So, the inevitable has happened, as it always does. 27 people drowned in the Channel on Wednesday, a truly horrific end to an arduous and desperate journey for them. It's time that our politicians (French and English) stopped bickering and behaving like complete bell-ends and collaborate to come up with a robust and enduring solution to this issue. I honestly don't understand why we can't have processing centres (Ellis Island style) either in Calais or Dover (or both) and properly deal with bona fide asylum seekers. Those people who don't have a case or can't prove one should be (after due process) returned to their country of origin (in a reasonable time-frame!). This would both act as a deterrent to the chancers and economic migrants as well as safe passage for those who are genuine refugees. This won't happen of course because certain elements of our population are paranoid about immigration (unjustly when you look at the actual numbers; see 2015 chart below) and the political capital at stake is perceived to be too high for our spineless overlords to ignore. A low point for those people in our country that value human life above all else; there are sensible solutions to this problem, and we don't have to allow anyone and everyone to come here in order to action them.
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