Button wrote:Well, it's been said before! But I genuinely still don't get your repeated assertion. As per Jan Higgins' post, why would those refused asylum by the UK (and those not seeking asylum, eg. because of a conviction of an impending refusal) not still try to enter the country illegally?
They would and they would be less likely to call the emergency taxi service half way across, resulting in more tragic events like those of last week.
I think it would also be seen as a siren call for more to come, what the solution is I don't know but I don't believe this idea would achieve very much in the long term.