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The discussion around asylum seekers has been going for 15 Years or so and this is a brilliant summation of where it ends up for most.
Unfortunately - the use of the term to refer to ‘irregular’ migrants ( ie those not arriving by official roots) as ‘illegal’ is so ingrained into the debate on immigration, political analysts, the media and the right wing political parties have used it for years to influence public thinking.
do you not understand them?
I wouldn’t hold your breath…
There are rumours that Macron might be willing to take back some of the people who cross the channel on boats. This will need diplomacy on behalf of the Labour government, something the previous administration had very little of as they played to the right wing media rather than trying to actually solve problems.
where? why would Macron, faced with political resurgence of the right in his country, accept the return of foreign nationals? and if this is possible, why have numerous governments going way back before the last, not tried this agreement before?
Because it is how the Starmer Government intend to move forward cf to the Tories - in a spirit of cooperation and closer partnerships.
www.lbc.co.uk
All lovely rhetoric, 'closer relationship', 'friends across the water'...let's see how it pans out in the real world, hopefully for the better.Because it is how the Starmer Government intend to move forward cf to the Tories - in a spirit of cooperation and closer partnerships.
This would likely be in exchange for accepting some child asylum seekers who have family in the UK from the EU.
Starmer to push for new migrant return deal with EU, as he seeks to 'renew UK's relationship with Europe' at summit
Keir Starmer is expected to push for a new migrants return deal with the EU at a summit to be held in the UK on Thursday.
Times.
Come on. You know this.
stop pretending immigration became a problem in 2010. there were years of problems and "must act on immigration" bills in the Blair years. if they could legally send immigrants back to France they'd have agreed to long ago.
www.lbc.co.uk
I prefer that to the rhetoric we’ve had for the past 10 years or so, with the hard right of the Tories and UKIP/Reform demonising asylum seekers, calling them “illegal” and blaming them for our crisis in social care and all our NHS and housing problems.
They did, when we were in the EU, under the Dublin Agreement.
i concede i forgot about Dublin Agreement. though as that didn't solve the problem hints that it may not have been the solution either.
), and once people arrive with no ID we can't send them back because we don't know where they came from. This is why we have to send them to Rwanda.
The Dublin agreement was rarely used but it was a genuine deterrent. There was an opportunity to do something similar post Brexit but Johnson was in a hurry he just wanted Brexit done, parliament was sidelined, scrutiny was non-existent and the public were distracted by Christmas. It was a terrible deal for the UK
