I'm currently studying the treatment of enemy aliens during WW2 (internment and all that jazz) for my dissertation. The story of refugees who escaped to France is just terrible. Having made such a dangerous journey, and having once had hope, they often ended back where they came from, or worse. But in the years leading up to WW2 there were decent vetting processes conducted by the various refugee bodies which had sprung up. They testified to the character and integrity of individuals and were responsible for their welfare. We have no such official, semi-official, or voluntary infrastructure to deal with the issues facing us today.

Many have recently contrasted out present hard-nosed attitude with our willingness to take in huge numbers during the refugee crisis of the '30s. Such comparisons are invalid. Where we once had systems of security and sound knowledge of the backgrounds of such people, we now have none. And as it was back then, the trojan horse threat is real. All too real.

It's obvious the Syrians that are fleeing are refugees not migrants yet they don't seem to be allowed that title by the media and we are following their lead by lumping them in with others who are heading to Europe but who are not being persecuted.

Someone somewhere is manipulating emotive language to suit certain agendas. Something is going on.

Remember reading an article last year about a Yale or maybe Harvard grad - can't remember his name annoyingly - in the US who heads up a team who work on a mission to confuse the media and world opinion to such an extent that no one is quite clear about what is really going on anymore.

That's mainly because they have the 'tory' gene and are hard working and have entrepreneurial flair...

The 'open door' or pro 'liberalised immigration' advocates on the left lost this argument in Britain a long time ago.

Still, you can find them on here selling their unwanted ideological wares to people.

The opinion polls on immigration don't lie.

In the 2013 British Social Attitudes survey....A majority endorsed reducing immigration. Indeed, over 56% chose 'reduced a lot', while 77% chose either 'reduced a lot' or 'reduced a little'.

Edited by Stirlingsays (25 Aug 2015 7.44am)

Numbers of immigrants masquerade as 'asylum seekers' or refugees to gain access to European countries.