them to another safe EU country, the location of which should be between the relevant governments and NOT just the choice of the refugee.

If you are desperate then you’ll accept the first safe country that will take you. If you refuse it then you’re making a choice.


France is a good example.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Add, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Italy, Greece,.... widely varying degrees of comfort and welcome yes but 'safe', I'd say so when compared to what these people claim they're fleeing from.

I reckon that if countless thousands of migrants suddenly decided that the home towns and villages of those who support open doors were their preference they'd soon have a change of heart and be demanding action to stem the tide. So much for generosity... :rolleyes:

As it is, these migrants will not be or stay dispersed for long and we'll have no means by which to stop them going where they like. Watch the sentiment change when that happens - pity it'll be too late then...

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

They're true but France is the obvious example when refugees are at Calais trying to get to us.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Yet again, it's another sweeping generalisation with no actual factual basis at all!!

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So, just to clarify... we are to let other member states of the EU struggle on their own until they can't manage before the next bordering country steps in to assist.?

Again, seems fair, the very definition and spirit of the word Union.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Yes that's probably the best example of all. There is no need for anyone to be holed up in squalor in Calais unless they're intending to take advantage of our 'system'. I reckon the main reasons for this would be housing/benefits (as clarified in earlier posts) or to work illegally, disappear into our large black economy and cynically use a belated asylum claim only when they've been detected and are facing removal. They know the longer they stay, they less likely it is they'll ever be removed no matter what their true background, reasons and behaviour. Our shambolic 'system' is a big pull factor and the thousands at Calais prove it.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Putting words in my mouth again; I've already addressed that the last time you suggested it.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Hate to burst your bubble but...
We didn't join a Union, we joined something called the Common Market (the clue is in the name)

We never voted for anything beyond that, we had a referendum about 5 minutes after joining and no clue was what happening back in the 70's

Your bloody Union has spread like a Cancer far beyond what it was envisaged back in the day.

Happily however, after a LOT of campaigning, we WILL now get a chance to vote on whether to stay in or out of said... Union

Don't bother trying to guess what I'll be voting for ;)

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Spirit of the word Union :rofl:

Germany's showing their definition of the word - creating a problem then telling the rest of the EU how they're going to have to deal with it just like they did with Greece.

Anyway I'm sure all those who've forced their way through numerous countries are going to queue up nicely in Germany and happily wait for their buses to Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia in full expectation of a warm welcome and a better life... :rolleyes:

Let's see what 'union' looks like then eh?

What needs to happen for the hard of mental ability is to stop the problem nearer to the source and not let hundreds of thousands of people feel they can overwhelm borders and choose where they go. When we've got to that point the real damage is done and the only choice is to then erect national borders to try to stem the flow and discourage other from following. That's exactly what's happened as a result of the EU's dithering and Merkel's welcome.

Re: Unstoppable migration?
 

Link.
When do the rest of us get all that?

So actually many times the 20,000 to arrive here.