There is a simple solution to this problem. And, no, not Julia’s one…
The home secretary, Sajid Javid, and his French counterpart have pledged to step up joint efforts to tackle cross-Channel people smuggling, as Labour accused the Tories of whipping up concern about the issue.
Six Iranian men were found on a beach near Deal in Kent on Sunday morning with a small boat, the Home Office confirmed, bringing the number who have made the perilous crossing since Christmas Day to almost 100.
They were handed over to be processed by immigration officers after receiving a medical assessment, the Home Office said.
The Australians solved this issue years ago with the Vietnamese boat people. Yes, we do the humane thing. We rescue them from the channel and ensure medical needs are met. Then we send them back to their country of origin. If this happens consistently and firmly every single time – then the message will eventually take hold. The people smugglers will eventually lose their source of revenue.
All it takes is determination – a determination that is absent from our cowardly political class. If people want to migrate to this country, there is a legal route to follow. If they do not follow this route, they are breaking our laws and should be treated accordingly.
And the vast majority of these people are not refugees. It is highly disingenuous to refer to them as such.
I notice that further down, there’s some wibble from the Abbopotomus about Brexit. Best ignored, frankly.
Agreed. Harsh but fair.
Except that the French aren’t really interested in having them back, and more to the point they are more interested in using the migrants as bargaining leverage for a host of other issues.
I’m not talking about France, I’m talking about their country of origin.
Problem is that they deliberately destroy any I.D they carry. How do we know their country of origin?
Okay, send them to Somalia. It’ll do.
Yep Somalia will do. We have quite enough Muslims in this country already.
@LR
Illegal Immigrants – soon to be “Irregular Migrants” due to Deplorable May’s treason.
All far too complicated for our mentally challenged snowflake MPs. Javid won’t even move HMCG boats to Channel or deploy emaciated RN. There are now calls for RNLI to be reimbursed for the ~£1,500 cost per rescue as Gov’t refuses to deploy MHCG & RN.
JuliaM’s “sink their boats” is a fast, efficient and easy solution which I support.
Godfrey’s too: We must tow illegal immigrants back
I must admit I find it incredible that I, as an Englishman, am not allowed into my country of birth unless I show my passport, yet someone with no connection at all to this country, is allowed to enter it without any valid documentation at all. Is this a case of the government being racist?
Yes. Also overt discrimination.
May I develop this a little further?
Firstly, let us assert that this state of affairs is not accident or incompetence, but is instead a deliberate choice by our rulers.
Then let us assume that it is because our rulers have decided upon population replacement. I know it sounds preposterous, but can you prove from their actions that I am wrong? [Words are cheap and will not be accepted as proof.]
Therefore in the interests of “reclaiming the nation”, all of us (un)fortunate enough to have a maroon passport with “European Union”, or similar, stamped on the front will be deported to the said European Union immediately upon Brexit, leaving the land and housing free for those whom the rulers of the British Isles wish to rule over in future.
The new citizens will be immediately eligible for one of the new blue passports to distinguish them from the population to be replaced. Anyone incapable of speaking English will of course be exempted from the expulsion programme, as will anyone claiming hijrah status.
The pigs on Animal Farm are about to teach the sheep a new song. From “anti-brown racist bad” the line will be changed to “anti-white racist good”. But then we already knew that is what they believe.
[Please take this and elaborate further!]