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Originally Posted by Russ
Why the hell do people think we can simply “send the boats back”? The French (or any other country) have no requirement to accept them and could theoretically send them straight back to us.
As previously mentioned, the result of a certain referendum from circa 2016 (which I won’t name in case it triggers anyone) took away our legal right to return these people.
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Being pedantic there is a difference between "send the boats back" and "turning them around".
The first suggest they have arrived, they second suggests they have not yet done so. Therefore they could be "turned around" in the Channel.
I could be wrong but thought I'd throw it in there.