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

[Highway Man]

And they need a visa to get on the plane?

They are fleeing for their lives according to you

 

[Lirefighter]

And they need a visa to get on the plane?

They should get a visa first then.

 

[MNW67]

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?

I thought about this myself. I think the airline check you have a valid visa. I don't know how easy they are to get. Someone else might know the answer.

 

[denso13]

They should get a visa first then.

Lol, ok.

They are fleeing for their lives according to you

Some are, and Lirefighter wants them to go through the visa application process first. There are no visa application centres in Afghanistan for one.

 

[Highway Man]

I thought about this myself. I think the airline check you have a valid visa. I don't know how easy they are to get. Someone else might know the answer.

They wouldn't get one, it is much simpler for them to trek accross multiple countries to get to France with their end goal to get here because of the Language. Apparantly we are an Arabic speaking nation.

 

[denso13]

They wouldn't get one

Aw, they aren't trying hard enough. Get a visa, from a non existent office, turn up at the EasyJet check in at Kabul airport and job done. Why didn't they think of that...

 

[Lirefighter]

Lol, ok.

Some are, and Lirefighter wants them to go through the visa application process first. There are no visa application centres in Afghanistan for one.

There must be some in France, or Germany?
Poland?
Belarus?
Do they teleport to Calais?

 

[denso13]

There must be some in France, or Germany?
Poland?
Belarus?
Do they teleport to Calais?

Have you been on Ryanair? A dinghy is far better.

 

[aveatry]

Yes. But they aren't living in 4 star hotels, so your post is irrelevant.

Wrong
4-star Copthorne Hotel Effingham Gatwick in Crawley

 

[aveatry]

And today I believe - 4 star

 

[denso13]

Wrong
4-star Copthorne Hotel Effingham Gatwick in Crawley

No, a building that used to be a 4 star hotel. Do you really think they get 24hr room service, lol...

 

[Lirefighter]

Have you been on Ryanair? A dinghy is far better.

Not across dry land.

 

[denso13]

And today I believe - 4 star

No, it used to be a 4 star hotel.

 

[denso13]

Not across dry land.

By a safe route. Congrats...

 

[aveatry]

No, it used to be a 4 star hotel.

Right - someone did a FOI and this was the reply
All asylum seekers are housed in accommodation that meets their basic needs only. If a hotel is used to house asylum seekers, the services and facilities it previously offered will therefore change, and its commercial star rating will cease to apply. As such, those ratings are not routinely recorded by the Home Office.

4 star hotels - a Freedom of Information request to Home Office

As of today, how many 4 star hotels 3 star hotels are being used to house migrants/asylum seekers under a contract with you? In the last 8 months how much in total has been given to migrants/asylum seekers as a money payment when they leave the UK under the voluntary returns service or...

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