To all those that welcome/encourage the small boat migrants.

[denso13]

Well when they know they are asylum seekers, allowing them to charge and park equipment they use to work illegally makes them complicit.

Who knows, have they reported it to anyone? Still worse for Uber employing illegal staff.

 

[Ollyfp]

Yea, so what.

So... rather than break the law and risk life and limb, asylum seekers should just stay put... unless France is considered a hostile country. Which it isn't.

 

[denso13]

So... rather than break the law and risk life and limb, asylum seekers should just stay put... unless France is considered a hostile country. Which it isn't.

So millions of people should just stay in the first safe country they get to, like Turkey, and shouldn't be allowed to go further?

People have choices I'm afraid.

 

[Lirefighter]

Presumably you were not a refugee fleeing for your life and seeking asylum.

There are no migrants in France, or any other EU member state who are fleeing for their lives.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

I'm afraid.

What of ?

 

[Lirefighter]

Yes, there should be more safe routes. At the moment there are none so they are forced to come by boat if they want to reach the UK.

A flight from anywhere in the world directly to the UK is probably a lot cheaper than what they reportedly pay the traffickers to get them here.
Why don't they do that?

 

[denso13]

Why don't they do that?

Airlines won't carry them, it isn't an approved route for asylum seekers.

 

[Lirefighter]

Airlines won't carry them, it isn't an approved route for asylum seekers.

Neither is a dinghy over the channel.
Why won't the airlines accept them onto a flight as a tourist? Much safer and cheaper route, surely?

 

[denso13]

Why won't the airlines accept them onto a flight as a tourist? Much safer and cheaper route, surely?

Look up Afghans visa requirements for entering the UK and the supporting documentation they need. You're having a laugh...

 

[Highway Man]

Neither is a dinghy over the channel.
Why won't the airlines accept them onto a flight as a tourist? Much safer and cheaper route, surely?

They could then fly over the UK and straight to Rwanda.

 

[Highway Man]

Look up Afghans visa requirements for entering the UK and the supporting documentation they need. You're having a laugh...

But they are fleeing for their lives? Surely the airlines would make an exception.

 

[denso13]

Surely the airlines would make an exception.

Ask them, not me.

 

[Lirefighter]

Look up Afghans visa requirements for entering the UK and the supporting documentation they need. You're having a laugh...

Do they not need the same documentation when arriving here illegally by boat?

 

[denso13]

Do they not need the same documentation when arriving here illegally by boat?

Obviously not.

 

[Lirefighter]

Obviously not.

Yet they are allowed to stay without documentation.
So, your idea of safe routes is to just allow anyone in to the UK, regardless?