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No one in their right mind would want no immigration. It’s obviously vital for the NHS, the software industry etc. That's a separate topic from the Newhaven incident and illegal immigration.

It’s obviously not a prerequisite for asylum. The point I think is that there have been some well publicised cases where a conversion to Christianity has been cited as grounds for asylum ie that if they’re returned to their home country they will be persecuted or even killed. The Afghani guy who...

I'm sure you’d never make that mistake.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Here I am…

Disingenuous. There was never a time when people were just sent back. There has to be due process which takes years. Anyone failing to get permission to stay can appeal and further appeal which adds a few more years. After that it's the campaigns / petitions to the Home Secretary. Most people...

Yes, I'm aware that there is no simple model of payment. I think the Chinese cockle pickers were in this category as were the Vietnamese victims of the freezer deaths previously.

I wasn't talking about that poster in particular. More of a general comment based on several decades of observation. It's pretty much impossible to have a sensible discussion on immigration as whoever I'm speaking to seems to immediately get quite emotional on one side of the topic or the other.

I didn't say that people have advanced detailed arguments on this thread -- I was talking more generally. That said, I can detect from some of the reponses here that some are likely broadly in favour of giving all would-be immigrants the benefit of the doubt, and those not showing much empathy...

There’s always a balance to be struck, but most people seem incapable of striking it. I have full sympathy with genuine refugees in fear of their lives and needing assistance. I think the developed world as a whole should be cooperating to establish a system of providing help — or even better in...

Just how lawless is France these days?