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[quote author=robbo link=topic=25540.msg330777#msg330777 date=1669878833]
I suppose hoteliers are between a rock and a hard place. After the covid shut down, the offer of, in some cases, one years full occupancy, is hard to turn down.
We need someone like the ex Australian PM Tony Abbott. He doled out hard measures against illegals. He expected, and got, flack from the left, but got the job done.

But I don't see the situation changing. Having more of our civil servants based in offices in France wont make a difference, neither will giving the French more money. Until we start sending them back to France, or the country in which they first arrived at in Europe, they'll continue to boat over here for 4 star accommodation. Like many other of the problems facing the nation, govt doesn't appear to have actionable plans in place
[/quote]It is a waste ploughing more money into the French effort to prevent them. France is glad to see the back of them, and why wouldn’t they, as they become somebody(us) else’s problem. With all the hand wringing regarding the conditions at Manston, and lawyers predicting getting compo for the illegals having to endure such conditions, is every country expected to have palatial reception centres for illegal migrants. I thought the key word, illegal, meant not legal, against the law, and you’re on the next boat/flight back.