It doesn’t require a genius to tell you that tens of thousands of migrants rowing into any country by rubber boats, without screening, due diligence & planning (to accommodate them, process them etc.) is not right! It impacts the health system that is already struggling to cope, it impacts schools & other public sector provisions and above all else, it shows a total lack of respect for law & order. But does that mean we should react inhumanly and start protesting outside the hotels housing these unfortunate people and threaten/scare them? No! By doing so, our enemies win! They want us to become inhumane. They want us to go back to those awful decades (60s, 70s & part of the 80s) where we had race riots and the streets were not safe for foreigners etc. They want us to fight each other and rip the fabric of our society apart, all in the name of opposition to migration into the country!
Yes, it is a major issue and one that any government in the UK should address, if for no other reason, than the fact that so many people appear angry about it and the government should sort it, to lower temperatures so that we don’t end up back in the 60s!
The fact of the matter is that the migrants rowing into any by rubber boats across the channel, are not coming in to try to hurt us or commit crimes (yes, some of them will be criminals and will commit crimes. You pull together any group of people – including Brits on holiday abroad – and some will no doubt be criminals) but sadly, what they do not understand and perhaps are unaware of, is that the country is not ready nor prepared to take them in. That is why it is to important for migrants to apply via the legal routes to enter a country! It allows that country to plan and prepare to take them in, after processing!
The Liberal Democrats understand that a focus on finding a solution is what is needed, and not tough words that drive the temperature up even higher and promote protests and intolerance. Showing patriotism and love for the country should not be via threatening & throwing bricks at the police (injuring several), it is not the way a civilised country should raise nor address discontent! We’re not animals! And we are not going to allow those hoping we will rip each other apart, to succeed in seeing us do so. Thanks to the Liberal Democrats, perhaps we can find a calmer, focused way to keep everyone happy and also stop the rubber boats coming across the channel
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