[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Carth

Surely between England and France there's a stretch of water that is in neither territory. Therefore building a large floating platform there would allow those fleeing persecution etc to form their own little enclave and live happily ever after

On the crossing route, I don't think there is. If they stick to the well known '22 miles', or even venture into 24 mile territory, they pass directly into our territorial waters. No, what's required is an international incident with France to push the boats back. If the boats spill, we take the floating people back to France and they can refuse landing - it's on them then.

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Btw, if they were fleeing persecution, then they's be genuine refugees. But they are fleeing France.

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