Thursday 22 October 2009

The Road to Calais

BBC's Andrew Hoskins (today's From Our Own Correspondent, Radio 4) says that most of the illegal migrants who congregate in Calais manage to get to England. He said that, according to the Dublin Convention, if they want to claim asylum they are obliged to claim it in the first EU country they enter, which is usually Greece.
Therefore, having made it to England (without passports or visas), they are here illegally and their claims for asylum are invalid.
The British Government is also acting illegally.
Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission expressed opposition to the British National Party appearing on BBC TV's Question Time .
Let's hope Mr. Griffin points out the Government's illegal activities (which are doubtless supported by the EHRC - though it would not if it lived up to its name).
The connection with marriage and migration is that they are all young men and teenage boys. So the ratio of young men to women in the UK is being deliberately unbalanced. Even if they are subject to deportation they can thwart that by finding someone to marry.