'migrants' Or 'illegal Immigrants'?

[Colmc54]

The BBC calls them 'migrants' others call them illegal immigrants. How many can the UK take and what will be the consequences-millions more?

The French in my opinion are allowing the young male chancers who appear to be the ones disrupting cross-channel trade and travel are already illegally in Europe. That however doesn't seem to be enough, they appear to be prepared to sacrifice their lives trying to get to the UK.

Should we just let them come? If so how many more will be encouraged to follow? Given that our public services, in the much publicised opinions of practically everyone who works in them, are stretched tenuously thin at a time we are trying to make our economy and way of living generationally sustainable, do we have to stand our ground?

The French don't think so, they want to pass their EU responsibilities for them onto us if they can. What to do?

[TTG]

Wait till France and Italy etc start handing out paperwork that allows them to legally travel into the UK.

[ichkeria]

'Handing out passports' that makes them citizens of France or Italy?
That seems unlikely :-)

[anotheoldgit]

Well according to the Guardian, they are refugees, well they would say that wouldn't they?

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/27/refugees-not-migrants-arriving-thousands-greece-shores

[Colmc54]

They have already entered the EU and are free to seek political asylum in France. Are they not legally obliged to claim asylum in the first country they enter?

Also, could the main reason they are prepared to risk their lives to get into the UK is our hopelessly inefficient and costly system for dealing with asylum claims that sometimes appear to go on for years, compared to other EU countries like France?