So what you are saying is that whoever turns up at the French port of Calais, regardless of how many there are, we should house them. Is this what you are actually suggesting?

Edited by Tom-the-eagle (26 Jul 2015 11.56am)

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

I sincerely doubt they'll all be going to their deaths. That's just an argument used by the left as a scare story. and no, I'd have no problem sleeping thanks.

If there are women and children fleeing IS from Iraq or Syria, then yes they have a very high chance of being killed if they reenter those countries. Thousands are dying in Eritrea under intense bombing from Ethiopia, so again it is no exaggeration to claim many would die if returned, and similarly many homosexual refugees are fleeing persecution, torture and death from African countries where, were they to return, the very best outcome they could hope for would be indefinite confinement.

You tell a kid from Syria that he has to return to a country where in all likelihood many of his friends and family have been murdered and he knows he'll probably have to join in the fighting upon return, and see how well you sleep that night.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Yeah. We are one of the few European nations with the capacity to offer them temporary residence, and then offer them jobs so they contribute to our society or assistance if they want to return to their country once we've started to maturely deal with foreign policy. It's not ideal but it's a state of affairs we have contributed towards in many cases.

I'm guessing your alternative would be to let them drown in the sea or return to their countries and die?

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

Well if you're that worried about them then let them claim asylum in France, or better still the country that they first arrived at when landing on the european continent. Why the hell should we have them all? Demanding to come here and rioting if they don't get their own way. We're full, schools, hospitals, public transport are all creaking under the weight of this mass influx. We're an island for the love of God, we're not a country the size of Russia or the U.S.A are we.

Children born to a state are that state's and that family's responsibility.

This country is already massively over generous to outside aid....An unpopular policy, which is direct from the British taxpayer....We pay out more compared to the vast majority of the world.

There is nothing, of course, stopping you from giving all you own to outside aid. Maybe it is you who should find it difficult to sleep at night....Because it is you who hold these convictions.

Maybe you should be out there doing aid....I'd respect that.

Wealthy nations should look to help and advise poorer ones.....What they shouldn't and frankly can't do is take their people.

A state's responsibility should be towards their own poor.....Everytime you increase dependency you worsen what's here for our own working poor, ill people or unemployed.

Also why only help the ones who get here?.....Why aren't you sending large cheques overseas to all those poorer, older or iller individuals you couldn't afford the ticket onto the boat? There's a hypocrisy overwise......The logical argument is endless.

British taxpayers have a right to expect their money to go towards British problems.

If you think that is selfish....Then be assured that this is the world you were born into. You can be different but don't expect or moan about others not following you.

Edited by Stirlingsays (26 Jul 2015 12.28pm)

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