Wütende französische Bürgermeister werfen dem Vereinigten Königreich vor, es leugne die Nachfrage nach Grenzübertritten für Migranten

Is this the same France that uses their navy to escort them into British waters?

> She said: “When the migrants arrive in Britain they work easily without documents… the British government must stop being in denial.

I feel like this point is completely disregarded in domestic debates about the issue here. The arguments are entirely about how people are arriving and processed, as opposed to the largest pull factor.

Those migrants that entered France illegally, travelled all the way through France illegally and camped illegally on the north French coast?

Easiest way to stop them crossing over is to give them less here than the French give them there.

Genius isn’t it?

We’re not in denial. We know there are employers who will illegally take on these cheap workers to cut costs. This is not the problem we are complaining about. The whole point is that French authorities do *absolutely nothing* to stop these people from crossing, because once they’re on the water, they become *our problem*. Why should the French government spend a penny on a problem when they can hand it over to someone else with a smile and a wave?

When they come to the UK they should be put in a camp in a field not in a fucking hotel.

If they cannot prove who they are or where they have come from they stay in that camp. If they wreck the camp then tough shit they have to live in it.

They will soon stop coming here if there are no benefits, they are already safe in France and if they have family in the UK then the family are welcome to fuck off to France to be with them.

No one should blame France for doing the bare minimum to stop illegal migrants from leaving France for the UK – it’s absolutely in their self-interest for as many illegal migrants to leave as possible, so the french taxpayer has fewer welfare-dependants to support.

The blame lies solely with the UK government for

1. not introducing a national ID card scheme (this is a **big** draw for illegal migrants), it’s the easiest country in Europe to disappear into the black economy and access government services like welfare and healthcsre, because the government finds it incredibly difficult to verify who a anyone actually is

2. We could, if we wanted to, leave the legal treaties which tie our hands with asylum claim obligations – and then introduce a zero tolerance approach where every illegal migrant is permanently barred from ever settling into the UK and is swiftly deported to a safe third country or their home country, it should be up to them.
Doing this would end the migration flows overnight because it would render the journey completely pointless. But our politicians choose to continue the status quo which is once you dip your toes in British waters you can file a spurious asylum claim and we will put you up in abotel for £45k+ per year, for free