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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.

Ah - there you (nearly) have it. The international incident that would arise if we continually turned the boats round is what's needed to bring this to a head and get it resolved.

It's a matter of national security and we can't be having these fit young men of terrorist age or indented to a gangmaster, invading the UK.

Starmer told us how he'd try to resolve it but now knows his plan is doomed for obvious reasons.


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Originally Posted by Russ

Either way, the same principle applies.

No EU country would be obliged to accept them.

We know that. But they wouldn't be landing in the UK if we turned them round. Someone would land them. We just have to be hard-nosed and resolute.