Is Gary Lineker Correct?

[10ClarionSt]

I don't think so. This country cannot cope with more illegal immigrants. We just haven't got the capacity for them. And we need a really strong deterrent, but is this action strong enough by the govt? And will it work?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64883655

[naomi24]

That's an insult not only to this country but to the people who really did suffer at the hands of the Nazis. Lineker appears to be unaware that there are legitimate routes into this country for genuine asylum seekers. The rest take their chances by opting for the other route - the illegal one - and these are the people he's defending.

[ichkeria]

https://ibb.co/HpLQYGc

[nicebloke1]

Dont know where GL lives but I doubt he is being bothered by them, or ever will be, so, I'm alright jack.

[Untitled]

"Lineker appears to be unaware that there are legitimate routes into this country for genuine asylum seekers."

There are no safe and legal routes into the UK for people seeking asylum

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2021-01/Amnesty%20International%20UK%20-%20Safe%20and%20Legal%20Routes%20Briefing_0.pdf

[lankeela]

Surely these people are leaving a 'safe' country so why don't they apply for asylum there?

[Untitled]

most asylum seekers who reach france do attempt to claim asylum in france

the minority who decide to seek asylum in the uk do so either because they have an existing connection here or because they already know English which is more widely spoken abd taught than French

[naomi24]

Of course there are. Do you really think people have only been seeking asylum here since the rickety boats from Calais began ferrying them?

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9630/

[nicebloke1]

These poor boat people dont seem short of money to pay for the crossing.

[naomi24]

11:29 Wed, hmmm... sounds like speculation to me.

[Untitled]

those routes apply to people recognised as refugees rather than people seeking asylum naomi

[naomi24]

Good. Those coming from safe places - like France - need not apply.

[Untitled]

glad to see you acknowledge you were wrong naomi... there's no safe and legal route to claim asylum in the UK.

[naomi24]

Don't be ridiculous.

[Untitled]

ok which are they?

[andy-hughes]

The Mail, which has a longstanding rampant antipathy towards Mr Lineker, has made this it's strident trumpeting outraged front page today - as always, making a big play of including his BBC salary, which it clearly seriously resents.

In my view, Mr Lineker is as entitled to voice his opinion as a private citizen, as anyone else, and I am sure he will say the same to the BBC suits when they have 'spoken' to him.

Contrary to what the Mail appears to think, the size of Mr Lineker's salary is not directly inversely proportional to his ability to use a legitimate public platform to offer his opinion, and he is absolutely entitled to do so, and his right to free speech is not compromised, either by who employs him, the salary they choose to pay him, of the level of public attention afforded him by his position.

Ironically, were it not for the media drawing such strident self-righteous attention to Mr Lineker's view, it would have remained contained in that peculiarly self-important dreamworld of Twitface, and the majority of citizens would neither know or care about it.

[naomi24]

Untitled, Albanians have been granted asylum in this country. Tell me how they're refugees. Load of nonsense.

[Untitled]

Which are the safe and legal routes for entering the uk in order to claim asylum?

[naomi24]

AH, //The Mail...//

Several alternative sources are available.

[naomi24]

Untitled, I provided you with a link earlier.

[Untitled]

those routes don't apply to people entering in order to claim asylum naomi...

do you understand the difference between people recognised by the govt as refugees and people claiming asylum?