Forget ‘stop the boats’, Starmer wants to ‘smash the gangs’ – but will it work?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/06/forget-stop-the-boats-starmer-wants-to-smash-the-gangs-but-will-it-work
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Forget ‘stop the boats’, Starmer wants to ‘smash the gangs’ – but will it work?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/06/forget-stop-the-boats-starmer-wants-to-smash-the-gangs-but-will-it-work
Posted by masterblaster0
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> A surge in crossings is expected when the weather calms this week, and is likely to turn the political spotlight quickly on to the new government’s plans to tackle the phenomenon, now in its fifth year.
Nothing is going to change is it.
You know Labour with a government is a lot like a mule with a spinning wheel
Damned if it knows how it got it and damned if it knows what to do with it
>Under current UK law, asylum can only be claimed in person on British soil.
How about changing the law and letting people claim, and have their claim assessed, in an embassy or consulate ?
If the BBC can find gang leaders as quickly as they do then the gvt should be able to as well
For anybody really concerned about immigration, migrants crossing the Channel is not the major issue as it about 50k per year. So for example if the conservatives, I’m looking at you Jeremy hunt, had trained enough staff that would have had a big impact. Or if university funding did not make them rely on international students this woul also have a big impact. And both of these causes where predictable. So can we stop focusing on the boats and look at real issues… you know just for a change. As doing the other bollocks, as we know from experience, is a complete waste of time.