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Record Number Of Migrants Cross The Channel.
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Interesting to read this BBC footnote on terminology:
/// A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. ///
Surely in this case there is legal process of claiming asylum, they are illegal entrants into our country.
On second thoughts however, they are not since it was our rescue boats that brought them into this country, and they themselves didn't enter it illegally.
If people are fleeing worn torn countries etc, then fair enough but are they not legally expected to apply for asylum in the first safe country they come to, and they pass through many of those so as to get to this land of milk and honey.
Interesting to read this BBC footnote on terminology:
/// A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. ///
Surely in this case there is legal process of claiming asylum, they are illegal entrants into our country.
On second thoughts however, they are not since it was our rescue boats that brought them into this country, and they themselves didn't enter it illegally.
If people are fleeing worn torn countries etc, then fair enough but are they not legally expected to apply for asylum in the first safe country they come to, and they pass through many of those so as to get to this land of milk and honey.
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//74 migrants crossing in one day//
Which, of course is only the number we know about. Estimates of the factor between those who succeed undetected vary from between zero and any number you care to think of. I'm inclined to think it may be greater than zero.
I thought we were assured last year that the UK and France had reached an "accord" which stated that those intercepted would be returned to France. I read yesterday that 30 had been returned in 2019. I don't think that really meets the accord ut then why should any of us believe anything that politicians tell us.
Which, of course is only the number we know about. Estimates of the factor between those who succeed undetected vary from between zero and any number you care to think of. I'm inclined to think it may be greater than zero.
I thought we were assured last year that the UK and France had reached an "accord" which stated that those intercepted would be returned to France. I read yesterday that 30 had been returned in 2019. I don't think that really meets the accord ut then why should any of us believe anything that politicians tell us.
There were 6000 less asylum claims last year as a result of better prevention of illegals coming in lorries by ferry and tunnel.
As that route is made more difficult, more are resorting to the far riskier method of attempting to get here by small boat. The rise in boat crossings is a direct result of our success in reducing stowaways in lorries.
As that route is made more difficult, more are resorting to the far riskier method of attempting to get here by small boat. The rise in boat crossings is a direct result of our success in reducing stowaways in lorries.
I doubt very much whether Winchelsea Caravan Park sells Shepherd Neame Spitfire (or anything else) on a hand pump. Very few holiday parks dispense real ale. The main reason (they will say) is that they do not have a cellar and so cannot keep it at the optimum temperature, especially as they only open in the summer. The real main reason is that they have no need to go to the extra expense involved in keeping it as their clientele do not demand it. This is probably quite true.
To be fair to Winchelsea Caravan Park, they are doing their best to keep the numbers of migrants down. I expect they sell “John Smith’s” or some other liquid they term “ale” which will be dispensed under CO2 pressure (to give it an inch and a half of foamy head). Migrants can quaff this whilst waiting for the link-up bingo to start. After that they can enjoy the Karaoke or the site’s own version of “Britain’s Got Talent”. If all that doesn’t send them scurrying for their rubber boats to head off back across the Channel, nothing will and they really must be desperate. :-)
To be fair to Winchelsea Caravan Park, they are doing their best to keep the numbers of migrants down. I expect they sell “John Smith’s” or some other liquid they term “ale” which will be dispensed under CO2 pressure (to give it an inch and a half of foamy head). Migrants can quaff this whilst waiting for the link-up bingo to start. After that they can enjoy the Karaoke or the site’s own version of “Britain’s Got Talent”. If all that doesn’t send them scurrying for their rubber boats to head off back across the Channel, nothing will and they really must be desperate. :-)
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