Is France That Dangerous.

[webbo3]

Asylum ?, illegal immigrants, no one seeks asylum from France and they should be seeking asylum in that country.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/02/asylum-seekers-drifted-in-english-channel-for-two-days-before-they-were-rescued-7907030/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/01/asylum-seekers-rescued-off-dover-coast-by-fishermen

[ToraToraTora]

It is pretty dangerous in mainland Yerp at the moment but the main problem here is that the EUSSR fails to implement it's own rules and insist that these migrants apply in the first safe(ish!) country. Instead they are determined to reach the rich seam of free stuff thrown at them by TROB dominated UK.

[cassa333]

Surely they should be heading for Germany? That’s the country that welcomed them with open arms and encouraged them to come. Let Germany take them.

However what happens when they have gained asylum in, say Germany? Are they then allowed to move freely between countries? Or do they have to stay in the country of asylum?

[ToraToraTora]

when they achieve citizenship of an EU country they can go anywhere in the EU, for now.

[cassa333]

So what we have to do is have a system at the border to stop asylum seekers registered in another EU country from coming here?! Otherwise we might just as well let them all in!!!

Brexit can’t come soon enough.

[ToraToraTora]

cassa, they have to actually achieve citizenship in another EU country, not merely "registered" before they can come here by right. That takes years generally, In the UK it's at least 3 years for example. Though yes after brexit we won't have to accept any EU citizen but neither will they have to accept any UK citizen, though I think for existing citizens of both they will have some sort of arrangement.

[Old_Geezer]

One trusts that they were rescued and returned to France. If not, why not ?

[youngmafbog]

Yes, they should be locked up and then returned to France. It is a safe country.

[ToraToraTora]

dream on OG! they'll be in the bosom of our largess already!

[youngmafbog]

Unfortunately so TTT.

But not near any politician of course.

[anotheoldgit]

The Captain should have bailed out the dingy, sailed to French waters and then put them back in the dingy.

[anotheoldgit]

Read the Guardian's related stories, appertaining to asylums seekers they'll make you fume.
Well they did me.

[jourdain2]

Whether this helps clear the point about France, I don't know, but it may. To become a French citizen takes years (unless you marry a French person) and requires passing a formal exam in the French language - knowledge of customs and history are also expected. A friend passed the exam last year - he'd been trying to pass the exam for at least 8 years to my knowledge. His partner had managed to become a citizen after 4 years (I think it was 4 years). Unless France has altered its laws you couldn't claim health-care, for instance, before being resident for 5 years.