More deaths in the channel.

[transam]

Clever cookies the French. They stand up for themselves.

You
Can’t blame the french I suppose they don’t want them in France so it makes economic sense to ship the migrants to the UK

Turn a blind eye to the people smugglers

Assist the boats into UK waters

Scam a few million out of the UK under the pretence of clamping down on the caper

 

[transam]

Smugglers would just move up the coast to Dunkirk.

Blimey who runs Dunkirk ?

Thought it was in France ???

 

[noseall]

French warships would soon turn up if the RNLI taxi'd them back to France.

The Channel, at the point of migrant crossings is very narrow, regards maritime standards. Why would British vessels attempt to dock in France? That would be stupid.

 

[noseall]

You
Can’t blame the french I suppose they don’t want them in France so it makes economic sense to ship the migrants to the UK

Turn a blind eye to the people smugglers

Assist the boats into UK waters

Scam a few million out of the UK under the pretence of clamping down on the caper

You have them sussed.

 

[Munroast]

Just to try and put all this in a bit of context, 6 people died doing something that is not only illegal but obviously very dangerous, (in the past five years 37 migrants have died trying to cross the channel?)

There is 1600 killed on UK roads every year + another 28,000 seriously injured.
In the EU 20,000 are killed and a further 250,000 seriously injured.

So, about 60 people every single day die on the EU & UK roads. It is barely mentioned in the media, one migrant dying in the channel every 50 days is bigger news.

 

[noseall]

Blimey who runs Dunkirk ?

I'm guessing it's not Adolph or the British Navy.

But if you are going to send our warships to Calais, why not send them to Dunkirk?

 

[denso13]

6 people died doing something that is not only illegal but obviously very dangerous

It's not illegal. We force them to do it.

 

[transam]

I'm guessing it's not Adolph or the British Navy.

But if you are going to send our warships to Calais, why not send them to Dunkirk?

Well if you think that’s an option noseall ???

 

[transam]

It's not illegal. We force them to do it.

Rubbish / nonsense

 

[noseall]

Well if you think that’s an option noseall ???

A war with France because some idiot RWR's can't stand the fact that the UK is expected to take thousands less migrants than the rest of Europe?

Not me boyo.

 

[denso13]

Rubbish

There is no other option. If they want to come here, rightly or wrongly, they have to do it by boat. We force them to do it.

 

[Roy Bloom]

French warships would soon turn up if the RNLI taxi'd them back to France.

As you well know, it's a maritime expectation that rescuing vessels may not have a right to land those rescued at the nearest safe port. But it would be very bad publicity if a safe developed country refused permission to land rescued seafarers.
Also countries cannot prevent the rescue of seafarers in difficulty. So the UK cannot prevent the RLNI from carrying out rescues.

"there is no legal avenue for states to avoid such assistance."

The duty to rescue refugees and migrants at sea

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk

 

[transam]

A war with France because some idiot RWR's can't stand the fact that the UK is expected to take thousands less migrants than the rest of Europe?

Not me boyo.

So sending a warship is not an option than noseall

 

[Roy Bloom]

Just to try and put all this in a bit of context, 6 people died doing something that is not only illegal but obviously very dangerous, (in the past five years 37 migrants have died trying to cross the channel?)

There is 1600 killed on UK roads every year + another 28,000 seriously injured.
In the EU 20,000 are killed and a further 250,000 seriously injured.

So, about 60 people every single day die on the EU & UK roads. It is barely mentioned in the media, one migrant dying in the channel every 50 days is bigger news.

It's not (for the umpteenth time) illegal to seek asylum.
Seeking asylum is invariably dangerous. Propbably the most dangerous part is escaping the country of origin.

 

[transam]

There is no other option. If they want to come here, rightly or wrongly, they have to do it by boat. We force them to do it.

Well I suppose it’s difficult to get to an island unless you come by boat ?