Two separate legal requirements. Another 5 minutes of googling needed "Regulation 34 - Safe navigation and avoidance of dangerous situations"
It's pointless quoting regulations that should be observed by the 'master' of the boats. There is no 'master' of these boats. It's a pointless and money wasting exercise trying to apprehend and prosecute these imaginary 'masters'.
Again separate process for registering a leisure craft (under / over 7m) and a passenger vessel.
For a leisure vessel, photo ID is needed along with reporting future sales. What people trafficker is going to want to present his ID to register the vessel. Passenger vessels (vessels designed to carry more than 12 people or fee paying passengers) needed additional registration and safety checks.
Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush......
The manufacturer or seller can register the boat. Job done!
Or the boat can be ordered on line, or bought in Belgium, Germany, etc.
It's pointless quoting regulations that are easily circumvented.
You've told us before that the inflatables are only registered for 6 passengers, so why introduce the regulation for more than 12?
It's entirely possible and done regularly.
Please present any articles that show that boats overloaded with asylum seekers are regularly boarded against their wishes.
Your may be true for boats used for smuggling large amounts of contraband, and the only thing endangered is the contraband, not the passengers.
I don't believe I have said anything of the sort. These inflatables are custom made for singe use and "designed" to carry more than 12 people.
You frequently talk of 7 metre inflatables. That's your guess of the length of the boast used. A 5 metre inflatable is registered for 6 people. Then you talk of "custom -made" and "adapted". I'm sure the smugglers are going to the extreme to order "custom-made" boats, or adapting everyday common or garden varieties for asylum seekers. Your arguments get more desperate each time.
Hands up who has registered boats in France and who is making it up as they go along?
Ahh bless, call a poll!
Like I said, your arguments get more desperate each time.
Having a registered boat in France does not make one an expert. I have a bicycle, I don't claim to be an expert on cycling, and definitely not on cycle racing, off-road, etc. I have a car, I don't claim to be an expert on motoring, nor all things associated with cars.
I know people with boats in France, they're not all registered. And none of them consider themselves as experts on boating, nor asylum seekers.
To be an Asylum seeker, one has to claim Asylum.
Yes we know. They can't do that until they land in UK. What is your point?
Up until that point they (the adults) are all criminals having, entered France illegally, assisted those entering illegally and or trafficked those in doing so. If they have claimed asylum in France, they would be returned to France upon arrival unless they are now claiming Asylum from France, which seems unlikely.
Here comes that Mulberry bush again.
So you think that France should apprehend , arrest and prosecute all potential asylum seekers? Do you think they have an infinite amount of resources? You appear to assume that they do, along with Spain, Greece, Turkey, etc.
On your argument, they didn't enter France illegally, they entered Greece, Spain, Turkey, etc illegally. Why should UK accept a few asylum seekers when they're the responsibility of Greece, Spain and Turkey. In fact let's just deport them all back to Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine, Libya, etc.
Your argument is a typical NIMBY argument devoid of any humanity. Your slogan should change from "they're illegal" to "we don't want them!" That would at least show your true colours.
Do you understand what the Schengen Zone is? Your Polish Friends travel from France, to Poland, probably via Germany all of which are in the zone. Last time I checked. Albania, Africa, the Middle East etc are not part of the Schengen zone or the EU. Therefore passports must be stamped on entry and where necessary visas applied for, failure to do so is an offence.
So Spain, Greece, Turkey, etc should be responsible for apprehending, arresting and prosecuting all asylum seekers. Typical inhumane NIMBYism.
No I am challenging the view that the only response possible for the French police, now partially funded by UK tax payers, is a Gallic Shrug. It seems when the discussion of budget increases was on the table, they sprang into life and tear gassed a few boat people while being filmed by the media. Their responses seem to dart from one extreme to the other.
And you argument is typical right-wing xenophobic blame everyone and everything else.
They also seem happy to fine ex-pats living in France with British passports for Schengen violations.
There is a safe and legal way for ex-pats living in France to hold a Carte de Sejour. That does not apply for asylum seekers. Your comparison is invalid.
The only way for an asylum seeker to claim asylum in UK is to arrive by any means possible.
The NIMBY, xenophobic, right-wing argument is like making cycling illegal, because it's not safe to cycle.
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