Migrant Boats To Be Turned Back

[fender62]

and only under certain circumstances, erm really..we know whats going to happen, uk luvie boats will be out in force to stop government boats, we lov migrant boats en mass, law firms with camera's at the ready...oh there's money out there... good idea from patel, will it work erm nope.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9971891/Priti-Patel-sanctions-pushback-tactics-turn-migrant-boats-around.html

[ToraToraTora]

don't confuse the brain cell naomi!

[davebro]

I agree with TTT, chuck 'em back - make it obvious they can only come by legal means. End of.

[ToraToraTora]

"....only under certain circumstances" - does anyone know what the circumstances are? All seems a bit vague at the moment.

[davebro]

Probably if they are intercepted a fair way offshore & in a boat large enough to be safely towed.

[dannyk13]

TTT //..only under certain circumstances" //
I think it refers to the size of the boat.

[dannyk13]

//Reports suggested such operations were likely to be restricted to sturdier, bigger migrant boats //

[douglas9401]

The 'certain circumstances' will be impossible to achieve so in effect nothing has been done, again.

[jno]

the country with the worlds most generous benefit system

God, the self-importance... and the total ignorance.

The country with the most generous benefits system is France. The UK is barely above the OECD average.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/social-spending-highest-lowest-country-comparison-oecd-france-economics-politics-welfare/

[naomi24]

As I understand it this country does not have the most generous benefits system - just the easiest to access, and in that respect it probably is the most generous.

[ToraToraTora]

If that's true jno why do they want to cross the channel?

[naomi24]

Read my last post, TTT. That's why.

[douglas9401]

"If that's true jno why do they want to cross the channel?"

One possible reason is that, as a disorganised rabble, they see our current administration as like minded souls.

[jno]

just the easiest to access

and your evidence for this claim is...?

[douglas9401]

I wonder if it's not so much state benefits at the outset but instead the industry that's sprung up to help illegal immigrants.

[jno]

for many of them it's probably because the British once invaded their land and they've come to repay the visit. There will be unofficial support systems in place here, all part of the legacy of empire. Their children will learn to speak English proper and can then go on to America.

[jno]

if anyone actually wants to know, they'll find answers here

https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/who-migrates-to-the-uk-and-why/

Not a lot of them seem to cite the benefits system, possibly because, as I've already pointed out, they could do better elsewhere.

[youngmafbog]

//for many of them it's probably because the British once invaded their land and they've come to repay the visit//

You just cant help the anti British rhetoric can you? Why oh why do you live here if we are such awful people?

[Jackdaw33]

//Their children will learn to speak English proper\\

More properly than some of the natives!

[gulliver1]

15 .35 Perhaps they could teach TTT, ........ on second thoughts perhaps not.
He is so thick he wouldn't to understand it