I don't know exactly how it is currently done or what criteria is met for a successful claim. It would be better than the current system of allowing refugees to become illegal economic migrants and be joined by economic migrants and choosing where to settle themselves. We currently do it at a...
Well this is the problem isn't it. The fact is there should be a new policy on people claiming asylum and governed by the UN. If those fleeing Syria and other war torn states want to claim asylum, they should do it in the first safe country. But that should not mean that, the safe country is the...
By just being in France and not claiming asylum in the first port of call, the migrants are already in breach of asylum rules as they went to France illegally. In most cases the Migrants in Calais have waited to get to the jungle until registering to claim asylum with the UK. The reason we take...
My response was mainly directed at the UK and French authorities for the blunt tool hammer approach. They close the camp, without any real strategy on how they will deal with the Migrants. The majority of the camp are from North west Africa and are not fleeing any war. It's those people which...