And the point of a border is to protect the people here and not the people that are coming here.
We should uphold our part in helping refugees but only on the basis that it is orderly, correct and legal. Fishing out migrants in the channel coming from France is none of those.
What's worrying is that our own people are homeless but we seem to be finding accommodation for people entering illegally.
It's a tried and trusted method NGO's have used in Italy, for some reason governments are reluctant just to tow the ships back to where they came from hence preventing people from expecting to be picked up and brought to Britain in style.
What's worrying is that our own people are homeless but we seem to be finding accommodation for people entering illegally.
If people have family here then why don't they just enter the UK legally then? We have trains, planes or you just drive here and enter via the border like everyone else. There are visas available which enable people to enter the UK completely legally on a family basis.
Just because you are a refugee it does not excuse you to break the law that the rest of us follow, the convention for refugees says refugees must follow the rule of law.
You cannot excuse someone entering the UK illegally because refugee status does not automatically grant you the unlimited freedom of movement anywhere in the world as you please and to exercise that right all you need is a boat....
Have you ever tried getting a visa for the UK ever or recenlty?
I have for imediate family to come over on holiday, and tgey were refused with apretty pathetic reason, but then the FO got 300 quid for the visas and as May when as Home Home sec changed thw rules so there is right of the right of appeal, another application of the same amount is needed.
It isn't as simple as just applying and getting in, we hace no idea if some have tried, been refused but are at their wits end with the situation in france and so chance this crossing anyway.
*leaves house, drives for 5 and a half hours, enters UK without being required to show passport or ID*Attempting to enter the UK other than through a recognised border is illegal even for eligible EU citizens because the UK is not a Schengen country. Even I as a UK citizen cannot enter the UK from outside of the UK legally without showing my passport or ID.
*leaves house, drives for 5 and a half hours, enters UK without being required to show passport or ID*
What is bigoted about border controls? If these people know that this country will allow anyone, from anywhere, to turn up illegally, then the numbers would be astronomical.The trouble is your audience isn’t interested in facts that contradict their bigoted imagination.
What is bigoted about border controls? If these people know that this country will allow anyone, from anywhere, to turn up illegally, then the numbers would be astronomical.
They are economic migrants, anyone fleeing persecution would claim asylum in the next safe country, not travel through dozens to get here.
Economic migrants are welcome to apply, through the English Channel.