Not necessarily true, not all of them are fleeing war torn countries. A lot just want to make it to the UK to abuse the state benefit system. Which now has a reputation around third-world countries that it is some sort of dreamland.
2,000 migrants tried to enter channel tunnel last night!
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Not necessarily true, not all of them are fleeing war torn countries. A lot just want to make it to the UK to abuse the state benefit system. Which now has a reputation around third-world countries that it is some sort of dreamland.
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When the UK is surrounded by water too .....
Are you sure you are correct on this in relation to the EU?
Not immigrants but economic migrants.
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yes but how many refugees in the past have British passports that are not classified as refugees i reckon the population of two Birmingham's.
A poor man's The Onion? Amirite?
Yup the fact that they weren't is a massive crime and proof that we actually live in a corporatist system and also the reason why the world is ****** now.
A few thousand should have lost their Plutocratic wealth a few hundred should have been charged with crimes but no they were the people calling the shots so they chose to impoverish the world instead.
I'm suggesting we take an additional 40,000-60,000 refugees each year. As in people who are processed and found to be refugees. In terms of economic migration, such a number of refugees would be small compared to the large number of economic migrants we currently enjoy.
I don't agree with you that the people who have fled situations in Africa and the Middle East - as most of the Calais refugees have - are suitably described as "economic migrants" (although I have no doubt that there are some economic migrants among them, I do not believe they're remotely the majority) nor the many arriving across the Mediterranean.
As for claiming asylum in the first country they come to I see no reason that we should dent asylum seekers any agency in their destination nations nor do I think such a policy is sensible or fair. It would be absurd to leave struggling Greece to bare the entire burden of asylum seekers arriving across the med while rich Britain, France and German do nothing to help.
Yes, we need to build more homes to provide affordable housing to UK citizens. This does not mean we should not also take a strong role in helping refugees.
There are no European refugees, what are you talking about?
There are very few refugees in Calais, these are mostly people who are there purely to milk our social benefits.
The day you realize this is going to like that scene in Mars attacks when they have the big parade to welcome the Aliens played out in your head.
Much as you dont want to believe it, a lot of them are just scrounging vermin, and its those scrounging vermin that are effecting the ability of the few GENUINE displaced people to find refuge.
We are a tiny country already full of people from all over the EU right now without enough housing for who is here now, anyone that is working class can't afford it on their own.
I think the suggestion is that British troops would be deployed with French government permission, or Dover-side - no-ones talking about an invasion lol. Problem is that the police and border staff can't cope, by their own admission hence why troops are needed - now (before the Army can't cope either thanks to Tory cuts).
My guess is he sensibly advocates the building of more houses.
Do nothing? OK then.
Who funds this endeavour when the people who have paid tax for scores of years are not getting the help and support they should do?
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