Quote Originally Posted by poop
I tell you a series of fact about asylum seekers and refugees and you deny they're facts, even though it's very easy to find out they are facts.
You appear to be arguing that all a person has to do is declare themself an asylum seeker and they are no longer subject to UK border control laws.

What's the point of border control if people can just get on boats, legally, and evade ports and official entry points? Each country has their own border control laws. Countries do not share a common international border control law.

Ok, asylum seekers get special treatment, which is fine. But we absolutely definitely should not in any way encourage people to get on a dinghy in France and head for the UK. That's irresponsible. And if people are self declaring themselves asylum seekers and that means they are not technically breaking UK law, then quite literally anyone can enter the UK in this way. Meaning border control is non-existent.

Do you think borders shouldn't exist? Do you think global freedom of movement is the way to go? Because that's what you seem to be saying, by arguing that anyone turning up in a dingy is an asylum seeker doing nothing illegal.