Priti Patel issues orders to turn them boats around

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

If you believe the likes of the Mail, Express and Nobhead Farage the UK is the only country that asylum seekers are interested in, but if you take a look at the actual figures loads go to other European countries. These UN figures are from 2019 but I'm sure haven't changed greatly:
UK - 133,094
Germany - 1,146,685
France - 407,923
Italy - 207,619
Sweden - 253,794
Switzerland - 110,168
Austria - 135,955

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...gee_population

[JamesWales]

If you believe the likes of the Mail, Express and Nobhead Farage the UK is the only country that asylum seekers are interested in, but if you take a look at the actual figures loads go to other European countries. These UN figures are from 2019 but I'm sure haven't changed greatly:
UK - 133,094
Germany - 1,146,685
France - 407,923
Italy - 207,619
Sweden - 253,794
Switzerland - 110,168
Austria - 135,955

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...gee_population

This isn't about asylum seekers per se, it is about boats crossing the channel via criminal gangs.

The two should not be conflated.

I wholly support the UK airlifts from Afghanistan last week. But I generally don't think facilitating human trafficking from Calais is good.

[the other bob wilson]

This isn't about asylum seekers per se, it is about boats crossing the channel via criminal gangs.

The two should not be conflated.

I wholly support the UK airlifts from Afghanistan last week. But I generally don't think facilitating human trafficking from Calais is good.

Of course it’s not about asylum seekers once you’ve seen the figures that were posted, how could you possibly justify what you’re saying otherwise?