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UK MPs suggest asylum seekers crossing the English Channel be sent to Falklands
According to UK news reports, the British government is becoming quite desperate about the asylum seekers braving the English Channel, a record 25,000 so far this year, and all sorts of radical measures to contain the increase in arrivals are being considered, including sending the refugees south to the Falkland Islands. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesLiterally ONE MP said this. It would never happen.
Nov 23rd, 2021 - 10:18 am - Link - Report abuse +2Mr Anderson, if he said this, is a colonialist p***k. Mind you, it is probably just a story in the Express.
Nov 23rd, 2021 - 10:28 am - Link - Report abuse +3Can't wait to hear a response to this 'suggestion' from a Narnian politician exploiting zee sovereignty claim...
Nov 23rd, 2021 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse +2Not like you to mince your words, Mike .....
Nov 23rd, 2021 - 11:17 am - Link - Report abuse +3I saw this comment yesterday reported in The Guardian and had a little chuckle. I know from personal experience how stringent the checks are on visitors (for work or pleasure) who want to come to the Islands, so it shows the lack of understanding of (an) MP to suggest that the doors be thrown open to Syrians, Nigerians and all other refugees.
Nov 23rd, 2021 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Where would they put them all? Saunders Island?
Find out if any are sheep shearers ?
Nov 25th, 2021 - 08:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +1A few of those funded by UK Goverment for a few months could be useful :)
This demonstrates the racism, xenophobia and ignorance that exists in certain islands of the world. Maybe, and just maybe, it would be a good idea to create an underwater cesspool in the backyard of the Falklands Islands.
Nov 27th, 2021 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Commenting for this story is now closed.
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