Germanshepherdsmum
Well Cossy, I don’t have a problem with controlled migration provided people don’t disappear when their visas expire. Rwanda is starting to prove that it’s a deterrent but Starmer would stop it and have some sort of beefed up Border Force, which as I have posted before Border Force officials say will do nothing at all to stop the boats. Oh, and he wants to talk with Europe despite 15 European countries having signed up to wanting something along the lines of Rwanda. There is far more chance of ‘my’ party stopping the boats than Labour.
I’d really rather the Rwanda cash had been spent trying to catch/stop all the people traffickers, ditto the French cash too. If it acts as a deterrent, and works and if we were certain those sent there would be entirely safe (Rwanda govt wise) and have a chance to bring families if they have them, I wouldn’t be quite so against the idea, I’m not sure though that the processing of applications over there in Rwanda is right either. Sadly I think it’s the people Traffickers who will continue to thrive and benefit and just find other ways to get people here dangerously and illegally.
I want to see these boats stop as much as you do, perhaps for different reasons. I support controlled immigration. I also support the right of refugees to seek asylum.