Tackling the Boats.....Maybe.

[klondike]

I really don't think there is. There certainly won't be one coming from wokery. Possibly very stormy times ahead and they are more likely to start in Europe as they have more problems than us. It's more a question of timing and severity and the  longer it goes on the worse the troubles will be.

[Ashy]

Perhaps we should withdraw our signature to the SOLAS and replace it with a declaration of rights and obligations within our territorial waters. No chance of it happening, mind.

[JBR]

I disagree with the suggestion that there is nothing we can do to prevent illegal immigration.

1. Leave the ECHR.  This has been proposed by many for some years now.
2. No need to try to transfer illegals to France; just do as Australia does and turn the boats back mid-Channel.
3. Suggest to 'our friends' in France that if they prevented the entry of illegals, fewer would come here and probably not see France as a temporary home on the way here.
4. The next one is both easy and obvious: give illegals nothing which they don't receive in France.  To achieve this, we need to issue ID cards to all legally British citizens, even though many don't want them.
5. Instead of paying France money for nothing, offer payment to any third-world country (not necessarily Rwanda) to take them off our hands.
6. For heaven's sake, get rid of this Labour government who, for some reason, wants ever more of them.

[Ashy]

Good points JBR. If a foreigner applies for a visa and it's declined, he gets ONE appeal and that's it, and the appeal can only consider whether the initial application was considered correctly. And that's it. But an illegal entrant can string out the gravy train for years.

[Raven]

This might help.

[Alex]

France has fallen.   They're over-run, a few loitering in Calais is low down on their list.

This morning on my local Nextdoor page a photo was posted of a wanted criminal, Mohammad something or other, 26 years old from Egypt and DOESNT SPEAK ENGLISH.  What the hell is he doing here in the first place ? gets me so mad is it any wonder people don't open their doors at night   

[JBR]

France has fallen.  They're over-run, a few loitering in Calais is low down on their list.

This morning on my local Nextdoor page a photo was posted of a wanted criminal, Mohammad something or other, 26 years old from Egypt and DOESNT SPEAK ENGLISH.  What the hell is he doing here in the first place ? gets me so mad is it any wonder people don't open their doors at night   

Perfectly simple:
- financial handouts,
- freedom to behave however they want, especially now under Labour.

[Vlad]

This might be a bit simplistic but I have found that the massive use of force and high explosives solves most problems. 

[klondike]

Guy Fawkes might take issue with you on that one.

[dextrous63]

Can't we build a fence along the border, mid Channel?  😬

[klondike]

Lots more wind turbines permanently wired up to a nuclear power station would work. Alternately fitting them out with much longer blades might do the job. Much more useful than trying to generate power with them.

[Scrumpy]

France escorts them to our waters... Our lifeboats escort them to our shores...
Stop the bloody life boats.. That's what I say..
I used to give to their charity.. No longer..

[Vlad]

Guy Fawkes might take issue with you on that one.

He did not apply the P's ...Prior preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance

[JBR]

France escorts them to our waters... Our lifeboats escort them to our shores...
Stop the bloody life boats.. That's what I say..
I used to give to their charity.. No longer..

Exactly where the problem lies.
If we only had a pro-British government with their heads screwed on, we would turn them back at the extent of our legal waters.  Australia has the balls to do that, so why not us?

[dextrous63]

Only people who can say "Irish Wristwatch" quickly should be considered for asylum.