It will be too much to ask for the government to now approach Europe with a comprehensive plan that involves all the countries cooperating in dealing with the tide of human misery which will continue into the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile at the very least, devise safe routes and working with the courts set up a competent system that deals with the applicants swiftly and fairly.
They aren’t up to it.
What is clear, that everyone wants this issue dealt with properly. Any plan seems to get reasonable support until it is looked into and people begin to understand what will happen to the applicants and support then begins to fall away because people are generally (clearly not all, as we can see on here) humane and empathetic towards fellow human beings who have suffered so much. There is undoubtedly although denied, an element of racial hatred mixed in with this as well, as we don’t get the same strong reaction to applicants from Ukraine.
As with the other flagship policy towards NI, this policy breaks international law. They are long standing agreements to which the U.K. was involved in setting up and an important signatory.
That is what we once were. This government is dragging us firmly into the gutter, I hope that when it goes we can recover.
