Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#1
mr javid has visited dover today , to see what he can do about the above. but could it be all mouth and no trousers thingy.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/home-secretarys-warning-to-migrants-heading-for-coast-196250/howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#2
He has gone right down in my estimation over the last couple of days maybe he should have continued his holiday? First he gives in to the baying mob and deploys two more cutters which will give the green light to prospective migrants who will think their safety is more assured then he talks as if the first safe country they arrived in was France.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#3
its a bad case of FOMO howard.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#4
I hold a differing view to Howard by hoping these boats act as a deterrent and help keep these illegals in France.
I am irritated with those who fail to understand that these people have travelled miles through safe countries where they could have claimed asylum, plus can afford to give thousands to the smuggling organisers.
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#5
At this rate we'll have a thread for every boat.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,109
#6
Two if by sea?
(Not my real name.)
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#7
could arrange a few more if required button moon.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#8
i think theres a lot more landing than those in power want us to know about,i often wonder if they actually make the whole trip or are they being dropped off halfway by bigger boats.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#9
Should all die out soon as Serbia has stopped the visa free deal with Iran after pressure from the EU.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#10
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#11
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
#12
Damn, I'm picking the bobbly bits off that jumper I don't like, on that day, that is unfortunate!
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Arte et Marte
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#13
I hope they haven't got a boat called the titanic,with the other mob throwing ice cubes at them.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#14
Meanwhile in Ireland asylum claims reach a ten year high with Georgia (of all places) top nationality for applicants!
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/number-of-asylum-claims-reaches-10-year-high-1.3745511"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#15
Worth a read (hopefully the link works)
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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- Posts: 8,397
#16
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#17
Has anyone else noticed the pattern emerging here? The choice of landing sites have been, Dover, Folkestone, Sandgate, Hythe and now Dungeness all are on the 102 bus route which runs every 20 minutes to their favoured destination. They know if they washed up in Aycliffe they could wait hours then two come along together.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#18
only on school days howard.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#19
Home Office asylum statistics show that there were, on average, 2,550 asylum applications by Iranian nationals each year in the period 2008-2017. Of these, an average of 925 - or 37% - were rejected, including after appeal, each year.
On average, there were only 81 enforced removals of Iranian nationals with no right to be in the UK each year, while there were also an average of 101 voluntary departures, so 182 in total.
However the removal/departure figure for the most recent five years is even lower, averaging at just over 100 per year.
With a 95% chance of staying on in the UK over the past five years it is hardly a surprise that Iranian nationals are willing to take a chance crossing the Channel to enter the UK clandestinely.
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#20
well mr haddock here is a number for your stats another 8 turned up down dunganess way today,.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/romney-marsh/news/arrest-after-more-migrants-rescued-196518/
"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".