Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
It is a legal obligation for us to accept them if the land on British soil, I fully accept that. When they are found at sea they should be returned to France. They only threaten to jump into the sea because the know we will take them to UK. They are probably briefed to do it by the smugglers. They should be returned to where they came from without question. If enough of them were returned it may deter others and then we should take the French to the European courts for failing in their legal obligation.
We'd be better off telling them to pay us instead of the smugglers and we'd give them a lift. it's ridiculous.

And for people to say they don't get benefits etci s being disingenuous. Many of them do, whilst there are many people trying to get here legally who are being refused by the system and not being allowed to join their families. It is unjust and unbalanced.
They get £37 per week. Should the French return them to Spain, Belgium, Austria, Hungary etc? It's all a bit difficult, isn't it? Anyway, i'm off to build a raft in ny quest to reach Jersey, apparently you can get a round of golf and a hot dog...