Not in the news a lot of late but boats cross the Mediterranean. Turkey has a lot of refugees - the land route with a longish swim. across the Bosphorus. Boats maybe too. Walk across a bridge? Keep trying until for some reason they get through. Forged documents can figure.
In some ways refugees are rather like the point you made about criminals. Should they be legally protected, the charters, the legal people and also charities that get involved. The refugees legal aid.
The Rwanda deal though. What we hear. Processing etc costs no different to the UK. That from an MP.. Numbers. Very much a ??????. Will the UK kick out the usual refugee protocols? £120m for infrastructure - what? Boris did mention something about education. for that? Rwanda and Congo are having problems currently - stable country??
What do they moan about most. Processing costs and additional costs when there is an appeal. Numbers quoted are always arrivals. The ones that get to stay are much lower. Human rights crops up in the other forthcoming legislation. Axe murderer taking a case out against the gov. Didn't succeed but legal people needed.Maybe they want a Priti says rule. Bit like some things the DVLA get up to - no right of appeal.
Why are there real refugees - usually because countries contain ethnic groups, more extreme than the ones we have in the UK, most of the time. One country interfering with another also crops up. Starvation can figure. One "refugee" interviewed from Africa feels he has the right to work where ever he likes in the world. A person may feel like that coming from a country where they for various reasons can be a true refugee. If accepted anywhere they will be wanted to work and not drain the state. Criminals get deported - even those from Europe proper.
We issued ~430,000 student visas last year. Mostly higher education. This can include the right to work for 2 years after graduation.
In 2021 (for the year ending in September), the UK issued 428,428 sponsored study visas to international students and their dependents
Sponsored study visas issued (main applicants) 275,204 215,717 386,858
This can be a route to staying permanently.
Leaves me thinking what's a few refugees providing they are working.
These student visa holders may have the right to work for 2 years after graduation. But, in uni, they can only do part time work. Only palces that hire them are care homes or MacD's. These students think that after graduation, they can land a top brass job in a multinational. Reality is different. No big company will hire anyone with part-time experience and that too working in MacD's.
Previous batch of student visa holders had the same dream and they fizzled out and didn't achieve anything.
