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Here comes the summer......

Discussion in 'General Chit Chat' started by Druk1, Jun 2, 2019.

  1. Druk1
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    74 migrants held as eight boats intercepted crossing Channel
    Seventy-four people including several children have been detained after eight small boats tried to cross the Channel.

    Home Secretary Sajid Javid described the incident as “concerning”, after the vessels were intercepted by Border Force officials off the UK coast on Saturday.

    Only one of the eight vessels made it to shore, landing at Winchelsea Caravan Park beach, East Sussex.

    Two other vessels were stopped in France by the authorities there.
    HM Coastguard initially said it had assisted Border Force colleagues with 13 vessels, but it said the higher figure was due to multiple reporting as events unfolded.

    Border Force vessels, RNLI lifeboats from Dover, Dungeness and Rye and coastguard rescue teams from Folkestone, Langdon and Rye Bay were involved in the response.

    Images of men being given blankets by emergency service workers on Winchelsea beach have been shared on Twitter.

    A spokesman for Kent Police said it had provided support to the Border Force.
    Kent MP Charlie Elphicke claimed the events would mean “a record number of boats arriving in a single day”.

    He added on Twitter: “This crisis was meant to have been dealt with at Christmas, yet numbers continue to rise.

    “It looks set to surge to record levels through the summer.

    “The Home Office needs to get a grip on this crisis.”
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  2. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

  3. graham59
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    Yep... our beautiful and stupid country continues to take in all and sundry.

    I wonder how I would be treated if I returned to the UK now, with nothing but my passport.

    ... And as for an accompanying wife and child. :rolleyes:
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  4. bigmac
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    bigmac Well-Known Member Trusted Member

    would you want to ?
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  5. graham59
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    Frankly, no, but it would be nice to be given the choice.

    I do very much miss my older son and my 92 year-old mother though.

    As we all know, even daring to ask for a visitor visa for your own Mrs is a major red flag for the Home Office and their boss... the Muslim one, with the Pakistani immigrant father.

    You couldn't make it up.
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  6. graham59
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    They'll be busy sorting out homes for the illegals now... and sod the poor devils who've had their names down on the council housing list for 20 years. :oops:

    The worse you behave in the UK, the better taken care of you are. :rolleyes:

    No wonder they're crossing continents to get in and start sucking on the taxpayer's tit.
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  7. bigmac
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    i cant see why she would be refused a visit visa--if she says she wants to accompany you on a visit to meet your family. so long as she states how long the visit will be for--and you will both be returning to the philippines together. worth a try i would think.
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    The whole point is that she is married to a real indigenous British citizen!!
    Why on earth can she not settle with their child in the UK as a matter of right?
    When I married my Mrs in the 80`s she was in the UK on ILR within one month of our marriage..She would have been there 2 weeks sooner had I had her flight money at the time.
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  9. bigmac
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    Oh..i agree entirely. But @graham59 has his reasons why not.
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    He can't afford it. :D

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