Mr Johnson added: 'The British people voted several times to control our borders – not to close them, but to control them.
'So just as Brexit allowed us to take back control of legal immigration by replacing free movement with our points-based system, we are also taking back control of illegal immigration with a long-term plan for asylum in this country.
'It is a plan that will ensure the UK has a world-leading asylum offer, providing generous protection to those directly fleeing the worst of humanity, by settling thousands of people every year through safe and legal routes.'
No problem kidok so he suggested it the UN and Europe, well fella in Germany was against the idea
and some wanky think tank thought it sounded fun as long as the EU brought it across the board
fair do's for the history lesson
Was then; is now.Utterly appalling , inhumane and bonkers idea
Blunkett backed on asylum centres
A leading leftwing thinktank has come out in support of David Blunkett's plan to send all asylum seekers to processing centres outside the EU.www.theguardian.com
On the other hand it makes it ever easier to argue for relocating the former people to the Falklands, South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territory. Falkland sound will yet be drainedWas then; is now.
It was the UK onewhich demos mind was it the UK or us one
demos UK is more wanky centralist
I'd have no objection to those seeking refuge from the wrath of the people being given asylum amongst the Spheniscidae.On the other hand it makes it ever easier to argue for relocating the former people to the Falklands, South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territory. Falkland sound will yet be drained
May well have been his motive, who knows? However, the idea was first mooted in a policy document, the previous year, after Blair called for 'fresh' ideas on how to reduce the numbers of asylum seekers. I think it was then that Demos worked it up into a fully blown thing and the idea got as far as being considered by the European Commission until the UN paper won the day and Blunket withdrew his support from the proposal.in Blunkett case at least he was not backing the idea to save his own political skin after lying to pariliment and the country repeatly
Home Office insiders confirmed the plan was to give detainees a “one-way ticket” to the country and “encourage” them to establish new lives there.
In Blunkett's case, at least he wasn't deporting them to Rwanda and leaving them there. He was talking of having the applications processed so they could come to UK if successful. Patel is just proposing to dump them in Rwanda and if successful they get to stay in Rwanda, if not they have to leave and go... god knows where.
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda, says Johnson
PM insists east African country is safe and scheme will prove ‘very considerable deterrent’www.theguardian.com
jesus i didnt know that - that must be illegal surelyPatel is just proposing to dump them in Rwanda and if successful they get to stay in Rwanda, if not they have to leave and go... god knows where.
It's unbelievable. They can't get away with it.jesus i didnt know that - that must be illegal surely
Until the next FPN, anyway. He'll be hoping for some huge atrocity in Ukraine to help deal with that one. And the next...just a puff piece to get his wrong doing out of the papers for 24 hours
Sure but both schemes started with the premise that numbers of asylum seekers were too high, that too many were bogus, and that they should be dealt with at an arms length in a processing centre that was not in the UK. ie the idea was to deter the flow and reduce numbersIn Blunkett's case, at least he wasn't deporting them to Rwanda and leaving them there. He was talking of having the applications processed so they could come to UK if successful. Patel is just proposing to dump them in Rwanda and if successful they get to stay in Rwanda, if not they have to leave and go... god knows where.
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda, says Johnson
PM insists east African country is safe and scheme will prove ‘very considerable deterrent’www.theguardian.com
Maybe some of just remember what a cunt Blunket and Labour really werehow long did it take you to find that link from 2003
Everyone and their dog knows that Blunkett is a complete cunt but this isn't a competition. If it was though the current crop would win by a country mile.Utterly appalling , inhumane and bonkers idea
Blunkett backed on asylum centres
A leading leftwing thinktank has come out in support of David Blunkett's plan to send all asylum seekers to processing centres outside the EU.www.theguardian.com
Sure, I wasn't remotely defending Blunkett but saying that Patel is even worse, in a way scarcely imaginable.Sure but both schemes started with the premise that numbers of asylum seekers were too high, that too many were bogus, and that they should be dealt with at an arms length in a processing centre that was not in the UK. ie the idea was to deter the flow and reduce numbers
The proposal of Russia being a likely site should be viewed in the context of the fact that the Blair and Blunket Labour Party were backing the Russians at the time.
When Tony Blair backed Putin’s brutal war
Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin struck up an extraordinary bond in the early 2000s as Russia engaged in a destructive military campaign in Chechnya that was similar to its war on Ukraine.declassifieduk.org