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Surely the French could say the same ? Is it only countries bordering brutal regimes that should house asylum seekers ? That doesn't seem very fair.
He has been tested and his rwanda scheme got to nowhere, now he has no time left. What can he do in the next two weeks?
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EDIT: this post contains an error which was pointed out by Peter. The Netherlands has a larger population density than I stated here . It is actually 100 higher than I said and is 522 per sq km.
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why would the same comment not applicable to our borders?
A few years ago, the Australians were faced with large numbers of illegal migrants from south east Asia. They were commonly known as the boat people. They arranged with a neighbouring country - maybe New Guinea, to set up migrant processing centres and accomodation there, and made it VERY CLEAR that anyone who turned up by an irregular route, would be taken there and would stay there until they agreed to be repatriated to their country of origin. The flow stopped at once. Ðeterrence works. Here of course, the Rwanda plan was frustrated by courts and the snivelling cowardice of Sunac's feeble government. With the majority he had, he could have made it work. The consequence is that every calm day, hundreds of chancers arrive and settle here. How many houses are we building? Where will the building land come from?
People coming here on small boats is a tiny % of net migration - there is an interesting study here - the vast, vast majority is legal migration.It is no about 'fair' Peter - it is about what is good for us. If the EU fails to police its own borders properly, then it is up to them to deal with the consequences of that failure. In a world where most everybody has a smart phone, the potential number of migrants is essentially unlimited.
Interestingly, countries within the EU are now talking about sending illegal / irregular migrants to third countries for processing. There is little doubt that the very pronounced success of right wing parties in Europe's recent election is driven by concern about the slack control of EU and national borders.
The mass migration problem is not going to go away and its results impact on our own young people who pay ever more and more for their accommodation. England where most arrivals end up, is the most densely populated proper country in Europe at 438 people per sq km in 2022. Netherlands has 422, but France has 117 per sq km, Spain, has 94, Germany, 233, Italy, has 195, and Sweden has 20 per sq km. Russia has a population density of 8.49 people per sq km.
Of COURSE we must protect our borders and we must expel all of those who arrive illegally. Try just arriving in Australia, New Zealand or the USA and Canada. You will be instantly arrested and put on a plane back home, whatever story of woe you turn up with.
As things stand right now, ANYBODY who can cross the centre line of the English Channel gets in here, and can live unmolested, no matter their history, their criminality or the seriousness of their claims. In 2022 we had tens of thousands of Albanian men arriving. Many are now busily employed in the distribution of drugs and the furtherance of organised crime. It was only when the Albanians agreed (under a large bribe) to take them back, that the inflow stopped. Deterrence works. Ask the Australians.
Unregulated mass migration MUST be deterred or this country will cease to be a place we would want to live in.
ALL arrivals soon take up accommodation in the ordinary housing market either as renters or owner occupiers. We have no chance of EVER building enough houses in England to keep up with demand boosted by huge numbers of migrants. Rents and house prices all over England are sky high because of this.
In my lifetime the population (official figures) has risen from 50 million to 68 million, but we have more than 68 million in reality. Most of that rise is certainy attributable to mass migration. Since 1990 the rise has been about 9 million. That is the equivalent population of nine Birminghams Where have the nine mega cities been built? Th answer is, they were not built. Hence the cost of housing. Competition drives up prices.
People here illegally do not fill in census forms and the supermarket supply chain and waste water companies estimate we have a real population far higher than flawed official figures suggest. They say it is nearer 80 million.
Pressure to allow asylum processing in third countries mounts on Germany's Scholz
The German states were pushing the federal government during a summit on Thursday to allow the outsourcing of asylum procedures to third states, with chancellor Olaf Scholz promising keep exploring options.
Population growth in the UK - Population Matters
The United Kingdom has a high and growing population. Learn about the impacts on nature, public services and quality of life.
City Eye: Facts on a plate: our population is at least 77 million
It is the statistic that dare not speak its name, though eventually it must. It has huge ramifications for the civil and political life of this country, the health of the equity markets and, most immediately, the residential property market. So don't forget you read it here first: the population...
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk
Of course it is a proper country. If you look again, you will see that the Netherlands is mentioned as is their population density. I used that term to distinguish between normal countries and city states like Monaco and Luxembourg. Cities and city states are obviously more dense in population than countries with agricultural and wilderness areas.People coming here on small boats is a tiny % of net migration - there is an interesting study here - the vast, vast majority is legal migration.
Net migration to the UK - Migration Observatory
An overview of net migration in the UK – defined as the difference between immigration and emigration of people moving for at least a year.
It also makes the point that our percentage of our population that is foreign born is very average when compared with other countries
I'm not saying we should have uncontrolled immigration, but I think we should take our fair share of genuine refugees that are fleeing persecution.
I also think our house building planning regulations and Nimbyism is a lot more to blame for the housing crisis than immigration.
Oh and Dutch people think the Netherlands is a proper country !
The proportion of population made up of foreign born people is not the metric we should be concerned about with regard to population growth in the UK, and specifically in regard to England where most want to settle. The pertinent metric is density. France is all but four times the size. Pressure on land and environment is the important consideration, if you are interested in how people live and the quality of their lives.People coming here on small boats is a tiny % of net migration - there is an interesting study here - the vast, vast majority is legal migration.
Net migration to the UK - Migration Observatory
An overview of net migration in the UK – defined as the difference between immigration and emigration of people moving for at least a year.
It also makes the point that our percentage of our population that is foreign born is very average when compared with other countries
Let's talk about the way Australia deals with illegal immigrants. They have been dealing with this problem since the 1990s. They first passed a law in the 1990s to make arrest and detention mandatory without any limit of the duration of detention. Illegal entrants either stay in their detention centre or voluntarily leave Australia. Some have been detained since 2010.
Something that got me thinking is where all these young fighting age men go that come on the small boats to Dover. It was over 800 in a day a couple of days ago.
