Illegal migrants crossing the Channel.
Two UK Border Force boats to return from abroad to patrol English Channel in response to migrants crossing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46725343 Not so much of an arduous and dangerous journey if they are picked up early and brought to the UK. Good move? Humane move? Will spur even more on to set off in little boats to get here? And where were our Border Force boats? :confused: |
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Our Border Force boats were in the Mediterranean Sea.
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If we start providing a ferry service to the UK from the channel midway line they'll be coming in droves, no doubt waved on by the French authorities who'll be glad to see the back of them. :rolleyes:
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Between a rock and a hard place.
We need to discourage these people, but we can’t let them drown. |
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If you're going to have a border-free area such as the Schengen zone, then surely every country in that zone has to properly deal with people who shouldn't be in the zone, as otherwise they are free to move to other Schengen zone countries illegally. Just look at the fuss the EU makes of the potential movement of goods from NI to the EU, in a post-Brexit world, that don't quite meet their product rules. |
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We certainly cannot let them drown. We do need to enforce the border and our laws though.
However we should place this in context. In terms of our immigration figures this is a very small amount of people. As Andrew Neil points out: https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1079709883862302720 Quote:
Obviously we can't allow that because we don't want to set a bad precedent but lets have some perspective. |
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220 becomes 500, 500 then becomes 5,000, then 50,000 and so on and so on. To what end do we say no, turn back and go back to France and in larger part, Europe, where they have passed through, a totally safe EU Country to get here???
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The logistics of moving that many people make it quite unlikely.
As you say, it's not like they are in danger in France or the rest of the EU, hence the numbers being tiny. The numbers are small and there's no real evidence that it's rising. It's just convenient for this Government to highlight it just now. |
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Two cheeks of the same rear end.
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Is 100,000 every year, a small number?
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And you are quoting Migration Watch, which has "form" in rabble-rousing and overstated numbers... btw, you appear to have accidentally missed out the part of the article which contradicts your point Quote:
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