BrianW
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Why is it 'sneery'?It's a bit sneery mate and without getting into the conversation because it has been flogged to death, the asylum rules and system in general needs a rethink.
It should be a lot easier to remove the 20% who fail asylum.
Not everyone who emigrates here is a brain surgeon and is better than Dave.
Not every one who talks about immigration is stupid and is a racist.
It's wholly factual. The government issues hundreds of thousands of visas each year. Given their politics, why, if it isn't necessary for economic reasons, including filling unfillable vacancies in the job market? This is a political choice. Not exactly the far-left these Tories, are they?
The Government could invest vast sums in training up more of our own people. It chooses not to and imports immigrants instead. Why? Is it purely cost? Is it that many of own own are so badly educated - to put it politely - that they are wholly unfitted to these roles? Or are the Tories secretly trying to replace us with brown people? Hey, maybe we have uncovered the reason for leaving the EU, to stop white immigration! Seriously, what explanation do you find most likely? For my part, I think it's cost. Are you up for paying more tax?
Similarly, around 80% of asylum seekers qualify for asylum. That is they hit whatever the criteria are. Just a fact.
As to the other 20%, I presume we try to return them 'home'. But it's not hard to envisage there might be the odd difficulty with that. China, I know for a fact, will not accept people who have left China. Maybe other countries are similarly awkward. These countries are sovereign states too. It's not 1899. We can't just tell them what to do. What's the alternative? Shoot them? Keep them in jail indefinitely?
Any fool can come up with slogans like 'Stop the Boats'. Strength Through Joy. Work Makes Free. See how easy it is? But the practical work involved in achieving an end like 'reducing immigration' is huge. It almost certainly means spending more public money. (Higher taxes is what that translates to.) It definitely means coming to terms with other sovereign states and engaging in complex and delicate negotiations, at least some of which will also involve cost (to us). Generally, to get an agreement with another country, you have to give something back. You cannot be the kid who keeps all the toys and refuses to play. It really doesn't work like that.