French police slash small taxi-boat on beach

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygjjxjlplo

I'm unsure why the BBC has put an upsetting scenes warning on the video. Nobody got hurt, they are just disappointed. I think this is far preferable than those people going across the sea and potentially dying in the water. The police wouldn't have done it if it wasn't shallow enough to safely stop the boat. I think they are very brave.

I wonder what the French will do with the people though, if they are now serious about stopping boats.

I assume that’s the stats for legal asylum seekers? We are talking about illegal asylum seekers on boats though aren’t we? There are any numbers for that, because they simply cannot know.

There is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. Whatever your opinion on the boat arrivals, if they enter the UK via a small boat and claim asylum they are legal asylum seekers. The law does not distinguish on method of arrival, just that they must claim asylum as soon as practicably possible upon arrival. Last year there were 108,138 claims for asylum of which 36,816 came from people who crosssed the channel in boats.

If someone crosses the channel (or enters by any other means) and does not claim asylum at that point, does not have the required documents for residency and remains in the UK, then they are an undocumented migrant or "illegal immigrant". There are more "illegal immigrants" that enter the UK legally than who do so illegally. Entering the UK legally with the required permission is not difficult - people get visas to visit, work or study then overstay.

Apparently a one in one out thing might happen. Not sure how it actually works. Say 1000 people arrive in one day do France house them and process them?

Or just have them squander in camps whilst they’re processed

Isnt it based on people who have arrived here and we send back to France - but then what happens if say we return 500 people, take 500 , then those same 500 people come back by boat? ..... we then return and take 500 more, it's a never ending circle where surely we take more in than we return ???

You understand that the UK government already pay the French govr £500 million to stop migrants? Why on earth would we want to set up easier migrant routes? You don't think the cost to us of housing these people (£15 billion a year, or £500 on the tax bill for each andevery working oerson is enough?)
Glad to see they have stopped one boat!

What @PhilippaGeorgiou said and just to add illegal immigrants just disappear into the ether. They work on the black market ect…, they aren’t getting any direct benefits or free places to live. Most are visa overstays.

Agree with all of this!

My point exactly!! BBC there to capture the French “successfully” stopping an illegal boat crossing. All for show pretending it’s working.

Yes it seems a rare occurrence. I’m not sure how they timed a faltering boat in shallow enough water and the news crew.

Just as there’s a supposed summit. The one in one out seems like more chaos.

Before we left the EU there was an arrangement with the French to effectively have the UK border in France (since 2003). So UK border patrol police operating in France was a thing but not after Brexit. We also had a returns policy but that was meant to work more as a deterrent (we took other people in exchange for returning irregular migrants. The idea is people are less likely to bother coming if they know they should be sent back). Also stopped with Brexit. Neither of those things we're perfect and wouldn't be enough by themselves, but any serious attempt to stop crossings needs to involve more cooperation with the EU like the past agreements we had. It's complicated because they have their own electorates opinions to consider and why should France take back people from the UK without a reciprocal agreement
And any deal Labour makes with the EU will be advertised by Reform.as "surrender" or "Labour soft on migrants" even if it's really good/brings numbers down overall. So brace yourself.

Plot twist: the rubber boat company was owned by Farage all along!
(Joking not libelling)