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Theresa May introduced the Hostile Environment, and Priti Patel made it even more strict. If the Home Office could refuse asylum applications for any reason whatsoever, they would. Despite that, the vast majority of asylum applications are successful.
So they are not cheating the system and they do have the right to be here.
Besides which, how many people do you think we're talking about? Small boats. The clue is in the name. It's not like Dunkirk out there.
30k people arrived here in 2023 via small boat.
Theresa may also lacks common sense immigration policy. She was far too harsh on people wanting to come into this country for good sincere reason
You're quoting the statistic about how many people were stopped on landing or shortly afterwards to tell me how they're arriving "unchecked".
They're still allowed into the country instead of being deported back to France
Because they have valid claims - 67% of claims in 2023 were successful.
They are not criminals. People who smash gravestones to throw them at policemen, though, they are criminals. We should put them in a prison barge.
How is their claim valid though if they came from France?
I wholeheartedly agree
How is their claim not valid if the Home Office allowed it? You think Priti Patel was like "oh, go on then, I'll turn a blind eye just this once" ?
It isn't the case that they have to claim in the first country they come to. That's just misinformation.
If they spoke French, they would probably claim there. France takes more asylum seekers than the UK, so why would they risk their lives? We didn't even take our interpreters from Afghanistan.
You'd think that Nigel Farage would be as informed as anybody on these topics and he's getting his information from Andrew Tate. I repeat: they do not have valid concerns; they are just racists rioting.
It should be the case, though
It should be the case that we do our part and take in as many refugees as France.
It should be the case that we honour our debts and take in the people that risked their lives to help our troops in Afghanistan.
It should be the case that people stop listening to grifters peddling lies on the internet.
I agree with the helping people who helped us in Afghanistan. No reason why we should inflict on ourselves the same problem france has. We don't want teachers being beheaded here.