It's been the view of many people in this country that we are being taken for a ride, webbo. The principle of "asylum" is being abused on an industrial scale by people who simply don't like it where they are and want to settle here instead of staying in their homelands to improve things there. Over 1,000 refugees arrived over the last weekend and it will continue on that scale so long as they are treated to board and lodging as soon as they arrive. Have a read of this thread, where the legalities of the asylum system were discussed:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1842674-2.html
And my final comment:
"It's back to basics - the idea of asylum is to provide a safe haven to those in danger. Those in France are not in danger - they'd just rather be here than there and it seems the government is quite happy to accommodate that whim. But it's got nothing to do with asylum."
It's absolutely outrageous that the people of this country are expected to fund all this in ever increasing numbers and it is simply unsustainable. People with hotel bookings (including weddings) are having their bookings cancelled so that migrants can be housed and the cost is now running at about £8m per day. It's the biggest scandal of our time and all the House of Commons is dealing with today is voting on whether one of its committees was insulted by being referred to as a kangaroo court. I've news for the MPs: the country doesn't care about what you've voted on today; but they do care about the mass uncontrolled influx that is taking place daily on the Kent coast.