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UK considers sending asylum seekers to Rwanda — UK migrant policy thread

The problem with Britain right now is that as a nation we lack an identity, as per some liberals in this thread.

When you have no identity, you do not know what you stand for, or die for.
 
It is the HOME SECRETARY that makes these national decisions irrespective of gender, race, or colour.

No one else can be accused of any 'dirty work', not even David Blunkett, Labour HS who had to resign following publicity about his personal life and corrupt ways; this is the Labour HS.

Change the MSM channel Liberals, or do your homework.

But it's not the home secretary who stands in front of a mic with a brown face telling us all the dark ones need to go back. Has it not sunk in yet?
 
The Dublin regulation

The Dublin regulation, originally the Dublin Convention (1990), followed by Dublin II (2003) and more recently Dublin III (2013), is the cornerstone of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). It was implemented to guarantee a more harmonious distribution of asylum requests within the European Union.

Well intentioned in its inception, it sought to put an end to multiple applications, known as ‘asylum shopping’, as well as the situation where an asylum seeker is present in Europe without any country taking responsibility for examining his application. In theory, the Dublin regulation ensures that there can only be one asylum claim per person, examined by one state, which is established by the criteria of the Dublin Convention, and often is the state of first entry on the continent. It also allows asylum seekers to be transferred by the authorities to the member state to which they have been assigned to. The Dublin regulation relies on the centralized European database (Eurodac) that handles and store the fingerprints of all asylum seekers.

https://sensusjournal.org/2019/10/1... of asylum requests within the European Union.

The EU/ECJ/ECHR ignore the Dublin Regulation, instead of harmonious distribution of asylum requests; armed forces of EU members will shoot asylum seekers dead instead.

The regulation has squat to do with Geneva Convention, even if it did, why are liberals cherry picking the application the Geneva convention when it suits their narrative?
 
But it's not the home secretary who stands in front of a mic with a brown face telling us all the dark ones need to go back. Has it not sunk in yet?

You see folks, this is liberal racism right here, not a single response from liberals without resorting to the colour of one's skin.

Tsk tsk.
 
One of the flights stopped was of an Iraqi man who fears persecution. Someone should remind Priti Patel, its was the UK along with Yanks which shouted to the world , Saddam will kill his people, we are the liberators, shock and awe along with sending thousands of troops to occupy was because we love the Iraqi people more than they love themselves.

If you bomb and occupy a nation on the premise you care for the people, you cannot then deny people from that nation to enter as asylum seekers. It shows the war was a lie, UK doesnt care for anyone inc its own citizens.

Meanwhile white Ukranians are flooding in, wont be sent to Rwanda and some are running off with men when they arrive here.
 
One of the flights stopped was of an Iraqi man who fears persecution. Someone should remind Priti Patel, its was the UK along with Yanks which shouted to the world , Saddam will kill his people, we are the liberators, shock and awe along with sending thousands of troops to occupy was because we love the Iraqi people more than they love themselves.

If you bomb and occupy a nation on the premise you care for the people, you cannot then deny people from that nation to enter as asylum seekers. It shows the war was a lie, UK doesnt care for anyone inc its own citizens.

Meanwhile white Ukranians are flooding in, wont be sent to Rwanda and some are running off with men when they arrive here.

Bro, refugees from Iraq, Syria, Libya etc are allowed, as per Ukrainians, under the yearly refugee UK quota which is exempt from the Rwanda policy.

The Rwanda policy is directed to the fraudulent, freeloaders, wannaba spongers.
 
Someone who promotes violent sports should not be promoting peace, must be in the DNA.

You are free to have a nut over golf for all I care. You can’t make any post without bringing race into something or being a racist coward, am happy for you that online platforms exist.

Extremist weasels with far right sympathies can’t be reasoned with when it comes to peace. Next time you attack Modi, remember you support the likes of Patel and Sunak who gave Modi a platform.
 
You are free to have a nut over golf for all I care. You can’t make any post without bringing race into something or being a racist coward, am happy for you that online platforms exist.

Extremist weasels with far right sympathies can’t be reasoned with when it comes to peace. Next time you attack Modi, remember you support the likes of Patel and Sunak who gave Modi a platform.

Triggered.

Violence is such a disease.

Shame DNA cannot be changed.
 
So in summary, liberals who have an identity, political, and social crisis, dare not comment on refugees/asylum seekers shot dead by the political intuition they worship, the EU, but have a problem with a flight to Rwanda! Racists.

I hope it was Business Class.

:)))
 
Bro, refugees from Iraq, Syria, Libya etc are allowed, as per Ukrainians, under the yearly refugee UK quota which is exempt from the Rwanda policy.

The Rwanda policy is directed to the fraudulent, freeloaders, wannaba spongers.

I think its only Ukranians which are not subject to the Rwandan policy.

I dont believe in immigration, the world should help people remain in their own nations. But once you bomb people into freedom, you then have a moral right to take them in also.
 
I think its only Ukranians which are not subject to the Rwandan policy.

I dont believe in immigration, the world should help people remain in their own nations. But once you bomb people into freedom, you then have a moral right to take them in also.


https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...on-note-rwanda-assessment-may-2022-accessible

Section Key judgments which determine who is travelling to Rwanda. (This is dearly missed by racist and triggered liberals who follow the MSM narrative).

Agree with second part of your response, UK have the moral right to accept refugees from nations where UK were responsible for war.
 
So pointing out the clear and obvious racial implications of Uncle Tom policy implementation makes you a racist liberal. I've heard it all now. :91:
 
Take a deep breath.

I know exactly what I am talking about, you, on the other hand do not. Learned something new today about Dublin regs did you? Have to re-write your liberal argument?

If you know about the Dublin regs before, why not speak up? Simply because it is YOU who follows the MSM, as a liberal.

Now on to you this:



Can you read English? Dublin regs are not about immigration policy, or sovereignty; but about the protocol Asylum Seekers must follow. Asylum Seekers must claim asylum in the first country they enter. FACT. The majority of Asylum Seekers arriving on a rubber dingy hit the Mediterranean first. FACT. Why do Asylum Seekers not seek asylum in the Mediterranean EU nations? No Welfare or opportunity to sponge. Plus the corrupt EU/ECJ want UK to suffer, want to make an example of the UK because the UK voted to leave, so they will turn a blind eye to protocol and law.

Asylum Seekers and Immigration are two completely separate verticals of law. One is legal, the other is illegal.

I do not want to be controlled by ECJ/ECHR. Dublin regs prove the hypocrisy of EU! Hence the ECHR puts a claim against UK, NOT the EU!

I voted Leave for many reasons, one of them was to take back control of UK borders form the pesky fraudulent day trippers seeking to sponge off my hard taxes, both from war torn countries, and the subcontinent.

I do not care about Asylum Seeker numbers, I imagine you may be one of them, but I do not care about the numbers, but do care about is the CAUSE! The majority of Asylum Seekers are the result of Western Wars, or subcontinent Asians blagging a welfare life cos they are lazy to earn an honest crust.

You have no idea what you are talking about (unless the MSM feeds you), but happy you are learning in this thread, and if you really care about Asylum Seekers, go open your front door and welcome them in. I dare you.

:)

Wow. Where do I start?

Firstly, please stop frothing about liberals, MSM, woke etc, wipe your mouth, and take your meds. You are clearly overburdened with too much information and you struggle with the ability to handle it.

You do not know what you are talking about because you're saying things which have no coherence or understanding of the link between government, legislation, how it operates, what is mandated, what isn't, how legislation, regulations and policies interact with each other, and general diplomacy.

Your first statement:

"Dublin regs are not about immigration policy, or sovereignty; but about the protocol Asylum Seekers must follow."

Is it? My understanding was that the Dublin Regulations was to prevent asylum shopping, prevent refugees from getting lost and not having access to an asylum process, and to establish which country is responsible for an asylum claim. It's not for the asylum seekers to follow, it's for the Member States to adhere to. It was an attempt to standardise asylum provision across Europe... How you thought that could ever happen without linking in with immigration and enforcement laws, I don't know, nor am I sure how you have written off the sovereign laws of each nation and how Dublin Regs would be implemented based on each country's set of laws.

Wait... what if somebody has never claimed asylum at all until they get to the UK, but they travelled through 3 countries to get here? How do you establish which country is responsible? Article number on a postcard please.

If there's no link between immigration policy, the sovereignty of a nation and the Dublin Regulations, can you please tell me why in the UK, while adhering to the Dublin Regs, we had legislation such as the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Acts? I can also assure you, each sovereign state has equivalent legislation, whilst of course, adhering to the Dublin Regs.

"Asylum Seekers must claim asylum in the first country they enter. FACT."

Show me where it says that.

"The majority of Asylum Seekers arriving on a rubber dingy hit the Mediterranean first. FACT. Why do Asylum Seekers not seek asylum in the Mediterranean EU nations?"

They do. Not just in Mediterranean countries. Pretty much all countries across Europe. If you actually looked at the statistics over the years... You would know that.

"No Welfare or opportunity to sponge. Plus the corrupt EU/ECJ want UK to suffer, want to make an example of the UK because the UK voted to leave, so they will turn a blind eye to protocol and law."

This is all in your head, because the UK had the lowest intake of Dublin cases for years on end. Which protocol and law are these countries turning a blind eye to?

Also, swivel on this: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20201009-1

You're delusional.

"Asylum Seekers and Immigration are two completely separate verticals of law. One is legal, the other is illegal."

What does this even mean? You're literally plucking stuff out your backside. There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. Everyone has the right to claim asylum. If they're two completely different strands, can you tell me where the Dublin Regulations stipulate under what powers you can detain an asylum claimant? What rights an asylum claimant has to challenge their situation within the country they are claiming asylum? Show me.

"I do not want to be controlled by ECJ/ECHR. Dublin regs prove the hypocrisy of EU! Hence the ECHR puts a claim against UK, NOT the EU!"

Again, what are you even talking about? After all these years, are we still having to clarify that the ECHR is not the EU???

"I voted Leave for many reasons, one of them was to take back control of UK borders form the pesky fraudulent day trippers seeking to sponge off my hard taxes, both from war torn countries, and the subcontinent."

Yeah, how's that going? You sought to wrest control over our borders by... taking away one of the only mechanisms the UK had to legally and legitimately remove people from the country? For someone so obsessed with taking control of borders, have you not questioned why there's no exit controls implemented? Or why Border Force and Immigration Enforcement were chronically understaffed? Have you got an idea of the types of HR challenges an asylum claimant can bring to court which have nothing to do with anyone but the UK and what we ourselves, by choice, have signed up to and abide by?

"I do not care about Asylum Seeker numbers, I imagine you may be one of them, but I do not care about the numbers, but do care about is the CAUSE! The majority of Asylum Seekers are the result of Western Wars, or subcontinent Asians blagging a welfare life cos they are lazy to earn an honest crust. "

Again, this is just waffle of no relevance, you're just spouting off randomness. If you really cared about the cause, then you would sympathise, empathise and understand where a vast majority of these people are coming from and why, and not support disgusting policies like the Rwanda legislation.

"You have no idea what you are talking about (unless the MSM feeds you), but happy you are learning in this thread, and if you really care about Asylum Seekers, go open your front door and welcome them in. I dare you. "

There is nothing you have said in your post which hasn't come from mainstream media.

There is an infinite amount of stuff I haven't said in my post, like literally going through the Dublin Regs article by article to make my point, which would be absolutely wasted on you because you don't know anything about the Dublin Regs technically, and your sources are Wikipedia and other sites giving a general overview of Dublin.

To be so ignorant yet have the confidence you do, your social circle must be of low intellect, slithering around in an echo chamber, where you don't get challenged at all. Seriously, 99% of your posts on politics or social issues is just copy and paste from alt-right or right wing media lol. Your insults are literally the language of MSM of your political leanings.

If they ever tried to subjugate the Muslims here in the UK, you would be the one selling us all out.
 
Now that the racist liberals have learned about the Dublin Regulation, AND the Rwanda policy as per GOV.UK site, lets hear these liberal racists comment on the armed forces of the EU killing asylum seekers on the Mediterranean border. Why the silence?

That's right folks, do not expect anything, since the MSM has not reported on such hideous crimes, the liberals have yet to recompute their brains with the MSM narrative.

Honestly, triggered liberals on the Rwanda policy, but not a dicky bird on refugees shot dead by armed European forces, the same political institution these liberals defend and honour! Facists!

Liberals do not care about Asylum Seekers, or the facts, all they care is about race, colour, and the MSM narrative because they want to remain relevant in humanity - attention seekers.

This is why Liberals are so easily triggered, all you have to do is present the facts. :)
 
We have had to delete loads of posts.

Took my colleague a while, he then finished for the day — he handed over to me and then it’s taken me ages as well.

By all means have a debate but the personal remarks and insults etc have got way out of hand here.


Please all review this thread for the forum ground rules before posting again, otherwise further steps could be taken.

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/s...for-posting-on-Time-Pass-and-Sports-Forum-***


thanks
 

You post up a CPIN link, thinking I'm going to be intimidated into shock and awe at your resourcefulness?

UNHCR is mentioned 16 times in the country guidance, and cited to bring credibility to the findings.

Here is UNHCR's opinion on the UK's actions:

https://www.ein.org.uk/news/unhcr-u...-unlawful-and-incompatible-refugee-convention

Your other article was by a third year Uni student writing for a blog, probably as a Uni assignment or job experience. Talks plenty about what is wrong with the Dublin Regulations, all openly acknowledged by member States, but talks nothing about the attempts of reformation under Dublin 4, the introduction of quotas and work done to try and improve the system. There is plenty wrong with Dublin, there is plenty of politics, no denying.

However, none of the above addresses anything that you posted which I challenged. You make vague assertions and keep repeating them over and over again, because you don't have any further level of detail, because you can only go by what is reported in the news or by blog articles.

I'm still waiting on the following:

- How the Rwandan policy assists in controlling the border
- Evidence that these "FACTS" you mentioned are actually facts
- A refutation of the stats I provided, illustrating how the UK's involvement with Dublin and asylum in general pales in comparison to the rest of Europe
- A justification of how Dublin and Immigration policies are completely independent of each other
- A rationale around how other countries are not sovereign within the EU despite clear evidence that even with the Dublin Regulations, countries have their own immigration and asylum laws, which vary from country to country
- How the ECHR is an extension of the EU

If you're just going to come back with more tripe around liberals, MSM, woke etc, don't bother.

Your alternative to MSM is just... more media. Media which has influenced you to use words like "woke" and "loony lefties", "liberals". All second hand sources, just like the evil MSM. This is pre-GCSE comprehension that you can't grasp.
 
Actually there are many although I meant it with a “,” ..
Irrespective many blue collar workers and teachers who are “Liberal” and I have personally met in States that came from Spain dislike EU.. they feel they are made to pay, I assumed it’s a far right thing as well before I met people and started reading on it.

There is a lot disillusion among workers from Spain etc but anytime they oppose EU the media somewhat brands them racists.

Agree that racism labelling is simplistic - though all white racists voted for Brexit to get black and brown faces off the streets.

I’d say that the EU works better for some countries than others. Well for Germany, UK and France. Really well for Ireland, who were once impoverished but now doing extremely well, and doubly so since Brexit as a lot of British business moved there. Not so well for Spain and Greece.
 
Asylum seekers who arrive in the UK via "unnecessary and dangerous routes" could be electronically tagged under new Home Office proposals.

A 12-month pilot scheme has been launched that aims to determine whether this is an effective way of "improving and maintaining contact" with claimants.

Documents also suggest that the government wants to obtain data on how frequently asylum seekers abscond.

Campaigners have described the measures, which could affect refugees crossing the Channel, as "draconian".

It comes days after the European Court of Human Rights granted an injunction that stopped the deportation of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The government will not be deterred as we plan for the next flight to Rwanda.

"We will keep as many people in detention as the law allows but where a court orders that an individual due to be on Tuesday's flight should be released, we will tag them where appropriate."

Priti Patel has described the grounding of this first flight as an "absolutely scandalous" move.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the home secretary has vowed to "find ways to overturn" the decision.

She said: "One could argue that we have been a soft touch - and I think we have been quite frankly, partly down to our EU membership.

"You've got to look at the motivation. How and why did they make that decision? Was it politically motivated? I'm of the view that it is, absolutely.

"The opaque way this court has operated is absolutely scandalous. That needs to be questioned.

"We don't know who the judges are, we don't know who the panel are, we haven't actually had a judgment - just a press release and a letter saying we can't move this person under Rule 39.

"They've not used this ruling previously, which does make you question the motivation and the lack of transparency."

WHAT IS THE ECHR?

The European Court of Human Rights is a court of the Council of Europe and has nothing to do with the European Union.

It makes sure that member states of the council, such as the UK, respect the rights and guarantees set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.

The flight was stopped after an intervention from the ECHR led to fresh challenges in the UK courts.

It was understood the ECHR granted an urgent interim measure blocking the removal of one Iraqi detainee.

That ruling allowed lawyers for the other six people due to be on the flight to make successful last-minute applications.

Read more: What is the European Court of Human Rights?

The Daily Telegraph claimed Ms Patel's accusations about the ECHR being "opaque" signalled her desire to leave its jurisdiction.

English judges in the Court of Appeal had ruled on Monday that the flight could go ahead after a legal challenge by campaigners, who said the government's plan to send some migrants to the east African country was inhumane.

Ministers have defended the policy, saying it is needed to stop illegal people smuggling in small boats across the Channel.

The ECHR ruling sparked calls by some Tory MPs to pull Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights, which the court rules on.

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has suggested the UK will stay within the convention but new laws could ensure that interim measures from the Strasbourg court could effectively be ignored by the government.

The grounding of the flight came after a series of legal challenges in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and ECHR on behalf of the asylum seekers due to be sent on the one-way trip to Rwanda.

The prime minister has repeatedly hit out at those bringing the legal challenges, accusing them of "abetting" criminal gangs.

The lawyers, meanwhile, have reportedly received death threats.

The UK has remained a signatory of the ECHR, which underpins human rights obligations in international treaties including the Good Friday Agreement and the Brexit deal.

SKY
 
Boris Johnson has defended government plans to electronically tag some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK in small boats or lorries.

The Home Office is launching a 12-month pilot scheme that aims to determine whether this is an effective way of "improving and maintaining contact" with claimants.

Documents also suggest that the government wants to obtain data on how frequently asylum seekers abscond.

Campaigners have described the measures, which could affect refugees crossing the Channel, as "draconian".

But the Prime Minister said it was essential that people could not simply "vanish" into the rest of the country.

"This is a very, very generous welcoming country. Quite right too. I am proud of it, but when people come here illegally, when they break the law, it is important that we make that distinction," he said, speaking at RAF Brize Norton after returning from a trip to Kyiv.

"That is what we are doing with our Rwanda policy. That is what we are doing with making sure that asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country."

SKY
 
Feels like a shift in strategy from the Tories post-Partygate, they seem to have given up on trying to sway the centrists away from Sir Keir and are now going full throttle for the provincial / right wing / populist vote, which to be honest in England will get them a lot of traction.
 
Of course this policy will gain traction from the right wing/populist vertical.

UK is currently going through a cost of living crisis unlike before, yet liberals are fine with the government and tax payer spending MILLIONs on housing/feeding illegal refugees! Liberals themselves are not housing the illegals so why should the struggling UK citizen/Government!?

Enough is enough!

Charity begins at home!
 
Feels like a shift in strategy from the Tories post-Partygate, they seem to have given up on trying to sway the centrists away from Sir Keir and are now going full throttle for the provincial / right wing / populist vote, which to be honest in England will get them a lot of traction.

Sadly so, the Trumpisation of UK politics. It's shocking to see. Churchill, McMillan, Heath, Thatcher and even Cameron would never have resorted to such tactics.

in doing so they will stoke the fires of racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia - fear of anyone Other. It's playing with the very worst impulses in the human psyche and extremely dangerous. White people like you and I [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] will be safe, but I fear for anyone who looks or acts different.

One can only hope that a progressive alliance can get into power and start to turn the country back to the moderate and kind place it used to be. The genie may be out of the bottle though. I could bail out with my EU passport, but I want to stay and turn the tide.
 
Sadly so, the Trumpisation of UK politics. It's shocking to see. Churchill, McMillan, Heath, Thatcher and even Cameron would never have resorted to such tactics.

in doing so they will stoke the fires of racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia - fear of anyone Other. It's playing with the very worst impulses in the human psyche and extremely dangerous. White people like you and I [MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] will be safe, but I fear for anyone who looks or acts different.

One can only hope that a progressive alliance can get into power and start to turn the country back to the moderate and kind place it used to be. The genie may be out of the bottle though. I could bail out with my EU passport, but I want to stay and turn the tide.

Its sad to see you resort to labelling people just because they differ in opinion from you on certain issues.

You cannot accept any opinion that is different from yours and that is why diversity fails because some people just cannot accept others may think different.
 
Past UK leaders never had to resort to such moves because they were not responsible for international, and illegal wars.

The name Blair is missing from the list, and as for Cameron, he was governing a coalition, the first since WW2, that too with liberals!

The Tories today are cleaning up Blair's mess, and LD incompetency of 2010-15!

I ask again, how many goody goody 2 shoe liberals in this thread are prepared to house illegal refugees? ZERO!
 
No such thing as an illegal refugee. More weak posts by Technics who, ironically with complete lack of self awareness, is literally regurgitating MSM rhetoric.
 
Illegal refugee = refugee who doesn’t claim asylum on the first port of call.

Remember, most of these illegal refugees bypass the Dublin regs because they land/set foot in the Mediterranean first, an EU nation, but decide they want to seek refugee in the UK cos Liberals have no problem with sponging, and the EU want to make an example of the UK.

Message for illegal refugees : Don’t try it from the Subcontinent, learn how to swim, learn how to apply a life jacket, and have your legal papers.

We are now watching you illegals.

PS : if you are lucky, you will not be shot dead by EU armed forces. :)
 
Its sad to see you resort to labelling people just because they differ in opinion from you on certain issues.

You cannot accept any opinion that is different from yours and that is why diversity fails because some people just cannot accept others may think different.

Diversity hasn't failed though, both your own country and the UK have prospered tremendously as multicultural societies.
 
Its sad to see you resort to labelling people just because they differ in opinion from you on certain issues.

You cannot accept any opinion that is different from yours and that is why diversity fails because some people just cannot accept others may think different.

Come again? I labelled nobody. I can only conclude that you didn’t read my post, or maybe scanned three words of it randomly and drew a false conclusion.
 
A total of 108 migrants have been rescued from a boat that was found rudderless and leaking water in the Aegean Sea in near gale force winds, Greek authorities have said.

The rescued migrants comprised of 63 men, 24 women and 21 children, who told authorities that four other people are missing.
 
Illegal refugee = refugee who doesn’t claim asylum on the first port of call.

Remember, most of these illegal refugees bypass the Dublin regs because they land/set foot in the Mediterranean first, an EU nation, but decide they want to seek refugee in the UK cos Liberals have no problem with sponging, and the EU want to make an example of the UK.

Message for illegal refugees : Don’t try it from the Subcontinent, learn how to swim, learn how to apply a life jacket, and have your legal papers.

We are now watching you illegals.

PS : if you are lucky, you will not be shot dead by EU armed forces. :)

I told you, but you just seem to willingly ignore it... There is no legislation or law that demands that someone wishing to seek asylum has to claim it in the first place they reach.

Under Article 1 of the Convention, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution.

Can you tell me where in the world it is illegal to be the above?

Moving on to illegal entry, illegal entrants who don't claim asylum are the easy ones to deal with. The government hardly bats an eye lid with these people because they have no rights whatsoever to remain. Ever stopped to think why it's the asylum ones they keep targeting?

The moment someone claims asylum, they are no longer illegal. The moment they are granted asylum, they can be categorised as a refugee. If their application fails, they are a failed asylum seeker, and still have appeal rights. If you're a failed asylum seeker, and submit more evidence, you still have rights to get a form of leave.

Sorry, but you can't even get the terminology right to form any coherence.

There is no way a refugee can be illegal... because the very definition of a refugee is that you have proven your case to be genuinely at risk under grounds of asylum and have been granted a formal status to be in the country.

So to summarise:

An illegal entrant has no status and are dealt with relatively easily

At the point of claiming asylum, they now formally have rights to stay in the country while their claim is assessed

Once an asylum decision is granted, you are now officially a refugee

Coming back to Dublin, which I'm well versed with enough to not be told how it works by someone who has never read them through even once:

You can't bypass the Dublin Regs by not claiming asylum, because you can still be fingerprinted and you would show up on Eurodac, therefore giving a country rights to send the person back to the country they were first encountered in. It's not even that simple though, because if you had read the Dublin Regs, you would understand that there are multiple outcomes to establish who is responsible for an asylum claim, and it won't necessarily be the first country you were recorded in.

Even if they travel to the UK and claim asylum, they still would have been subject to the Dublin Regs, they will not have bypassed them... which is why I say to you again, you voted out from the only mechanism we had to return these claimants. You voted to have all their asylum claims considered here.

Well, there is the inadmissability policy, but... I'll leave you to find out how that's going.

You don't know anything about the stories these people have, you don't have any idea about how the UK doesn't have anywhere near the scale of an issue that other countries do, that a vast majority of asylum claimants have a genuine case to make. I will also say that there are many problems with the asylum system, and there are genuine issues that need to be sorted out which aren't easy to deal with. There are claimants who are clearly abusing the system, but much like many things in life, you cannot throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Better a life saved, than one lost on chance.

As I said, you are so manipulated by what you read in your "non-MSM" sources (which is pretty much right wing MSM, but made you believe otherwise, I can tell from your language), you truly have no idea what you are even talking about, how the system works or what factors to even consider around this topic.

I can go even more technical (I'm actually being quite lazy in my posts to date) if you want me to show how wrong you are with your assertions around Dublin and asylum in general.

The only thing you have going for you in your posts which is reasonable is that you don't like people taking advantage of the system. Who the hell does? This is not some enlightened view which only you hold, it is actually quite generic and basic.
 
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I told you, but you just seem to willingly ignore it... There is no legislation or law that demands that someone wishing to seek asylum has to claim it in the first place they reach.

Under Article 1 of the Convention, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution.

Can you tell me where in the world it is illegal to be the above?

Moving on to illegal entry, illegal entrants who don't claim asylum are the easy ones to deal with. The government hardly bats an eye lid with these people because they have no rights whatsoever to remain. Ever stopped to think why it's the asylum ones they keep targeting?

The moment someone claims asylum, they are no longer illegal. The moment they are granted asylum, they can be categorised as a refugee. If their application fails, they are a failed asylum seeker, and still have appeal rights. If you're a failed asylum seeker, and submit more evidence, you still have rights to get a form of leave.

Sorry, but you can't even get the terminology right to form any coherence.

There is no way a refugee can be illegal... because the very definition of a refugee is that you have proven your case to be genuinely at risk under grounds of asylum and have been granted a formal status to be in the country.

So to summarise:

An illegal entrant has no status and are dealt with relatively easily

At the point of claiming asylum, they now formally have rights to stay in the country while their claim is assessed

Once an asylum decision is granted, you are now officially a refugee

Coming back to Dublin, which I'm well versed with enough to not be told how it works by someone who has never read them through even once:

You can't bypass the Dublin Regs by not claiming asylum, because you can still be fingerprinted and you would show up on Eurodac, therefore giving a country rights to send the person back to the country they were first encountered in. It's not even that simple though, because if you had read the Dublin Regs, you would understand that there are multiple outcomes to establish who is responsible for an asylum claim, and it won't necessarily be the first country you were recorded in.

Even if they travel to the UK and claim asylum, they still would have been subject to the Dublin Regs, they will not have bypassed them... which is why I say to you again, you voted out from the only mechanism we had to return these claimants. You voted to have all their asylum claims considered here.

Well, there is the inadmissability policy, but... I'll leave you to find out how that's going.

You don't know anything about the stories these people have, you don't have any idea about how the UK doesn't have anywhere near the scale of an issue that other countries do, that a vast majority of asylum claimants have a genuine case to make. I will also say that there are many problems with the asylum system, and there are genuine issues that need to be sorted out which aren't easy to deal with. There are claimants who are clearly abusing the system, but much like many things in life, you cannot throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Better a life saved, than one lost on chance.

As I said, you are so manipulated by what you read in your "non-MSM" sources (which is pretty much right wing MSM, but made you believe otherwise, I can tell from your language), you truly have no idea what you are even talking about, how the system works or what factors to even consider around this topic.

I can go even more technical (I'm actually being quite lazy in my posts to date) if you want me to show how wrong you are with your assertions around Dublin and asylum in general.

The only thing you have going for you in your posts which is reasonable is that you don't like people taking advantage of the system. Who the hell does? This is not some enlightened view which only you hold, it is actually quite generic and basic.

Very informative post. Thanks.
 
Illegal immigrant/refugees also include those who use false pretence to enter the UK, like turning gay at the last minute after a general election in Pakistan.

Teach these illegals how to swim, teach them to work hard, and teach them to seek asylum in the first port they land.

I just hope the UK government is using Duracell on the electronic tags.

How many liberals in this thread would house illegals refugees - ZERO.

Hypocrites, refugees and liberals alike.
 
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Illegal immigrant/refugees also include those who use false pretence to enter the UK, like turning gay at the last minute after a general election in Pakistan.

Teach these illegals how to swim, teach them to work hard, and teach them to seek asylum in the first port they land.

I just hope the UK government is using Duracell on the electronic tags.

How many liberals in this thread would house illegals refugees - ZERO.

Hypocrites, refugees and liberals alike.

You still can't comprehend difference between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants/illegal entrants, even after I've explained it.

You talk big, but you have shown that content beyond MSM soundbites is outside of your understanding.

I think I've proven you literally have nothing of note to contribute but slogans you churn out repeatedly.

When challenged intellectually and forced to answer your claims, you literally ignore what is being said.

I can see why this government is so resilient, when it has people like you who are completely beholden to them unconditionally.

You remind me of Abdul Rafiq.
 
You still can't comprehend difference between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants/illegal entrants, even after I've explained it.

You talk big, but you have shown that content beyond MSM soundbites is outside of your understanding.

I think I've proven you literally have nothing of note to contribute but slogans you churn out repeatedly.

When challenged intellectually and forced to answer your claims, you literally ignore what is being said.

I can see why this government is so resilient, when it has people like you who are completely beholden to them unconditionally.

You remind me of Abdul Rafiq.

Absolutely spot on, that is if he's a Muslim or a British Pakistani at all.

On topic, Tories have been very clever and pushed a brown face to do their dirty work. Had a white minister said all the trash Patel does then they'd never been able to get away with it. Now they have the deniability that hey its a brown face implementing all these racist policies so how is it racism
 
I can appreciate that, this country has some really fine white people, I caught some of them trying to take on Priti in the Commons, but the Tories aren't stupid. They are aiming to catch the popular vote, and the best way of doing that is by sticking a brown face up there to preach the send 'em to black land message. It's the same reasoning as appointing a woman barrister to defend a rapist. I actually do agree that there are plenty of economic immigrants who should be stopped, but

a) I don't think it should be to Africa

b) They need to stop using Uncle Toms/Patels to do their dirty work

No one is that stupid they can't see through it other than the ones who think it's their birthright to remain slaves.

Absolutely spot on.

When Tories need something unpleasant doing its your Sajids, Sunaks and Patels who are pushed forward and who in their lust of power do it all
 
Can the immigrants directly reach Rwanda from their homelands, apply for Asylum in UK and then wait in Rwanda till their application is processed?
 
The deputy prime minister wants to introduce a Bill of Rights to ignore European Court of Human Rights judgments blocking removal flights to Rwanda.

Dominic Raab is introducing the proposed legislation, which would also increase deportations of foreign criminals, to parliament on Wednesday after the court in Strasbourg disputed the government's heavily-criticised policy of sending asylum seekers to the east African nation.

The deputy prime minister wants the successor to the Human Rights Act to assert that British courts do not always need to follow the European Court of Human Rights.

Instead, the legislation states the Supreme Court in London is the ultimate decision-maker on human rights issues.

The bill would create a permission stage in court where claimants must show they have suffered significant damage before their case can go ahead, in order to reduce "trivial" cases.

It would also seek to restrict the circumstances in which foreign-born people convicted of criminal offences are able to argue their right to family life trumps public safety in a bid to prevent their removal from the UK.

SKY
 
I haven't had much time to read through this thread, and I don't really take much notice of the news these days, so was just wondering, what is it Rwanda gets in exchange for processing UK refugees? I don't really know much about the country other than back in the 90's there was some sort of genocide carried out against the Tutsi population.
 
Astonishing that the people expelled from Israel and deported to Rwanda were immediately expelled by the Rwandans to Uganda, which didn't want them either, and now they are in Europe.

Better not come to the UK, else the merry-go-round will continue. Go to Germany or Scandinavia instead.
 
I haven't had much time to read through this thread, and I don't really take much notice of the news these days, so was just wondering, what is it Rwanda gets in exchange for processing UK refugees? I don't really know much about the country other than back in the 90's there was some sort of genocide carried out against the Tutsi population.

Money.
 
If liberals feel so sorry for Asylum Seekers from Isreal, then house them too instead of bellowing.
 

Well I figured that must be the primary reason, but they could offer money to any amount of countries. Or is this like getting footballs manufactured in Pakistan, or clothes manufactured in Romania because it's cheaper than manufacturing them at home and paying actual very well qualified British workforce?
 
Well I figured that must be the primary reason, but they could offer money to any amount of countries. Or is this like getting footballs manufactured in Pakistan, or clothes manufactured in Romania because it's cheaper than manufacturing them at home and paying actual very well qualified British workforce?

There are precedents. UNESCO has sent (willing) refugees to Rwanda, legally as USESCO is not a nation state signatory to the Refugee convention.

Israel has too, deporting thousands of Africans and putting the Africa-American Black Hebrews under threat too. Probably where Patel got the idea..
 
People caught piloting small boats that carry migrants across the Channel could face life in prison under new laws.

The Nationality and Borders Act came into force today, introducing tougher penalties for those who smuggle migrants into the UK.

The legislation also increases the maximum penalty for illegally entering the UK or overstaying a visa, rising from six months in prison to four years.

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove said the law would "help to deliver a fair but firm asylum system - deterring illegal entry into the UK, breaking the business model of people-smuggling networks and speeding up the removal of those with no right to be here".

It comes as the number of migrants crossing the Channel so far this year reached 12,312 - compared to 5,654 by this time in 2021 and 2,449 in 2020.

The government continues to defend its scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter people from making the crossing, despite the first flight being cancelled after a last minute order from the European Court of Human Rights.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said the government would "not be deterred from doing the right thing [and] we will not be put off by the inevitable last-minute legal challenges".

SKY
 
People caught piloting small boats that carry migrants across the Channel could face life in prison under new laws.

The Nationality and Borders Act came into force today, introducing the tougher penalty for those who smuggle migrants into the UK - up from 14 years imprisonment.

The legislation also increases the maximum penalty for illegally entering the UK or overstaying a visa, rising from six months in prison to four years.

And it will enable the government to deport foreign national offenders up to 12 months before the end of their prison sentences.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said it was "one of the most crucial milestones in delivering on our promise to the British public to take back control of our borders".

It comes as the number of migrants crossing the Channel so far this year reached 12,312 - compared to 5,654 by this time in 2021 and 2,449 in 2020.

Campaigners' High Court bid to block government's 'unlawful' plans to send first asylum seekers to Rwanda

The government continues to defend its scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter people from making the crossing, despite the first flight being cancelled after a last minute order from the European Court of Human Rights.

Ms Patel has said the government would "not be deterred from doing the right thing [and] we will not be put off by the inevitable last-minute legal challenges".

But opposition parties and charities - reportedly even Prince Charles - have claimed the policy is inhumane.

The Nationality and Borders Act passed in April, despite rebellions from the Conservative's own benches and harsh criticism from opposition MPs.

Other measures included in the law coming into force today include cutting the permission to stay of migrants from five years to 30 months if they don't adhere to specific Home Office rules, and new powers for immigration officers to search containers taken off ships and aircrafts.

But further new rules will be implemented over the coming months and into next year, the Home Office said.

Ms Patel added: "While there is no single solution to the global migration crisis, these reforms which come into effect today play a vital role in overhauling the broken asylum system."

SKY
 
People caught piloting small boats that carry migrants across the Channel could face life in prison under new laws.

The Nationality and Borders Act came into force today, introducing the tougher penalty for those who smuggle migrants into the UK - up from 14 years imprisonment.

The legislation also increases the maximum penalty for illegally entering the UK or overstaying a visa, rising from six months in prison to four years.

And it will enable the government to deport foreign national offenders up to 12 months before the end of their prison sentences.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said it was "one of the most crucial milestones in delivering on our promise to the British public to take back control of our borders".

It comes as the number of migrants crossing the Channel so far this year reached 12,312 - compared to 5,654 by this time in 2021 and 2,449 in 2020.

Campaigners' High Court bid to block government's 'unlawful' plans to send first asylum seekers to Rwanda

The government continues to defend its scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter people from making the crossing, despite the first flight being cancelled after a last minute order from the European Court of Human Rights.

Ms Patel has said the government would "not be deterred from doing the right thing [and] we will not be put off by the inevitable last-minute legal challenges".

But opposition parties and charities - reportedly even Prince Charles - have claimed the policy is inhumane.

The Nationality and Borders Act passed in April, despite rebellions from the Conservative's own benches and harsh criticism from opposition MPs.

Other measures included in the law coming into force today include cutting the permission to stay of migrants from five years to 30 months if they don't adhere to specific Home Office rules, and new powers for immigration officers to search containers taken off ships and aircrafts.

But further new rules will be implemented over the coming months and into next year, the Home Office said.

Ms Patel added: "While there is no single solution to the global migration crisis, these reforms which come into effect today play a vital role in overhauling the broken asylum system."

SKY

Absolutely! If truckers across the English channel can face criminal charges, then so should these show boaters!
 
People caught piloting small boats that carry migrants across the Channel could face life in prison under new laws.

The Nationality and Borders Act came into force today, introducing tougher penalties for those who smuggle migrants into the UK.

The legislation also increases the maximum penalty for illegally entering the UK or overstaying a visa, rising from six months in prison to four years.

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove said the law would "help to deliver a fair but firm asylum system - deterring illegal entry into the UK, breaking the business model of people-smuggling networks and speeding up the removal of those with no right to be here".

It comes as the number of migrants crossing the Channel so far this year reached 12,312 - compared to 5,654 by this time in 2021 and 2,449 in 2020.

The government continues to defend its scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter people from making the crossing, despite the first flight being cancelled after a last minute order from the European Court of Human Rights.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said the government would "not be deterred from doing the right thing [and] we will not be put off by the inevitable last-minute legal challenges".

SKY

Fully supportive of this. Truckers face criminal charges for importing day trippers across the English channel, even if they are unaware, and so should these boat trippers.

Notice Liberals, how the onus is now on the illegal smugglers of human life; the deterrence is in place BEFORE being caught in the UK and shipped to Rwanda.

I doubt Liberals will support this law, even though they are full of hot air and will NEVER house these day trippers themselves.
 
The UK government faces losing £120m if its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful by the courts.

The scheme was announced in April, with the government claiming it would deter people from making dangerous crossings over the English Channel.

But the first flight was grounded in June after last minute legal challenges, and new court documents released this week showed officials had warned Home Secretary Priti Patel against going ahead with the plan.

Several asylum seekers, the Public and Commercial Services union and a number of charities are challenging the legality of the policy, with court hearings set for September and October.

Downing Street admitted last month that some money had already been paid to Rwanda for the scheme, but refused to say how much, claiming the information was "confidential".

But on Friday, Rwandan government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo confirmed there had been "an initial transfer of £120m", adding: "This has already been paid, and we are already using the funds to prepare."

Asked if the money would be repaid if UK courts blocked the scheme, Ms Makolo said: "It's paid over, it's committed. Part of it has been used."

She also insisted the country remained "committed" to the partnership, adding: "We are determined to make it work."

The chief adviser to the Rwandan justice minister, Doris Uwicyeza Picard, also told reporters: "We are confident in the legality of this partnership."

Earlier this week, the Commons Home Affairs Committee said there was "no evidence" the policy was acting as a deterrent for Channel crossings, with more than 1,000 migrants making the journey since it was announced.

Labour's shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the government's plan was a "total mess".

But on Thursday, a UK government spokesperson said: "Rwanda is a safe and secure country with a track record of supporting asylum seekers.

"We remain committed to delivering this policy to break the business model of criminal gangs and save lives."

SKY
 
The UK government faces losing £120m if its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful by the courts.

The scheme was announced in April, with the government claiming it would deter people from making dangerous crossings over the English Channel.

But the first flight was grounded in June after last minute legal challenges, and new court documents released this week showed officials had warned Home Secretary Priti Patel against going ahead with the plan.

Several asylum seekers, the Public and Commercial Services union and a number of charities are challenging the legality of the policy, with court hearings set for September and October.

Downing Street admitted last month that some money had already been paid to Rwanda for the scheme, but refused to say how much, claiming the information was "confidential".

But on Friday, Rwandan government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo confirmed there had been "an initial transfer of £120m", adding: "This has already been paid, and we are already using the funds to prepare."

Asked if the money would be repaid if UK courts blocked the scheme, Ms Makolo said: "It's paid over, it's committed. Part of it has been used."

She also insisted the country remained "committed" to the partnership, adding: "We are determined to make it work."

The chief adviser to the Rwandan justice minister, Doris Uwicyeza Picard, also told reporters: "We are confident in the legality of this partnership."

Earlier this week, the Commons Home Affairs Committee said there was "no evidence" the policy was acting as a deterrent for Channel crossings, with more than 1,000 migrants making the journey since it was announced.

Labour's shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the government's plan was a "total mess".

But on Thursday, a UK government spokesperson said: "Rwanda is a safe and secure country with a track record of supporting asylum seekers.

"We remain committed to delivering this policy to break the business model of criminal gangs and save lives."

SKY

Eid came early for Rwanda, happy to contribute I guess :))
 
<b>Sunak vows to cap refugee numbers under ‘common sense’ asylum system</b>

<I>The former chancellor lays out a 10-point plan to secure Britain's borders if he wins Tory leadership race</I>

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Rishi Sunak vows to introduce a cap on refugee numbers if he becomes prime minister, as he promises to “inject a healthy dose of common sense” into the asylum system.

Laying out a 10-point plan to secure Britain’s borders if he wins the Tory leadership contest on Sunday, the former chancellor also promises to curb the power of the European Court of Human Rights; withhold aid money if countries refuse to take back failed asylum seekers and criminals; and use cruise ships to house illegal migrants.

Writing in The Telegraph, he suggests that the Government has failed to deliver on the Vote Leave pledge to “take back control” of the country’s borders, as he describes the asylum system as chaotic and “broken”.

In what will be seen as an appeal to the Right of the Conservative Party, from which Liz Truss enjoys significant support, Mr Sunak states: “The ECHR cannot inhibit our ability to properly control our borders and we shouldn’t let it. We need to inject a healthy dose of common sense into the system, and that is what my plan does.”

He adds that he would introduce a cap on the number of refugees that the UK accepts each year, stating: “Numbers should be determined by need. Our Parliament will be given control of the number of refugees we accept each year.”

The former chancellor uses his immigration proposals to burnish his Brexit credentials, saying that a desire to take back control of Britain’s borders was behind his support for the Leave campaign in 2016.

But government sources accused Mr Sunak of misleading Tory members over his support for pro-Brexit policies, telling The Telegraph that he attempted to block Ms Truss’s legislation tackling the Northern Ireland Protocol - as well as resisting efforts to implement reforms, such as repealing EU rules governing VAT.

Mr Sunak’s immigration plans lay down a marker for Ms Truss, who on Saturday said that she would seek to strike more Rwanda-style deals and increase the number of Border Force officers, but is expected to unveil her full immigration proposals on Monday.

It comes as The Telegraph reveals Ms Truss pledges to embark on a “bonfire of the quangos”, saying that she would divert hundreds of millions of pounds from “bureaucratic bodies” to frontline services.

Monday will see the first head-to-head television debate between the two candidates, as well as the first Party hustings on Thursday. On Saturday, a poll found that 58 per cent of Conservative voters could see themselves supporting the Party under Ms Truss, compared to 52 per cent under Mr Sunak.

Until now, the major dividing line between Mr Sunak and Ms Truss has been the economy. In the latest set of skirmishes on Saturday, the former chancellor described the Foreign Secretary’s plan for immediate tax cuts as “immoral”, while Simon Clarke, who was Mr Sunak’s deputy at the Treasury, accused his former boss’s campaign of peddling ‘project fear’.

On Saturday, Mr Sunak also tried to paint himself as the “underdog” in the contest after Ms Truss described herself to The Telegraph as the “insurgent candidate”. He claimed: “The forces that be want this to be a coronation for the other candidate.”

‘The system is in disarray’

On immigration, writing in The Telegraph, Mr Sunak states: “In 2016 I backed and voted for Brexit because I believed we could do things differently. We needed a change of mindset, not just about what we couldn’t do while we were in the European Union, but what we didn’t do.

“Taking control of our borders and tackling the flow of illegal migration was at the top of that list.”

But he adds: “The truth is that we haven’t yet got a grip of the problem... The system is in disarray.”

Drawing on his own family history, Mr Sunak says his grandparents’ experience of arriving 60 years ago was testament to how “Britain is a generous, ambitious and compassionate country”.

In the US, Donald Trump introduced an annual cap of 15,000 refugee admissions, which was increased by Joe Biden to 62,500.

According to government figures, the UK offered asylum, humanitarian protection or “alternative forms of leave and resettlement” to 14,734 people last year.

Mr Sunak’s campaign said his cap would be set by MPs.

Mr Sunak’s 10-point immigration plan includes tightening the current legal definition of who qualifies for asylum in the UK to tie in with the 1951 Refugee Convention, which focuses on people fleeing persecution.

The Convention would be given “primacy” over the European Court of Human Rights’ “expansive” interpretation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which outlaws torture as well as “inhuman or degrading treatment”.

A source said the shift could clamp down cases such as migrants who enter the UK illegally using Article 3 to avoid deportation on the basis that they would receive inadequate medical treatment in their home country, compared to the care provided by the NHS.

The source acknowledged that the change could be challenged by the European Court.

Mr Sunak said that “where the ECHR is an obstacle, I will tackle it”, but he is thought to be highly unlikely to advocate withdrawing from the Convention altogether.

Like Ms Truss, Mr Sunak would “pursue additional migration partnerships”, his campaign said. His plan also includes setting up a new Small Boats Taskforce and setting “clear targets” for French authorities to stop boats illegally crossing the Channel.

The plan also pledges to end the “hotel farce” of millions of pounds being poured into hotel bills for illegal migrants and deliver new beds through “existing and novel solutions, including the use of cruise ships”. Mr Sunak added: “If necessary, we should reassess aid and trade terms in order to deter illegal migration.”

On Saturday, in a campaign speech in Margaret Thatcher’s birthplace of Grantham, Mr Sunak once again hit out at Ms Truss’s prior support for Remain, saying:

“If we are to deliver on the promise of Brexit, then we’re going to need someone who actually understands Brexit, believes in Brexit, voted for Brexit.” He previously released a campaign video which attacked Ms Truss for backing Remain in 2016, and stated that he was “a real Brexiteer from day one”.

But multiple government sources said the then chancellor teamed up with Michael Gove in May to try to block plans for a bill to override the Protocol, in the face of EU intransigence over the issue.

A source who witnessed the discussion in the Global Britain Strategy Cabinet sub-committee said: “Rishi just didn’t want to do this - he was really strongly against it and said it was going too far. He said ‘we should be negotiating more, this is going to backfire, and I don’t have confidence that this is necessary.’”

Ms Truss, who is overseeing the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, has said it is needed to overcome bureaucratic hurdles that are harming trade between Britain and Northern Ireland and have deterred some firms from moving goods within the UK.

But Mr Sunak is said to have warned that the Bill, which is strongly backed by the European Research Group of Brexiteer MPs, would amount to “picking a trade war with the EU at a time of a cost of living challenge”.

Mr Sunak is also accused of thwarting efforts to implement post-Brexit reforms, such as repealing EU rules governing VAT. In the official video released by Mr Sunak’s campaign last weekend, a narrator describes Mr Sunak as “a real Brexiteer from day one.” The video featured an image of a tweet in which Ms Truss endorsed the Remain campaign in 2016, with the narrator stating: “Others argued for Remain”.

But a government source said: “His actions haven’t really borne that out in Government, particularly over the last 18 to 24 months.”

A spokesman for Mr Sunak said: “As a believer in Brexit from the beginning, Rishi has been clear that he would continue with the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill until and unless the EU says it is willing to come to the table to renegotiate the contents of the Protocol.”

DT
 
Sunak and Truss stand by Rwanda scheme as they set out plans to toughen the UK's borders
Ms Truss says she is "determined" to see the scheme fully implemented, while Mr Sunak says he will "do whatever it takes" to make the plan succeed.

The two remaining Tory leadership candidates have vowed to continue the government's controversial scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss both said they would stand by the policy, which has already cost the UK £120m.

This comes despite the Commons home affairs committee saying this week that there is "no clear evidence" the plan will work.

So far, legal challenges have prevented any flights under the policy.

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But Ms Truss told the Mail On Sunday: "I'm determined to see it through to full implementation, as well as exploring other countries that we can work on similar partnerships with.

"It's the right thing to do. I'm also determined to make sure that we have the right level of forces at our border. I'm going to increase the border force to make sure that we have the proper protection in place directly at the border."

Mr Sunak, meanwhile, also promised to do "whatever it takes" for the Rwanda policy to succeed, also saying that he will make it more difficult for an arrival to qualify as a refugee.

He offered a 10-point plan on immigration that would include a narrower definition of the term than that offered by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, he said: "The ECHR cannot inhibit our ability to properly control our borders and we shouldn't let it. We need to inject a healthy dose of common sense into the system, and that is what my plan does.

"Our immigration system is broken and we have to be honest about that. Whether you believe that migration should be high or low, we can all agree that it should be legal and controlled."

He also promised to stop migrants arriving on small boats from France by prioritising a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and creating a new cross-government taskforce.

Ms Truss said she would increase Border Force staff levels from 9,000 to 10,800 and bring forward a stronger UK Bill Of Rights to provide a "sound legal basis" to tackle illegal immigration.

"I understand it's a priority for people and we need to make sure our immigration system is fair, and this illegal immigration that we're seeing across the Channel is both unfair and incredibly dangerous, and it is one of my priorities to make sure it is sorted.

"I know from my work as foreign secretary that there are more countries who we want to work with and we will be moving forward on those efforts very strongly under my leadership."

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the Rwanda scheme was a waste of taxpayers' money, adding: "The Conservatives have been in power for 12 years.

"It beggars belief that they claim to be the ones to sort things out when they have both failed for so long."

Polling shows Sunak favoured as a "good prime minister" over Liz Truss

It comes as a new Opinium poll showed that 43% believe Mr Sunak would be a good prime minister compared to 36% backing the foreign secretary.

However, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer beats both candidates on compassion, trust, and principle.

Those polled also think Sir Keir is more in touch with the public than Mr Sunak and Ms Truss.

Polling also reveals people believe Mr Sunak can "get things done" more than Ms Truss, while the foreign secretary is deemed more "likeable" than her former cabinet colleague.

Conservative Party members have until 2 September to choose between the two.

The result will be announced on 5 September, with the new PM expected to replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street a day later.

In the meantime, Mr Johnson will remain as a caretaker prime minister in Number 10.

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Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, he said: "The ECHR cannot inhibit our ability to properly control our borders and we shouldn't let it. We need to inject a healthy dose of common sense into the system, and that is what my plan does.

You are out of the EU you dope. How can the EHCR dictate anything? Send the fake Indian refugees to Rwanda/Nigeria or wherever. Wasn't that the whole point of Brexit?
 
The mountains of Kurdish controlled northern Iraq hide some of Europe's most wanted men - the smuggling gangs that help thousands of people on the dangerous and illegal journeys into Britain, France, and elsewhere on the continent. We drove many hours to the house of one of those men.

Shrouded in a headscarf and wearing dark glasses for disguise, the smuggler lights up a cigarette and insists on checking the framing of our shot to make sure nothing will give away his location. A handgun lies next to the ashtray on the table in front of him.

This meeting has taken days of negotiation, and we're here on his strict terms; we must agree to reveal nothing about his identity - if we do, and the police find him, he says he will take some of our team down with him. It's hard to tell whether he's joking or not.

He's wary, for sure. So much so that he won't even come outside with us, in case he is seen by neighbours and reported to the undercover police.

A TV screen on the wall shows CCTV images of the property - this might be a lucrative business, he can earn up to $100,000 in a single year, but the price is paranoia and he is a pariah to many, even in his own town.

Nothing is off limits for the interview, so I ask him straight out if he is a murderer.

"No," is the expected reply. "I do not force anyone to get on boats and yachts. They come themselves, they pay, they do a lot of begging.

"Why would you go? You know it's water, waves, drowning, death, thirst… thousands of things. Why would you go? I am not forcibly taking you. Why would I want to kill you? No. It is your opinion, and you decide on it."

I challenge him on who will win the "war" between smugglers and European governments, and he not only boasts that nothing could stop his work but then reveals there is already a new secret route operating this summer, unknown to the security services.

"There is no one that can stop smuggling. If you close this route, I will try to open another one. This is how smuggling is.

"Smugglers will win it because there is no power in Britain or in any other country that can eliminate smugglers. Another network will always be formed again.

"There are different routes, but I cannot tell you about the [new] route. The path through Turkey has become difficult now, the water causes problems. But now there are different paths which I cannot tell you about, they are easier.

"In this week only around 100 people left with a different route, but I will not tell you of that one."

And I ask him about Britain's relatively new policy to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda, genuinely expecting him to know little of the row between morality and politics going on back home.

I was wrong. Not only was he aware but told us the migrants he deals with knew about the legal challenges that had successfully delayed the first deportation flights.

It is a surprising endorsement of a policy that has so divided opinion in the UK.

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French and British emergency services passed responsibility on to each other as the worst migrant drowning in English Channel history unfolded, a new report has claimed.

On 24 November 2021, a rubber dinghy carrying 34 migrants sank in the English Channel, killing 31 people and an unborn baby, despite repeatedly desperate calls to coastguard services on both sides of the Channel.

A preliminary investigation, carried out by a law firm on behalf of some of the relatives, has uncovered communications between the British and French emergency services which suggests neither side took responsibility for the unfolding disaster.

The report, seen by Sky News, draws on evidence from the two survivors, phone calls, text messages and emails.

It claims that passengers first called the French and English rescue services around 2am, and then continued for almost two hours, begging them to intervene.

"A few minutes after this first call, the French rescue services again asked for the vessel's position," the French report says.

"The position of the vessel was then in English waters. The French rescue team then transmitted the position to the English rescue team, informing them it was their responsibility to assist the boat.

"The English rescue team tried to call one of the numbers given to them by the Cross Gris Nez (French coastguard) but the tone of the call indicated that the vessel was in French waters. They therefore considered that the obligation to provide assistance fell to the Cross Gris Nez."

Many of the findings corroborate a Sky News investigation published in December 2021.

One of those onboard the boat that night was 18-year-old Twana Mamand Mohammad, who had left his home in the mountains of northern Iraq three months earlier to chase his dream of playing football in England.

We first met his older brother Zana, a policeman, days after he found out Twana had drowned. In the months that have passed, Zana has been helping lawyers with the investigation.

"All the information indicates that they waited for help for over six to seven hours," Zana told us when we met again at his home near the town of Ranya in Kurdish-controlled Iraq.

"Even if there was a very urgent matter and if there was a heavy load on the coastguards, they surely could have still gone to their aid in those few hours."

Twana is one of three men whose bodies are yet to be found, making it harder for Zana and other families to mourn.

"Each one [France, UK, and the smugglers] get their share of blame," he believes.

"The smugglers are negligent in providing the necessary high-quality tools and materials for the trip.

"The coastguards or the emergency services of both countries were negligent in not going to their help, as they [migrants] had reached out to them and had informed them of their situation. They did tell them that they needed help.

"To me, the smugglers, France, and Britain get their own share of the crime, but the extent of who gets the larger and the smaller share will be decided by the court.

"The biggest criminals are the smugglers, the primary perpetrators are smugglers.

"But it is also true that the boat was in the waters for six hours, and they called Britain and France 80 times. France and Britain are both responsible too."

Responding to the legal investigation and our report, a spokesperson for the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "It is not appropriate for us to comment on the specifics of any legal actions.

"It would also not be appropriate to comment ahead of the outcomes of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigation.

"Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in the tragic events of November last year.

"On 24 November, Her Majesty's Coastguard received over 90 alerts from the English Channel area, including 999 emergency calls. Every call was answered, assessed and acted upon, including the deployment of search and rescue resources where appropriate.

"We always have and always will respond to anyone in distress, as we did that day."

Sky News also asked the French Gris Nez for comment, but received no reply.

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More than 13,000 people have crossed the Channel since the Rwanda deportation scheme was announced, new figures show.

No one has been sent to the central African country since the policy was announced on 13 April by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Since 14 April, 13,016 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats - with five vessels totalling 176 people making the journey last Sunday alone, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The total number of people to have crossed this year now stands at 18,284.

Some 28,526 crossed in small boats in 2021; 8,466 in 2020; 1,843 in 2019 and 199 in 2018.

On Monday, photographs showed another group of migrants - wearing life jackets and face masks - being brought into Dover by Border Force officials.

A number of children and babies were among those moved from the vessel on to a waiting bus.

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Rwanda were only going to take 200 refugees from us anyway, at enormous cost when our own people aren't able to make enough money to eat.. The entire point of the scheme is to throw red meat to the send-'em-back brigade.
 
Anyone who opposes this policy, why do you not house the refugees crossing the English channel?

Anyone who opposes this policy, provide an alternative.

The tears and fears of Liberals are of no use, there is no nobility in their hollow cries, just silly attention seeking to stay relevant in society.
 
Hundreds of people using sham marriages to stay in the UK have not been prosecuted and remain in the country.

BBC News has obtained figures showing 365 couples have tried to fraudulently exploit a post-Brexit scheme giving EU citizens and their spouses the right to remain in the UK.

Nobody in a sham marriage has been removed in the past two years - and the last prosecution was four years ago.

The Home Office said there were fewer investigations during the pandemic.

In 2018, the EU Settlement Scheme mapped out how European Union citizens, their spouses and family members could continue to live in the UK after the country left the EU.

They had to be resident by December 2020 and apply for permission to stay. Spouses from any country were eligible to apply.


What is the EU Settlement Scheme and who can apply?
Are there many more EU citizens in UK than we thought?

BBC News has found couples have tried to fraudulently exploit the scheme by entering into a sham marriage - with the EU national extending their residency rights to their non-EU bogus partner.

Some individuals do it for money. Organised crime gangs are often involved.

All proposed marriages where one of the partners has no immigration status are referred to the Home Office for investigation.

Freedom of Information requests have revealed:

between March 2018 and the end of September 2021, 365 marriages between an EU and a non-EU national were found to be sham
the last criminal prosecutions were in 2018, when nine people were convicted and four of them removed
since 2020, no-one has had their leave to remain revoked
nationals of 60 countries, including most EU states, were implicated
Albania tops the countries' table - with 146 Albanians involved


"These networks know how to cheat the system and they are making money from people who are prepared to pay.

"In recent years, most Albanian men who have left this country have gone to Italy or Greece - but some of them haven't been able to get citizenship in these countries.

"So some do try to find women from European countries they can marry.

"They can have all the benefits of being a European citizen.

"And because Britain was an EU member, many Albanians have been attracted to the UK."

Former police chief Prof Krenar Ahmeti, at the University of Tirana, agrees crime gangs are pivotal.

"Anyone aspiring to live in a wealthy country knows that there are certain key documents they need if they are going to integrate into that society," he said, "but they also often need an organisation to help them achieve this."

The Home Office said "As the public rightly expects, we take abuse of the spouse-and-partner immigration routes very seriously - and to suggest otherwise is wrong.

"We will not hesitate to take enforcement action against individuals found to be in a sham marriage or civil partnership, including cancelling their leave and removing them from the UK."

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The vessel foundered at dawn off the islands of Karpathos and Rhodes after setting sail on Tuesday from Antalya, southern Turkey, heading for Italy.

“According to the statements of 29 rescued people, there were 80 people on the boat, so up to 50 people are missing,” a coastguard press office official told AFP.

The rescue effort, ordered by merchant shipping minister Yannis Plakiotakis, according to a coastguard statement, included four vessels already sailing in the southern Aegean, two coastguard patrol boats and a Greek air force helicopter.

However, strong winds of up to 50 kilometres per hour (30 mph) were hampering the operation, coastguard spokesperson Nikos Kokalas told Skai radio.

“Many of those shipwrecked were not wearing life-jackets,” Kokolas said.

Although boat appears to have been trying to get to Italy, Greece is often the country of choice for migrants fleeing Africa and the Middle East to try to reach a better life in the European Union.

Thousands come to Greece via Turkey over the narrow and perilous sea crossing separating the traditional enemies.

Sixty-four people have perished in the eastern Mediterranean since January, the International Organization for Migration says.

Eight people died off the Greek island of Mykonos on June 19 when 108 more were rescued, according to the UN migration body.

The Greek coastguard on Sunday said 122 migrants were rescued near Rhodes after their vessel ran into trouble after sailing from Turkey.

Athens says migrant arrival numbers have climbed this year and accuses Ankara of not doing enough to stop smugglers from sending them across the border—often in flimsy boats that make for dangerous journeys.

Turkey pledged under a 2016 deal to cut migrant numbers leaving its shores in return for financial aid from the European Union.

At the end of June, the EU urged Ankara to halt "violent and illegal expulsions" from its territory.

Charity groups and media accuse Athens of illegally turning back migrants, a charge Greece’s conservative Greek government has denied.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=9837318ecb2d4433ad03d57f483f381e
 
More than 20,000 people have crossed the English Channel to the UK aboard small boats this year.

At least 607 people reached Britain on Saturday as arrivals in 2022 continue to far outstrip last year's pace.

It comes as the government was accused by barristers of trying to "demonise" people who support refugees with claims about "lefty lawyers".

The latest arrivals - who made the dangerous crossing aboard 14 boats - bring this year's total to more than 20,000 people, according to analysis by the PA news agency.

About 60,000 people were expected to cross the Dover Strait in 2022, more than double the figure for 2021.
 
A record 1,295 people arrived in the UK on Monday after crossing the Channel in small boats, according to the Ministry of Defence.

It's the highest daily total since current records started in 2018. The previous high was 1,185 on 11 November 2021.
 
More than 650 people crossed the English Channel in a flotilla of small boats on Friday, according to UK government figures.

Fifteen boats were intercepted, the British Ministry of Defence said, while 65 people were rescued by French authorities.

Asylum seekers crossing the Channel is a big political issue, as more try to make the trip, often in unseaworthy boats, across one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, for the chance of refuge in the UK.

As the numbers rose from a few hundred to tens of thousands a year, the issue has led to controversy for a British Conservative government that wants to be strict on immigration.

It is the 12th time on record the daily figure has exceeded 600 and takes the yearly total to 32,321.

This week, the annual total hit more than 30,000.

Tents have been erected at Dover to accommodate migrants during processing — with new arrivals sometimes appearing to be overflowing from existing facilities.

On Friday, French authorities also launched a rescue operation after a boat got into difficulty off the coast of Gravelines in northern France.

A representative from the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said the maritime military rescued 65 people from the wreckage.

“The castaways were disembarked at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue service,” the agency said.

“This maritime sector is one of the busiest areas in the world, with more than 400 merchant ships passing through it each day, and the weather are often difficult.

“It is therefore a particularly dangerous sector, especially at a time when the water temperature will decrease.”

The Channel crossings were one of the reasons for a UK government plan to deport some migrants to Rwanda in Central Africa. The policy was meant to deter migrants and the trafficking gangs from attempting the crossing.

In the five months since the Rwanda policy was announced, 27,053 people have arrived in the UK by the Channel route.

In 2021, about 28,300 people crossed the Channel to the UK aboard small boats in 2021, more than triple the number recorded in the previous year.

That record number — an increase from 2020’s 8,466 — came despite millions of pounds promised to French authorities to tackle the issue.

In 2018, 299 people were detected making the journey, and in 2019, there were 1,843 crossings.

In 2018, there were fewer than 10 people in each boat, while in 2019 and 2020 the average rose to the high teens.

In 2021, the average occupancy increased further, reaching 30 by August.

The average number of people in each boat was 46 in August 2022.

https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=54c08a976ea34c449204b48baa6868c4
 
How are Western nations supposed to take care of these thousands of immigrants that arrive every year? This is nuts and it should be nipped in the bud. If west is taking in immigrants in the name of human rights and mercy, this will never end and more and more people will be encouraged to take up the path.

The worst part is that many of these illegals will cry racism and blame the hosts for their own failures.
 
Home Secretary Suella Braverman tonight promised to 'look at' low-quality colleges offering people a route to Britain through student visas.

Speaking at a fringe event at the Tory conference, Mrs Braverman pledged to take a 'more discerning' approach to the number of student visas being issued.

Home Office figures show there were more than 485,000 sponsored study visas, including dependants, granted in the 12 months to June this year.

This was 71 per cent more than in 2019, which was the last full year before the Covid pandemic, and the highest on record.

The numbers were boosted by new post-Brexit requirements for European students to apply for visas in Britain.

Mrs Braverman acknowledged there had been a 'massive increase' in the number of foreign students coming to the UK.

She insisted it was 'legitimate to question whether that's actually going to serve our economic objectives' and that it was right to consider the 'quality' of courses being studied.

'We've got a manifesto commitment and it was a promise of Brexit to reduce overall immigration numbers,' the Home Secretary told the event in Birmingham, hosted by the Young Conservatives, which saw attendees listen via 'silent disco'-style headphones.

'That's where I think we should be looking more at low-skilled workers. I think we should be looking more at students.

'We've had a massive increase in the number of students coming into this country.

'Students are a great thing because they're coming here to study and get skills.

'Maybe they'll contribute skills in this country, maybe they'll back go to other countries or their own country to contribute skills and that's a really good thing.

'I do think we do get to a point where we have to look at some of the courses that people are doing in this country, some of the institutions - they're not always very good quality.

'I think it's legitimate to question whether that's actually going to serve our economic objectives.

'Taking a more discerning, smart approach to the number of student visas I think is highly consistent with our agenda for growth.'

According to Home Office statistics, there were nearly 118,000 student visas granted to Indians in the 12 months to June this year.

This was an increase of more than 80,000 compared to 2019, with Indians now surpassing Chinese as the nationality with the highest number of UK student visas.

Chinese and Indian nationals together comprise almost half (48 per cent) of all student visas.

The Home Secretary also promised to look at other visa routes being used by migrants to come to Britain as she vowed to 'inject some balance' into the immigration system.

'I think we should inject some balance because there are many benefits to migration - people coming here with skills to contribute to the economy is a good thing,' she added.

'We've also got to be honest that many, many, many more people coming here - net migration is very high and it's increased as well - puts pressure on our services, on our housing and on our community relationships.

'I think saying that is entirely legitimate.

'Therefore moving towards a balanced approach where we welcome highly-skilled migrants who are contributing to various sectors in our economy - while also making sure we have a balanced approach to low-skilled migration and overall numbers - I think is entirely feasible.'

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I find Suella Braverman slightly chilling to watch and listen to.

Priti Patel in government was an angry dwarf of mediocre intellect, more of a figure to be ridiculed than anything else.

Braverman in comparison seems much more on top of her brief, more rivers of blood and far right wing, and generally just a lot worse than Priti to me.
 
BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct 4 (Reuters) - British interior minister Suella Braverman set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum and said it was her "dream" to see a government flight deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The government has been under pressure to deal with the rising number of people making dangerous journeys despite plans to deport those arriving illegally to Rwanda.

More than 30,000 people have made the crossing in small boats so far this year, already surpassing last year's record. Government officials have warned the total could reach 60,000 by the end of 2022.

Braverman used her speech to the governing Conservative Party's annual conference to commit to looking at new legislative powers so the government can deport those who come to Britain illegally.

"We have to stop the boats crossing the Channel. This has gone on for far too long," Braverman said.

"I will pledge to you today that I will bring forward legislation to make it clear that the only route to the United Kingdom is through a safe and legal route."

The new powers would go further than existing legislation and were designed to create a blanket ban on anyone who enters Britain illegally, including on small boats across the English Channel, from claiming refuge, a government source said.

The charity Care4Calais called the government's proposals "barbaric, untruthful and unnecessary" and said most asylum seekers who come to Britain are genuine refugees.

This "is blatant victim blaming of incredibly vulnerable people, simply for the purpose of grabbing headlines," said Clare Mosley, the founder of the charity.

The previous prime minister Boris Johnson had hoped that a plan to deport those arriving illegally to Rwanda would act as a deterrent to those arriving in dinghies and small boats, but numbers hit record levels over the summer.

The first planned deportation flight in June was blocked by a last-minute injunction from the European Court of Human Rights.

Braverman said earlier at an event on the fringes of her party's conference that she will work to prevent the court from overruling the British government in future, but does not expect any planes to take off until after Christmas, because of continuing legal challenges.

She said seeing a flight leaving to take asylum seekers to Rwanda is her "dream" and "obsession".

The U.N. refugee chief has called the policy of deportation to Rwanda "catastrophic" and the entire leadership of the Church of England denounced it as immoral and shameful.

Braverman said she wants to stop migrants from using slavery laws to avoid deportation.

Braverman, whose parents arrived in Britain in the 1960s from Kenya and Mauritius, said in her speech that the government will continue to help genuine asylum seekers. But she will say that changes are needed to stop it being abused.

"It’s not racist for anyone, ethnic minority or otherwise, to want to control our borders," she said. "It’s time to tackle the small boats – no ifs, no buts."

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Suella is a scary woman.

Some of the things that she has said recently are genuinley troubling, and some of the tweets cheering on how many 'foreigner criminals' have been deported is something that I thought we could never expect from a Home Minister here.

She mentioned her 'dream and obsession' is to see flights packed with asylum seekers going to Rwanda. It shows that her focus is on punishment and humilation. I wouldn't want any politician to dream and obsess about causing pain to others.

Its also interesting that these evil women of Indian descent all seem to marry white guys....
 
I find Suella Braverman slightly chilling to watch and listen to.

Priti Patel in government was an angry dwarf of mediocre intellect, more of a figure to be ridiculed than anything else.

Braverman in comparison seems much more on top of her brief, more rivers of blood and far right wing, and generally just a lot worse than Priti to me.

What Ted Heath banished in the late 1960s has become mainstream.

Orwell said when fascism comes to England it won’t be called fascism.

I’ve been warning here about creeping fascism and been ignored or insulted, and now it is all coming true.
 
At least 16 migrants have died and 30 more are missing after two boats sank in separate incidents in Greek waters.

Around 80 migrants were rescued after their boat broke up near cliffs in stormy weather near the island of Kythira in southern Greece.

The rescues happened after dozens scrambled ashore near the village port of Diakofti.

One resident described seeing the boat "smashing against the rocks" and people climbing up them to try and "save themselves".

"It was an unbelievable sight," Martha Stathaki said. "All the residents here went down to the harbour to try and help."

Rescuers lowered ropes down to the seafront to help survivors climb up the cliffs to reach safety.

Those rescued said around 15 were still missing.

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I find Suella Braverman slightly chilling to watch and listen to.

Priti Patel in government was an angry dwarf of mediocre intellect, more of a figure to be ridiculed than anything else.

Braverman in comparison seems much more on top of her brief, more rivers of blood and far right wing, and generally just a lot worse than Priti to me.

I thought from her name that she was white, only when I saw pictures did it dawn that this was yet another brownie appointed to do the white man's dirty work. It is truly becoming embarrassing now.
 
At least 16 migrants have died and 30 more are missing after two boats sank in separate incidents in Greek waters.

Around 80 migrants were rescued after their boat broke up near cliffs in stormy weather near the island of Kythira in southern Greece.

The rescues happened after dozens scrambled ashore near the village port of Diakofti.

One resident described seeing the boat "smashing against the rocks" and people climbing up them to try and "save themselves".

"It was an unbelievable sight," Martha Stathaki said. "All the residents here went down to the harbour to try and help."

Rescuers lowered ropes down to the seafront to help survivors climb up the cliffs to reach safety.

Those rescued said around 15 were still missing.

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Why are people still migrating? Thought ISIS was done. One of my buddies even went to Syria to meet his extended family recently without issues.
 
Why are people still migrating? Thought ISIS was done. One of my buddies even went to Syria to meet his extended family recently without issues.

It's a good question, but not sure why you mentioned Syria specifically, couldn't find any reference to it from the post you quoted. People are migrating from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, India and so many other countries.
 
Why are people still migrating? Thought ISIS was done. One of my buddies even went to Syria to meet his extended family recently without issues.

Economic migrants. You should already know this.

Most of these migrations have nothing to do with wars.
 
Economic migrants. You should already know this.

Most of these migrations have nothing to do with wars.

Most?

Some are economic migrants. Young men who seek a liberal country where they can enjoy the freedom to have a drink and chase girls.

Others are families fleeing persecution. Else why spend thousands of Euros on transport by a criminal gang?
 
Most?

Some are economic migrants. Young men who seek a liberal country where they can enjoy the freedom to have a drink and chase girls.

Others are families fleeing persecution. Else why spend thousands of Euros on transport by a criminal gang?

Because of the welfare schemes. This was bound to happen. With western economies in doldrums and with disappearing lower skilled jobs you will see more backlash against refugees. Most of them aren't persecuted. They want a better life. However, that is not a valid reason for refugee status. The highly skilled choose legal immigration through visas.
 
Because of the welfare schemes. This was bound to happen. With western economies in doldrums and with disappearing lower skilled jobs you will see more backlash against refugees. Most of them aren't persecuted. They want a better life. However, that is not a valid reason for refugee status. The highly skilled choose legal immigration through visas.

The Prime minister is trying to fast track immigration for low skilled workers, to pick fruit, look after old people in care homes and drive HGVs. There is need for these type of workers as well since the locals don't want to do it.
 
The Prime minister is trying to fast track immigration for low skilled workers, to pick fruit, look after old people in care homes and drive HGVs. There is need for these type of workers as well since the locals don't want to do it.

The same reason why millions from South America are allowed into US. However it's false. The supply is way more than the demand.
 
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