Mr Kobayashi
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No it isn’t. I am a remainer, I think leave is bat shit crazy but... we need to patrol our border effectively against those entering illegally.
Stating everyone on Earth should be allowed in is just as extreme as the racists saying no one should be allowed in.
If you haven’t noticed, England is one of the most over populated countries in Europe, I think maybe 2nd?
I never said this. You have constructed a strawman. It is obvious political cynicism to jail migrants for driving boats as if they themselves are human traffickers. I don't think anybody would realistically argue the world in which we currently live is capable of supporting full open immigration.
That is population density. It isn't as easy as just using population per square KM, you have to allow for habitable areas of land, so a more complex tool is needed.
I don't think it is helpful to confuse asylum seekers and economic migrants, even the peak 4000 people in one month in boats during the summer were manageable. Controlling immigration would be better achieved by additional staff and resources at ports of entry rather than mad plans about wave machines or camps in far flung islands. If you think the UK is overpopulated then immigration is one factor, another one would be to deter population growth in the South East and push people towards other population centres.
