Is the Home Office betraying us?

Meant to add, why is NF still in this country - thought he would be happily esconced in USA with his idol - Trump

Find it difficult to believe that there are still some horrible people who just cannot think of these poor people risking their lives on these little boats as human beings.
Obviously, they should have been rescued, taken somewhere safe, tested for CV19 (and other illnesses) given appropriate treatment.
Heigh - when they are well this country desperately needs so many people willing to do hard work on our farms, etc. They could then be offered jobs there. Win-win.
Would people like the OP be willing to be the ones who would push these poor people back into the ocean and watch them down?

That may be so, JenniferEccles, but at the point when they arrive something must be done with them, even if that has a final result of them being deported.

I think a lot on here are missing the point.

Even if the immigrants were escaping poverty or a war torn country , they were safe as soon as they arrived in Europe.

The rules say they should seek asylum from the first safe country they reach.

Illegal immigrants turning up in boats on the Kent or Sussex coasts have come from France.

Therefore those attempting to reach our shores are economic migrants. With our overstretched NHS now is not the time to be adding to its workload.

Personally if I have to push someone out to sea with a pitchfork I'd rather it was Nigel Farage. Or could we just quarantine him somewhere and forget about him?
"He never will be missed!"

or do you mean the BF should be repelling them with pitchforks, jabbing them back out to sea, and holing their boats.

Oh, there are plenty on here who would do just that!

What a ridiculous idea, that the BF is being used as a taxi service. Desperate people are attempting to get into various European countries, including this one. I agree that these people should be quarantined, so should anyone arriving here by plane or sea, whether they are rich, poor, British nationals or visitors.
Farage is a disgusting, racist, populist individual. He shouldn't have made this journey for any reason.

We should not forget that Pritti Patel wouldn't be living in this country if her current rules on immigration had been in force when her parents arrived.

Just look at the nationalities, the countries of origin of so many workers in care homes and the NHS . We could hope that this world wide pandemic could nudge some racist bigots into a bit of humanity but evidently not.

I can't help thinking how bad things must be where these people come from, to risk their lives trying to get to this unwelcoming and disease-ridden country

So how exactly are the home office letting us down in this case?
Should they have pushed them back into the sea?
I’m sure some on here would say yes.

Easy to criticise Nigel for travelling in his job as a reporter and broadcaster for LBC on 'non essential' business but no criticism for non essential journeys across the channel. Oh, the irony. Anyway, it didn't happen, no immigrants are coming, no flights are coming. The moderators accused me of lying when I said this in a previous post and threatened to ban me and they, of course, know best.

I agree with FarNorth everyone entering the country should be tested and quarantined, whoever they are, and however they arrive.

PNP
Professional Nosy Parker

He should resign from his post forthwith for non-essential travel
Oh ! does he have a job from which to resign?

Everyone coming into the UK should be quarantined, whether refugees in boats or millionaires in jets - but it isn't happening.

Nigel Farage has a cheek trying to claim he had a professional reason for travelling to Dover.
He is not employed as a journalist, having been, in no particular order a
Politician
Spokesperson for his Brexit party
Commodity broker
(Pain in the ar*e and professional busybody do not seem to feature but I leave you to complete your own list)
But his 100 mile journey was NOT essential and I don’t know why he has not been fined in the same way many others have.

i don't understand the point the OP is making, about Border Force being a taxi service. obviously they have to convey them to wherever the BF office is to process them.
what is the alternative, let them wander around wherever they land, or do you mean the BF should be repelling them with pitchforks, jabbing them back out to sea, and holing their boats. / > ?

EllanVannin unfortunately a country with a higher number of citizens may well find that they have more deaths from this virus than a country with a smaller population.

Belgium has a far higher number of deaths per capita than anywhere else in Europe, followed by Spain and Italy then the UK.
Other countries worldwide may report wildly inaccurate numbers.

I do hope the numbers here will reduce rapidly and we should ensure that all immigrants and arrivals from any direction are tested and if necessary quarantined, otherwise we will not see the end of this, as the article from the Guardian says, which Chewbacca quoted.

Let us not lose our humanity.

Nigel Farage lives in Westerham. Apparently two police officers went to his home and offered ‘words of advice’ on his ‘unnecessary’ journey to Dover.

What would you prefer? Push them back into the sea and let bodies wash up on British beaches?

Does NF live in East Sussex?

MaizieD asks the crucial question - what are they to do?

What are Border Force supposed to do? Tell them to go away and die?

Yes we certainly should be concerned about this.

The Border Force is effectively acting as a water taxi service.

So much for Prity Patel insisting that stopping illegal immigration was a priority.

Why have we become the worst country in Europe for letting our people die of this virus ?? It's going to reach 50,000---mark my words, it's a disgrace !!

Grannyjay The highest numbers of deaths throughout Europe are in densely populated areas - ie cities and large towns- throughout Europe. The UK is no different in that respect.

Have you not noticed the large numbers of front line workers who are from overseas? Not noticed the numbers of those who appear on our tv screens who have died?

So what was NF doing at the coast? Apparently he travelled 100 miles to get there to stand in front of the sea when he could have stood in front of some film of the sea. Why should he be allowed to do that?