It is a useful way for politicians to talk about illegal migration to say they want to stop the small boats or smash the people smuggling gangs. It maximises support as most people dislike those profiting from the unsafe travel trade across the channel. It leaves open opinions of the migrants themselves
If someone from abroad wants to come to the U.K. because they think they have a better chance of a job here or can get a better paid employment here, then they can apply to come by a legal route. If someone wants to seek asylum they should have their passport showing they come from a high risk country along with reasons and preferably some evidence that they were at risk there.
As the French Mayors have pointed out, North France has many migrants camping there waiting to get to the U.K. They do not want to stay in France, a safe country, because France does not offer them a hotel and easy access to jobs and eventual acceptance of their right to stay. They wish to get to the U.K. because they hear it is easy to stay and once here to get a job.
The Home Secretary says the right approach is to smash the gangs. The previous government tried that with limited success. She is trying it and so far arrivals have gone up. The last government was trying the Rwanda idea so an illegal migrant could end up in a different country. The idea was this would be a deterrent to coming. Some did start going to Ireland instead because of it. The legal system delayed it and the new government ended it, writing off the costs.
The evidence points to the need for a deterrent to cut demand for illegal crossings as well as measures against the boat organisers. The people paying the boatmen are seeking to break U.K. law and risk their own and their children’s lives. The government should listen more to the Mayors of Northern France.
November 24, 2024
As long as we give them homes, benefits, free access to the NHS, mobile phones and no chance of being sent back to whence they came, more will follow. It’s wrong to say that people who are worried about illegal migration and who protest about it, and post comments on line are racist, they are just worried about our country. No one objects to people coming to the UK and working, contributing to society, paying their taxes and abiding by the UK laws. With nothing new coming from the Labour government, nothing will change. Rwanda wasn’t given a chance, at least we should have tested it, and if it didn’t work we would have lost nothing.
I see the hotel at Sindlesham is filling up again and there are groups of people from there waiting at local bus stops and filling up the GP surgeries for their extended 20 minute appointments again.
I cannot see an end to the problem whatever government is in power.
November 24, 2024
Alas you have to be cruel to be kind to stop the flow. Deterrents are needed Starmer has non (indeed he has policies to encourage the flow). Sunak had virtually none too.
We also need deterrents for shoplifting and many other crimes too. I was in Aldi in Cambridge the other day and spotted two people shop lifting in five minutes.
November 24, 2024
Been a problem since New Labour days because of their immigration policies when Blunkett declared at least 2 amnesties. The undeniable fact is that we are an El Dorado as some official in France recently remarked.
Another undeniable fact however is the Conservatives stared this particular boat crossing problem in the face for 5 years and did absolutely nothing – unforgivable. As such they can only land limited blows on Labour.
Reform, or the pressure they can bring, are the only answer.
November 24, 2024
Cooper has cancelled the Rwanda scheme although never implemented it had limited deterence. She has also overturned the rules whereby channel paddlers etc didn’t get considered for asylum.
Treacherous May signed up to the UN directive stating there is no such thing as illegal immigration.
Liebour now call them irregular immigrants.
We are now processing about a thousand applications a week with a 95% acceptance rate of undocumented illegal immigrants storing up trouble for the future.
We are willingly hastening our own demise
This is aided and abetted by the uniparty in Westminster
2TK will no doubt sign some agreement with the EU to take even more dross off their hands in exchange for access to electricity and fishing rights.
We’re doomed.
November 24, 2024
Today we have an excess of wind generation so we are exporting some of it. The current price is £14 per mwh. This contrasts to the 90% of the time when we have to import which we pay between £85 and £150 per mwh. This is what happens when zealots in government blow up viable coal plants and tax gas plants out of existence when the actual cost of generating base load is circa £40 per mwh
Milibrain has just signed off on further useless offshore windmills at a strike price of £270 per mwh. That’s why we have the highest costs in the civilised world.
More well paid jobs exported to China and the likes.
November 24, 2024
This Labour government is even less likely to tackle the problem than the last Conservative one.
To rub salt into the wound, the mayors in Northen France are now less likely to co-operate with Britain – despite the vast sums of money wasted trying to get the French to stop the illegals setting off for Britain.
November 24, 2024
Why do we have those incentives to migrants to come to Britain? Because some very influential people want them. Who? It’s no secret. In its 2022 conference, Confederation of British Industry director-general Tony Danker said the UK needed more foreign workers to drive economic growth. After the biggest wave of migration ever, in 2023, the CBI seems to have gone a bit quiet now. Perhaps that’s because employers are getting what they want?
November 24, 2024
If that’s the case where is the economic growth.
We should be achieving 5% annually except only on the welfare bill.